Support the Businesses that Support
your Community
Sal
Bonagura
516-641-1200
email:
fpccpresident@aol.com
President's Message
2011
2011 Officers
President
Salvatore Bonagura
Law Offices
Vice President
Barton
E. Fingerman
Dentist
– DDS
Treasurer
Barbara Bach
Realty Executives West
Recording Secty
Karen
Meraglia
TD
Bank
Asst
Secty
Eileen
Dolan
Mary Kay
Cosmetics
2011 Directors
Daniel
Campbell
Campbell &
Assoc's.
Tom
Clifford
TC & Co.
Multi-Comm
Thomas DeMaria
Law
Offices
Jason
DiCarlo
J.
Fallon's Tap Room
Kathleen Duggan
Jack Duggan's
Pub & Restaurant
Robert
Rouge
Holland
Graphics Adv
NEXT
MEETING : JAMESON’S BAR & GRILL
DATE & TIME : January 5, 2012 at Noon
LUNCH MEETING $17.00
President’s Message
I hope everyone had a happy holiday season and on behalf of the entire
Chamber Board, I wish every member a Happy & Healthy New Year!!
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, January 5th at noon at
JAMESON‘S BAR & GRILL 157 Tulip Avenue. This is a lunch meeting and the cost
is $17.00 per person. Commencing in 2012, lunch meetings will now cost
$17.00 and dinner meeting will now cost $27.00.
The November meeting was a big success at Swing the Teapot. We had our
elections at this meeting and the new Board of Directors will be sworn in at
our January 5th meeting by Floral Park Mayor Tom Tweedy, who will
also be our guest speaker..
The Chamber Holiday Party was a tremendous success with 77 attending the
festivities at Crabtree’s. I would like to thank Yianni & Dimitri from
Crabtree’s, and Pete’s One Mann Band, for their help in making this the best
holiday party we ever had. You can view Holiday Party Pictures & Videos by
clicking on the below Chamber YouTube Channel & Facebook Page links:
The Floral Park Chamber of Commerce and AAA Taxi each donated over
$5,000.00 to the Village of Floral Park for the purchase of 22 Recycling
Receptacles. Eleven will be for bottles and cans and eleven will be for
newspapers. They should be delivered and disbursed around the Village in the
next few weeks.
Membership is now up to 186. Dues notices went out recently by e-mail.
Please note the following changes for 2012:
1 - Dues remain at $150.00 if they are paid before January 31st.
2 - Dues paid after February 1st will be $175.00 (to be
included in the directory booklet)
3 - The Directory deadline will be mid-February, and the book will close
once we have a sufficient sum to send to the printers.
4 - We will be providing for two additional levels of membership: (a) an
individual member (not a business) will be $75.00 and (b) a not for profit
membership (i.e. churches, schools & service organizations) will be $50.00.
If anyone needs a membership application, it is available online, or you
can call me. Dues can be paid online using MASTER CARD, VISA or AMERICAN
EXPRESS.
Don’t forget to visit our Chamber website for the latest information at
www.floralparkchamber.org.
The site changes almost daily. Our Profile-of-the-Month segment allows our
members maximum exposure via audio greetings and links to their websites.
Our December profile was AAA TAXI
www.aaataxili.com.
And our January Profile will be: Floral Medial Arts www.floralmedicalarts.com
It has been a pleasure in serving as the Chamber President for the past
two years, and six of the past fifteen years. I would like to thank my
entire Board of Directors for all of their help and input for the past two
years.
SAL BONAGURA
fpccpresident@aol.com
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
February 2nd at 6:00 pm : Village Recreation Center., Dinner $27.00
Guest Speaker : Sen. Jack Martins
March 1st at 6:00 p m : NETWORKING MEETING
No Charge, light refreshments
April 5th at Noon : Lunch $17.00
May 3rd at 6:00 pm : Dinner $27.00
June 7th at Noon : Belmont Park, lunch
2012-2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
President : Terry Whalen
Vice President : Tom Clifford
Treasurer : Judy Torre
Recording Secy.: Eileen Dolan
Corresponding Secy.: Ellen O’Brien
Assistant Secy. : Karen Meraglia
DIRECTORS
Tom Schrafel
Anne Marie DelPrete
Jerry Baldassaro
Cathy Grassman
Mike Calandra
Brigid Mamorowski
SCHOLARSHIP
WINNERS
Every year the Floral Park Chamber of
Commerce proudly sponsors scholarship awards to local students as part of
its community service. This program recognizes local students for
outstanding achievement through an essay contest held at the five local
schools. Congratulations are in order to the following students who won a
Floral Park Chamber award: Kathleen Downes from Floral Park Memorial HS,
Megan Mullaney from Sewanhaka HS, Jake Thottam from John Lewis Childs
School, Collette Savignano from Floral Park-Bellerose School and Delanie
Fekert from Our Lady of Victory School. The Chamber thanks Barbara Bach for
coordinating this program.
BUSINESS PERSON
OF THE YEAR
Each year, the Nassau Council of Chambers
of Commerce requests each Chamber to select an honoree for the Small
Business Person of the Year from our Chamber, This years honoree is
JOANNE K ADAMS from The New York Racing Association. Joanne will
receive her award at the Legislative Breakfast held on October 7, 2011 at
the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. Congratulations to Joanne !!
Every
year the Floral Park Chamber of Commerce proudly sponsors scholarship awards
to local students as part of its community service. Chamber members
appreciate the residents who patronize their businesses and wish to
encourage the success of local outstanding students.
The Floral Park Chamber established the elementary school awards to raise
the students’ awareness of their school and community through an essay
contest. Every year, the Chamber members donate bonds to worthy graduates of
the Floral Park-Bellerose School, the John Lewis Childs School and Our Lady
of Victory School. The applications are distributed through the schools, and
the awards are presented at graduation or special school event.
The Floral Park Chamber also established the high school awards to assist
deserving college-bound seniors who are active in school and community
activities. The applicants must write an essay about being a businessperson
in the 21st century. Applications are available through the Guidance
Department at Floral Park Memorial HS and Sewanhaka HS. An application is
featured below. The winners are announced at the
Senior Awards Night for each school.
For further information, please contact Scholarship Chairperson: Barbara
Bach at (516) 659-6551.
The chamber has made a few advancements on the website recently that will
help our members. Our newly pay-on-line feature allows members to pay for
various fees with credit cards or Pay Pal.
Also, we've instituted Constant Contacts to our social media area that will
get the word out on Chamber meetings & events to all our members more
efficiently and with better clarity.
Introducing - Our N-E-W Member Directory!!
This roll-out of our new "interactive" member directory begins with
Mildred Tassone's introduction of the new HTML -5 and I-frame placement
within our existing website. Still a familiar look, but with a lot more
usefulness now with the ability to add your own logo/thumbnails, descriptive text and contact
info. Also, its centered around giving our members more social media
tools to bolster their SEO (search engine optimization) ranking. Yes, there
will be help with the new look and function aspects of the on-line
directory, but please make allowances for first come first served
appointments. Contact us at: info@floralparkchamber.org
NEW KIOSK
The Chamber has had an offer from AAA Taxi to pay for one half of a new
Kiosk. The Chamber would pay for the other half and we have approached the
Village for locations on Jericho Tpke.
The existing kiosk, on Tulip Avenue, is over 10 years old and was paid for
with NYS grant money and Chamber funds.
Please use your Smart Phone to interact with our Website & Facebook Business
Page with QR codes graphic in the Kiosk (facing train sta.). Scan over One
of the (little squares) and take a pic (if need- download app) and bam!
You've got the Chamber on-line!
BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Each year, the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce requests each Chamber
to select an honoree for the Small Business Person of the Year. This years honoree
has been selected and will be announced shortly for their award presentation
at a Legislative Breakfast, held on October 15, 2010 at the Crest
Hollow Country Club.
Every
Spring, we print 12,00 Business Directories and they're mailed to over 10,000
homes & apartments within the 11001 zip code. They are also available at the Post Office lobby,
Village Hall and the Floral Park Library. The directory is on its way to the
printer and will be mailed in late April. We will try and deliver at least
25 directories to every member who has a store or an office. Please call the
chamber if you need more or less than 25 at: 516 641-1200. Or email the
president at: fpccpresident@aol.com.
They can always be picked up at the office of the chamber president at 122
Plainfield Ave. if you need more throughout the year. Our paid membership is
currently - 168 members.
Robert Rouge (Committee Head)
ANNUAL CHAMBER STREET FAIR
Has
been traditionally held the Friday
before the Belmont Stakes and sponsored by - NYRA with great cooperation of
the Mayor's office, the police Dept. and the Village of Floral Park. This
Year's Street Fair is: June 10th, with rain date: 6/12/11
CHAMBER WEB SITE
New
Please
visit us for the latest updates at: floralparkchamber.org. Now you can pay
for event & meeting with On-Line payments, register for events, and interact
with our New Interactive Member Directory.
The site changes regularly and our Profile-of-the-Month segment allows our members maximum
exposure via member's personal audio greetings and links to their websites.
Take a listen when Home Page is C-L-I-C-K-E-D ! (click image)
And the Chamber is pleased to announce
our new segment "Career Opportunities". Our first member to step up is:
Wealth Advisory Group.
Featured on the "About Us" page with 3 additional thumbnail placements
throughout the Chamber website. One more way for the Chamber to defer some
of our operating costs while providing members maximum exposure.
Contact - Tom Clifford at: tomclifford@floralparkchamber.org to book a
Profile-of-the-Month.
The cost is $50.00 ( and Pay On-Line). Career Opportunities, is 60.00 for 6 mo's. or 100.00 for
the year. We also have an on-line Business Directory, pictures
from past meetings and a Member-2-Member discount page.
Tom Clifford (Committee Head)
Our successful gift certificate program is entering our
11th year. Each year we provide gift certificates to the community which
are redeemable with any of our members. Maximum value is $50.00. We are
accepting gift certificates dated within the past (3) years. By joining the
Chamber you have agreed to accept the certificates. All you will have to do
is mail them to the chamber PO Box and we will mail you a check within a few
days. For more info click here:
On-Line Gift certificates
Sal Bonagura (Committee Head)
HOLIDAY PARTY
Our Holiday Party was held on Monday, December 13, 2010, from 6:30 pm to
9:30 pm at Crabtree’s. 226 Jericho Tpke., Floral Park. It was a first time
ever sell-out this year as we combined the Floral Park Lions Club and the
Covert Avenue Chamber of Commerce for a joint celebration.
Our New user friendly On-Line membership application
Now with On-Line payments is another way for
non-members to join or for members to reinstate their current membership.
It's complete with incentives and and programs to help your business grow.
The Chamber of Commerce has been asked by Library Director, Tracey Simon, to
serve on the Floral Park Library Advisory Committee. It’s purpose is to
create a vision of what this community could look like five or ten years
from now. This will help the Library assess the community’s needs and will
reveal programs and services we should consider. Participation involves
attending four meeting. If you would like to help out and serve on this
committee, please contact Sal Bonagura
FUNDRAISER
The Chamber had the opportunity to purchase 160 copies of Walter Gosden’s
new book, FLORAL PARK, NASSAU COUNTY. In June and July, through a few local
merchants, ( Associated, Tulip Bake Shop, Swing The Teapot, Abbott Realty,
Levine's & Tulip Wine & Spirits), we sold 159 copies. We have purchased 80
additional copies. The remaining copies are available to Chamber members for
$18.00 by contacting Sal Bonagura. Call Sal for details if your business
would be interested in selling the book.
The members of the Board of Directors are on many Chamber Committees. The
Chamber would like to put out the call to have at least one non Board member
volunteer on some of the Committees. They are: Holiday Party,
Membership, The Street Fair, Scholarships, Web site, Summer interim event
scheduling (to have a presence in July & August) and Network Meeting
planning. Please email mail us with your availability at:
info@floralparkchamber.org
or email me directly at:
fpccpresident@aol.com
If you wish to receive Chamber correspondence by email in an attempt to
conserve paper, please send your emails directly to me, Sal Bonagura at: fpccpresident@aol.com
If you wish to receive correspondence by fax, please fax your request to me
at: (516) 437-6197. This will help us save on paper as well as our postage
budget.
February 3rd, 6:00 PM
Dinner = $25.00
Trinity Rest.,
190 Jericho Tpke.
March 3rd, 6:00 PM
Networking Meeting
CitiBank
215 Jericho Tpke.
No Charge
April 7th, 12:00 PM
Lunch = $15.00
Fiore Rest.
142 Tulip Ave.
May 5th, 6:00 PM
Dinner = $25.00
Park Place Rest.
45 Covert Ave.
June 9th, 12:00 Noon
Lunch = $45.00 (RSVP Belmont Park)
June 10th, 5:00 -10:00 PM Street Fair
July (open Fri.) 12:PM
Lunch = $45.00 (RSVP Belmont Park)
Sept. 8th, 12:00 Noon
Lunch = $15.00
Stella Ristorante
152, Jericho Tpke.
Oct. 5th, 6:00 PM
Networking Meeting
TD Bank
372 Jericho Tpke.
Monday - No Charge
(Oct. 9th)12:00 PM
Community Day
Belmont Park
Sunday -No Charge
Nov. 3rd, 6:00 PM
Breakfast = $15.00
Swing the Teapot
6 Verbena Ave.
Dec. 19th, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Chamber Holiday Dinner
Crabtree's Restaurant
226 Jericho Tpke.
Cost: $50.00
Jan. 5th 12:00 PM
Lunch = $17.00
Jameson's Rest.
157 Tulip Ave.
Refer to the Chamber Calendar for future Dates
and Events at:
Our successful gift certificate program is entering our
11th year. Each year we provide gift certificates to the community which
are redeemable with any of our members. Maximum value is $50.00. We are
accepting gift certificates dated within the past (3) years. By joining the
Chamber you have agreed to accept the certificates. All you will have to do
is mail them to the chamber PO Box and we will mail you a check within a few
days. For more info click here:
