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Tommy Dowd Foundation Awards Two Scholarships
The 2009 Tommy Dowd Memorial Foundation Dinner/Dance was recently held at the American Legion in Monroe. The food was provided by Birchwood Caterers of Monroe and approximately 100 people attended.
The Foundation was created in 2005 in memory of Monroe resident Tommy Dowd who perished in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. To date, more than $25,000 has been awarded to local Monroe-Woodbury students for scholarships and donations have been made to many local charities.
This year’s scholarship recipients were Stephanie Zbylut and Timothy Murray.
At this year’s dinner, the Foundation was very pleased to donate to the Paula Catalina Foundation and to the James Taravella Memorial Foundation.
In addition, Mike Niemann of Best Mechanical in Monroe was given the 2009 Sponsor of the Year Award for all his time, effort and donations to the Foundation.
John Halayko of Monroe was honored with the 2009 Nice Guy Award for being a great friend to both the Foundation and Tommy Dowd.
The Foundation would like to thank the following sponsors for contributing more than $2500 in prizes:
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Manhattan Beer Distributors, Best Mechanical, Tom’s Plumbing, Ironworkers Local Union 580, Birchwood Caterers, Sons of American Legion, Scott Harris, The Tangney Family, Jakes Saloon, Tre Angelina, La Vera Cucina, Gino’s Pizzeria, Planet Pizza, Amendola’s Restaurant, Outback Steak House, Bright Star Diner, Bocci’s, Tulcingo, Modells, V&J Italian Deli, Home Depot, Mario’s, Aldo’s, Savory Grill, Amalfi Pizza, Applebees, UNO Chicago Grill, Little Italy, Monroe Movie Theatre, Monroe Diner, Fridays, Quiznos and Eric Levine.
The Foundation will be conducting a number of fund raisers this year. On July 20 through July 26, our second annual Youth Baseball Tournament will be held at various fields throughout the area.
On Aug. 1, the Tommy Dowd Family Fun Tournament will be held at Smith Clove Park from 9a.m. until to 4 p.m. followed by the inaugural Monroe-Rockland All Star Challenge at 5 p.m.
The 8th Annual Tommy Dowd Softball Tournament will be held Aug. 6-9 at both Smith Clove Park and the Monroe-Woodbury softball fields.
For additional information, please contact www.tommydowdmemorialfoundation.com.
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