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2009 Award Sponsors

Visionary
- Capital One Bank
-Brooklyn Community Foundation

Benefactors
-Dunn Development
-L+M Development Partners
 
Developers
-Bank of NY Mellon
-Citibank
-Goldstein Hall PLLC
-JP Morgan Chase
-Lettire Construction Corporation
-LISC
-M&T Bank
-Title Associates - A Stewart Company
-Vargas, Ghigliotty & Rivera LLP
 
Builders
-Clinton Hill Dental
-David Rowe and Tom Eastman, PACC Board
-Enterprise Community Partners
-HSBC
-Lincoln Restler & Family
-Nomad Architecture
-Seble Tareke & Family
-Strook & Strook & Lavan LLP

Navy Green Design Team:
-Architecture in Formation
-Curtis+Ginsberg Architects LLP
-FX Fowle
-GACE Goldstein Associates
-Landscape Architecture LLC
-Todd Rader + Amy Crews Architecture
-Rodkin Cardinale Consulting Engineer P.C.
-William Vitacco Associates Ltd.
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Dinner Committee

-Mariadele Priest,
Dinner Chair, Capital One Bank
-NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery,
18th District
-NYC Council Member Letitia James,
35th District
-NYS Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries,
57th District
-Anne M. Bush,
A. M. Bush Consulting
-Mark Castle,
Bank of NY Mellon
-Eva Daniels,
Eva Daniels Realty
-Martin Dunn,
Dunn Development
-Steve Flax,
M and T Bank
-Marilyn Gelber,
Brooklyn Community Foundation
-Mark Ginsberg,
Curtis + Ginsberg Architects LLP
-Judith Goldiner,
Legal Aid Society
-David Goldstein,
Goldstein Hall PLLC
-Dr. Charles Grannum,
Clinton Hill Dental
-Kathleen Hayek,
South of Navy Yard Artists, SONYA
-Naima Oyo,
M and T Bank
-Damon Strub,
Nomad Architecture
-Deb Howard,
Pratt Area Community Council
-Melissa Lee,
Mayor's Office, CNED
-Sukanya Paciorek,
Vornado Realty Trust
-Sujatha Raman,
Pratt Area Community Council
-Lincoln Restler,
NYC Office of Financial Empowerment
-Seble Tareke-Williams, Emmes Asset Management
-Claire O. Wood,
Wood, Rafalsky & Wood, LLP
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Board of Directors
 
Mariadele Priest, President
Keith Getter, Treasurer
Lynn Tollett, Secretary
Seble Tareke-Williams
Althea N. Watson
Rev. Curtis Whitney
David A. Rowe
Jabir Suluki
Tom Eastman
Lincoln Restler
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Silent Auction Photos
 
Mount Holly, Vermont country house



yum yum table setup






45th Celebration Spotlight Newsletter- Vol.4

A post celebration thank you from The Board of Directors, Dinner Committee, and Staff of Pratt Area Community Council.


Hundreds of PACC's friends, supporters and colleagues turned out to Celebrate 45 Years of Building Community Together on Wednesday, October 21st. At the event, PACC honored Capital One Bank with a Corporate Leadership Award and Brooklyn Community Foundation with a Community Leadership Award.
 
The festive evening included a silent auction featuring Brooklyn artists and professional services; a performance by Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn; magical entertainment from the Artifice Group; organic, sustainable food catered by DUMBO-based Yum Yum; and a dessert bar with favorites from local bakeries and restaurants. The celebration continued with dancing at the Sapphire Soiree after party with music by DJ Basiq.
 
Thank you to all of our 45th anniversary sponsors, supporters, guests and volunteers. We hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did!

Program Highlights:

Inside the stunning Irondale Center, the crowd gathers for a delicious meal catered by Yum Yum.





Jamie Ruddy, Capital One; Paulette Gonzalez, Capital One; Dale Charles, PACC Economic Development Director; Phillip Kellogg, FAB Alliance Director; Wellington Sharpe, FAB Alliance.


"Pratt Area Community Council is a model of the truly transformative effects a local neighborhood nonprofit can have in the lives of residents it empowers and how much Brooklyn's civic life becomes more vibrant in the process," said Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz.


Accepting the Community Leadership Award on
behalf of Brooklyn Community Foundation, Marilyn Gelber, BCF President, said, "PACC has demonstrated exceptional leadership in community development field fighting for an economically and socially integrated Brooklyn where families can take root and businesses can prosper. BCF is proud to have supported PACC over the years and we're honored to receive the Community Leadership Award."


Lynn A. Pike, President, Capital One
Bank, accepted the Corporate
Leadership Award on behalf of Capital One. Deb Howard, PACC Executive Director; Lynn A. Pike; Mariadele Priest, Dinner Committee Chair, PACC Board President & VP of Community Development, Capital One.



Guests were treated to an inspiring
performance by the Young Artists
of Jamel Gaines & Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn.



PACC Board Members (l-r): Tom Eastman, Treasurer Keith Getter, President Mariadele Priest, Executive Director Deb Howard, Secretary Lynn Tollett, Seble Tareke-Williams, Lincoln Restler, David Rowe. Missing: Althea Watson, Rev. Dr. Curtis Whitney and Jabir Suluki.





Council Member Letitia James, 35th District, and Rochelle Felder, PACC Case Manager.


 
Delicious desserts from Abu's Bakery, Desserts by Michael Allen, Madiba Restaurant, The Bakery, Tillie's of Brooklyn


PACC staff enjoyed mingling with our guests and volunteered their time to make the event run smoothly.


1) Home Services Director Pat Julien, Social Services Director Nicole Gilbert. 2) Fundraising Director Sujatha Snyder, Project Manager Danise Malqui, Assistant Counselor Charrisse Smith, Bookkeeper Pauline Myrie, Accounts Payable Rudo Raymo. 2) Rudo Raymo, Economic Development Director Dale Charles, CFO Tien Wang.


Winning bids in our Silent Auction were generously matched by Brooklyn Community Foundation.
 
L-R: Karen Wright, Gala Coordinator, and Peter Hatzakos, HSBC, winner of a signed bottle of Wayne Gretzky Wine; Gardening Consultation from root stock and quade; tickets to the Next Wave Festival at BAM. 


 
Entertainment included live music from Eric Salazar & Tor Snyder and close-up magic from Prakash Puru and Asi Wind of the Artifice Group.


State Senator Velmanette Montgomery
presented Fundraising Director Sujatha Snyder with a $350,000 check for PACC, designated as capital support for affordable housing preservation and development in the 18th State Senate District.


After the program ended and the lights faded to blue, guests and staff caught up and got down at the Sapphire Soiree. Clockwise from left:  

Elana
Clockwise from Left: 1) PACC staff members on the dance floor: Property Management Director Stephanie Blue, Pauline Myrie, Home Owner Counselor Bonita Dowling 2) Executive Director Deb Howard PACC 3) PACC homeowners Suki and Greg Paciorek 4)Reporter Steve Witt, PACC Lead Community Organizer Juanita Edwards, Daisy James of MoCADA take a picture before drinking their sapphire cocktails.
To find out more about PACC or to become a member, email us at pacc@prattarea.org and visit us on the web at www.prattarea.org
 
Sincerely, 

Deb Howard
Pratt Area Community Council

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