THE CHELSEA GREENWICH VILLAGE ASSOCIATION
NEWSLETTER
St Bernard's Annual Reunion
The annual reunion will be held on
Sunday, April 24, 2005, from 1 to 5 PM, in the school hall on 13th
street. Cost of the affair is
$40.00 per person and that includes beer, wine and buffet dinner.
A limited number of tickets are available so reserve your seats NOW
online at http://home.nyc.rr.com/chelseastbernard/
csb.htm and send your checks to TCGVA,
c/o Joe Dean, 54 Nassau Blvd., Malverne, NY 11565.
NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.
Chelsea Greenwich Village Association Incorporates as a Not-for-Profit Social Club
New York,
February 15, 2005: On February
1, 2005, the Chelsea Greenwich Village Association, Inc. (TCGVA) was
officially incorporated in New York State as a not-for profit social club. TCGVA
was founded by several current and former residents of the New York City West
Side neighborhoods known as Chelsea and Greenwich Village. After as many as forty years, several neighborhood originals
were reunited at an April, 2004 reunion held at the former St. Bernard’s
School on West 13th Street. This
encounter led to the formation of a Board of Directors charged with establishing
the organization, composing its by-laws, and electing officers.
The purpose
of TCGVA is to establish and maintain a not-for-profit social club that will
facilitate the re-uniting of friends and colleagues from the above
neighborhoods. TCGVA’s primary
focus is on philanthropic and social interaction among its members who are
interested in giving back to the community in which they were born, raised, and,
in many cases, educated.
Elections
for Executive Committee offices were held at a charter membership meeting and
the following officers were elected to the initial one-year term:
President:
Juan Espada
Executive
Vice President
Bill Smith
Vice
President at Large
Patrick J. Crowley
Vice
President at large
Brian P. Sullivan
Regional
VP/South
Jim Napuli
Regional VP/NY Metro
Ray Serina
Regional
VP/North & West
Nestor (‘Kookie’) Pereria
Treasurer
Martha Demers
Secretary
Joseph Dean
TCGVA
maintains communications with its members via its website http://home.nyc.rr.com/chelseastbernard/csb.htm
and a monthly newsletter.
During
its first year of operation, TCGVA plans to hold one or more social events that
will bring together scores of former neighborhood residents in order to foster
its goals. To this end, the organization has several standing committees ─
the Development Committee, the
Membership Committee, and the Social Events Committee ─ designed to help TCGVA achieve its mission and efficiently
conduct its ongoing activities. Charter membership, which will be open until March
31, 2005, is available to anyone interested in helping the organization pursue
its goals.
Saturday, April 16, 2005 at the VFW
hall in Saddlebrook, NJ. Tickets
are $35 per person and include a buffet dinner. Call Billy Smith at 201-529-1852 to get more information.
All those members interested in
joining the Chelsea Greenwich Village Association, please fill out attached
membership registration form and forward to Joe Dean, 54 Nassau Blvd., Malverne, NY 11565.
If you have not already done so,
please register online so that you can be added to the mailing list and receive
our newsletter and information on all forthcoming events.
Congratulations to all for surpassing the 40,000 hits mark.
It is truly amazing that in such a short time we have achieved so much.
The spirit of Chelsea will last forever and lets keep having fun and
enjoying it. Many thanks to Juan
for making this dream happen. It is
much appreciated by all.
Here’s wishing all a very Happy St Patrick’s Day.
On this day we shall all wear green and proudly proclaim this day for the
Irish and those that wish they were.
“May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm upon your face, And the rains fall soft upon your fields”.
REMINDER: SEND YOUR CHECKS IN FOR REUNION BY APRIL 4
