Business and community leaders gathered to show their support and enthusiasm for Girl Scouts of Nassau County at the 22nd Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008.

Over 250 attendees celebrated in grand style at the Garden City Hotel, where Dr. Adrienne O'Brien-Salten received the “Juliette Low Award of Distinction” and DHL was presented with the “Making A Difference for the Youth of Long Island Award.”

Highlights of the afternoon included an inspiring speeches from our keynote speaker, Girl Scout Gold Award Winner Maureen LoVetro and Lieutenant Colonel Sean Schumaker.

A special thanks to all of our sponsors, including Dees’ Florist in Oceanside for providing the centerpieces.

Sponsors:

Pall Corporation—Event Sponsor

Winthrop University Hospital—Community Partner Sponsor

C.W. Post Campus/LIU—Former Recipient Host

Hofstra University—Former Recipient Host

Leslie Segrete and Ed Carbonell--Gift Sponsor

Plainview & Syosset Hospitals—Gift Sponsor

Fantastic Tours and Travel—GSNC Chorus Sponsor

Farrell Fritz—GSNC Chorus Sponsor

Platinum Air Cargo—Awards Sponsor

Mutual of America—Awards Sponsor

Vicki Murphy—Awards Sponsor

New York Institute of Technology—Photography Sponsor

Melissa Connolly—Photography Sponsor

Carol Ransom—Photography Sponsor

Sandra E. Williams—Flower Sponsor

Franchina & Giordano, PC—Flower Sponsor

A very special thank you goes out to our hard working committee:

Co-Chairs: Dr. Pamela Lennox and Kathleen Eagan, Honorary Chair: Leslie Segrete

Committee Members:

Eileen Baker, Melissa Connolly, Nancy Costo, Sandy Cutrone, Donnamarie DeLuca, Emily Franchina, Cynthia C. Gorman, Mary Howard-Longmuir, Allison Kasson,

Margot Kramer, Victoria Murphy, Cathy O’Reilly, Debbie Sullivan Reed, Tiffany Williams and Angela M. Zimmerman.

We look forward to seeing everyone again at our 23rd Annual Luncheon, October 2009.

Please contact Sherry McGrath for more information.

516-741-2550 x240 or mcgraths@gsnc.org

 

 

 

Dr. Adrienne O’Brien-Salten has been a dedicated Girl Scout since she rediscovered scouting through her work with Girl Scouts of Nassau County, years after spending a summer as a counselor at Girl Scout Camp.  Since she began working with GSNC, Dr. O’Brien-Salten has become a lifetime member of Girl Scouts, and sees it as her mission to introduce everyone she meets to the world of Girl Scouting. 

Former dean of the School of Media and Arts at the New York Institute of Technology and currently a tenured professor of Communication Arts there, Dr. O’Brien-Salten just completed three terms on the GSNC Board of Directors and plans to continue her work with GSNC by supporting both the organization’s governance and direct service programs in a variety of ways.  One of Dr. O’Brien-Salten’s pet projects is GSNC’s Critical Issues Initiative.  Dr. O’Brien-Salten, guiding NYIT’s student-staffed PR agency, assisted GSNC’s efforts at raising community awareness of critical issues affecting girls. Her graduate students researched the impact of female bullying - known as relational aggression - and then helped develop the first printed information used by GSNC in its campaign to combat it. The group also designed a girl-parent friendly website, www.namesdohurt.com on this critical issue.

In addition to Dr. O’Brien-Salten’s work with GSNC, who named her one of the 90 Women for 90 Years, she is committed to many community service organizations.  Recognized as one of Long Island’s Top 50 Women by LI Business News, she served more than ten years with Women on the Job and The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.  Dr. O’Brien-Salten is a proud recipient of a Life Achievement Award from the Public Relations Professionals of Long Island.

DHL is the global market leader of the international express and logistics industry.  For more than 35 years, DHL’s growth has closely paralleled the globalization of trade.  Today, the company’s international network links more than 225 countries and territories worldwide with some 300,000 employees, including more than 40,000 employees in the U.S., dedicated to providing fast and reliable services for customers across the globe.

DHL’s Corporate Citizenship Program is a global initiative designed to address local community needs and develop employee volunteerism, while fostering two of DHL’s most important corporate values: team building and giving back through social responsibility.

DHL has partnered with The Girl Scouts of Nassau County for the last three years in “Operation Cookie,” where Girl Scouts all over Nassau County work to sell extra boxes of cookies to be sent to soldiers overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locales.

Since 2006, DHL has donated its transportation and logistics expertise to ship more than 41,000 boxes of cookies overseas.  DHL’s commitment to ensuring the cookies reach our service men and women in the Middle East is what makes the success of this program possible.