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| September 6th marked the 4th Annual Family Fun Day.
Another beautiful day at the Long Island Maritime Museum for families
and friends to come together and enjoy some sun, to honor Matthew,
and to help us raise funds to continue our work. Despite the hot weather
and fall sports schedules, over 300 people came down to enjoy a variety
of family friendly activities. It was rewarding to have three of our
foundation recipients join us for the day. DJ Louis Albertelli was
gracious enough to donate his time and provide music for the event.
He also organized some hula hoop contests and other games. Once again,
delicious cupcakes were provided to the children with a variety of
toppings to decorate and appease that sweet tooth. This year, with
the help of Plastered in West Sayville, the children were also able
to pick out a ceramic piece to paint and bring home. You could also
find children holding a big soccer game out on the lawn, others waiting
on line to ride a pony or pet some of the cute animals brought by
Lollipop Pony Parties. The Sayville HS Art Honor Society was on hand
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To the delight of many, we had a special
guest appearance from the LI Ducks very own Quacker Jack. If the children were not busy enough, they had the opportunity to play old fashioned carnival games and participate in a Scavenger Hunt that brought them around the entire LI Maritime Museum. |
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Tina’s Italian Ices brought
their Ice truck down to the event this year. We cannot thank them
enough for donating all the ices for the day. They provided a needed
cold treat to beat the heat! |
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We had over 100 baskets with gift
certificates and goods from local stores and restaurants. This year
we had some big ticket items that included Yankee tickets, boys and
girls bikes, jewelry, sunglasses and Islanders tickets. Thank you
to our 2014 sponsors that helped make the day possible: Kay Cameron
Jewelers, CB Sports, Tender Age PT, Blue Point Brewery, J. Kings,
Snapper Inn, Irish Coffee Pub, Clare Rose, DJ’s Tents, The Oar,
The Brownyard Group, and Great South Bay PC and Fitch Family. |
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Thank you to your generosity, we collected
20 boxes of books, toys and arts and crafts for children in the hospital.
A group of 4th and 5th grade boys from Cherry Avenue School sorted,
labelled and boxed the items that were then delivered to Morgan Stanley
Children’s Hospital, Cohen’s Children’s Hospital,
and Stonybrook University Hospital. The hospitals were so appreciative
for all we do for them every year! |
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Thank you to all of our sponsors and
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| Here are some pictures from our Casino Night that
was held in April. Due to this successful event we are able to continue
our mission of helping families provide for their child things that
are not covered by insurance. In the past month alone we have provided
2 scholarships for hippotherapy, an adaptive bicycle has been ordered
and four applications for assistance are being reviewed! Those pictures
to come...see how much fun everyone is having! Plan on coming next
year so you don't miss out!! Thank you Amanda Rivera for the pictures!
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| September 28th marked the 3rd Annual Family Fun Day.
A beautiful day at the Long Island Maritime Museum for families and
friends to come together and enjoy some sun and to honor Matthew.
Despite the busy time of year, over 300 people came down to enjoy
a variety of family friendly activities. It was rewarding to have
three of our foundation recipients join us for the day. Jon Wilson
of Hampton Sounds was gracious enough to donate his time again and
provide us with music for the afternoon. Delicious cupcakes were provided
to the children with a variety of toppings to decorate and appease
that sweet tooth. The children decorated kites and Frisbees to fly
around the field. We once again had the talented Sayville HS Art Honor
Society beautifully decorating hands and faces of eager children.
Lollipop Pony Parties brought some ponies and different animals for
all to enjoy. |
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A fun scavenger hunt was provided
for the kids to win a skateboard, rainbow loom, or a jumbo size play
ball. Not only did the kids have fun doing the activities and earn
tickets for the prizes, they learned about some of Matthew’s
favorite things while completing the hunt! If the children were not
busy enough, they had the opportunity to play old fashioned carnival
games, go down big slides, race in obstacle courses, joust or just
bounce to their hearts content. |
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We were all treated to a surprise
that day. The Sayville Senior and Junior Class extended their homecoming
parade to the Maritime Museum and marched through for their friends
who were volunteering and ‘Mr. Cameron’ could see. What
an awesome sight as they marched their floats in chanting ‘Cameron’.
Thank you to Doug Shaw for orchestrating this for our family and our
community! |
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We had over 100 baskets with gift
certificates and goods from local stores and restaurants. This year
we had some big ticket items that included corn hole boards, boys
and girls bikes, jewelry, sunglasses and Islanders tickets. Thank
you to our 2013 sponsors that helped make the day possible: Kay Cameron
Jewelers, CB Sports, Tender Age PT, Blue Point Brewery, J. Kings,
Snapper Inn, Irish Coffee Pub, Clare Rose, DJ’s Tents, The Oar,
The Brownyard Group, and Great South Bay PC and Fitch Family. |
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Once again we collected an enormous
amount of brand new books. After speaking to the hospitals, we found
they receive a lot of donations around the holidays. We will wait
until February to make deliveries to Morgan Stanley Children’s
Hospital, Cohen’s Children’s Hospital, and Stonybrook
University Hospital when they are once again in need. |
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| What an overwhelming turnout for our First Casino
Night Fundraiser! I am pleased to say it was a HUGE success. I thank
everyone who helped us make this night amazing! From my end it looked
like everyone was having a great time! Thank you again to Bistro 25,
Harbor Crab and Blue Point Brewery for donating beer and food! Also
thank you to Brian Hintemann for the fixings for our delicious drinks
and wine!! If you have an opportunity please visit these places!!
Below is ust a sampling of all the fun had at Casino Night...besides
everyone having a great time, it was a huge fundraising success! Thank
you to all! |
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| September 22nd was the start of weather woes across
Long Island. Somehow the weather stayed clear at the Long Island Maritime
Museum and allowed the 2nd Annual Family Fun Day to go on. The winds
were strong but the sun came out and allowed over 300 people to enjoy
an afternoon of fun. It was also nice to see some of the families
that we have donated to come share the day with us! We once again
had wonderful raffle prizes donated by the generous merchants of Sayville
and the surrounding area. Our wonderful sponsors allowed us to provide
an afternoon of horse rides, petting zoo, bounce houses, cupcake decorating,
kite making, magic show, and music for our families in attendance.
The Forsberg family made “old-fashioned” carnival games
for us that we will have for years to come! A special thank you to
Hampton Sounds for donating their time to provide us with music. Also
thank you to our sponsors- Kay Cameron Jewelers, J.Kings, Tender Age
PT, CB Sports, Clare Rose Inc., Blue Point Brewery, Snapper Inn, and
Irish Coffee Pub, without their sponsorship, this day would not be
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| Just wanted to thank everyone who came to our first
family fun day. I am sorry I didn't get to sit and talk with many
of you for more than a few minutes or even at all. But I saw so
many faces there that I was truly amazed, honored and speechless,
that so many of you took time out of your Saturday to come and support
us! The weather was beautiful and just thought how I have a pretty
special angel looking over us! Please check back often to see what
wonderful things we are accomplishing with the help from all of
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