Joe DiMaggio Award Dinner Honoring Iraq War Casualty NYC-Born Specialist Brendan Marrocco
Brooklyn, NY, November 14, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Bob Costas, Jim Ryan, Tiki Barber, Leonard Marshall and NY Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira will join HeartShare Human Services next Tuesday evening when the 2010 Joe DiMaggio Award will be presented to US Army Specialist Brendan Marrocco.
Born and raised in Staten Island, Marrocco miraculously survived the loss of all his limbs during a 2009 direct-hit rocket attack while serving in Iraq. With the help of his brother Michael, Brendan is currently rehabilitating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Award-winning sportscaster Bob Costas will deliver the keynote address and veteran newsman Jim Ryan will serve as master of ceremonies. Sports stars and celebrities, including former New York Giants stars Tiki Barber and Leonard Marshall, are expected to attend. New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira will present Brendan the award, crystal replica of DiMaggio’s bat.
The Joe DiMaggio Award was first presented by the Yankee Clipper himself in 1997 in a fundraising effort for the benefit of an innovative education program for the learning disabled at Brooklyn’s Xaverian High School. “Joe DiMaggio was committed to helping provide educational opportunities for those with special needs,” explained Salvatore Ferrera former president of the school and co-founder of the dinner.
When: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
6 p.m. - cocktails/7 p.m. - dinner
Where: Guastavino’s
409 E. 59th Street
In an effort to expand its reach and those opportunities a new partnership has been forged with HeartShare Human Services. HeartShare provides educational and human services to more than 25,000 children and families in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
HeartShare provides educational programs for school-age children between the ages of 5 and 21 with profound autism at The HeartShare School in Bensonhurst. It also expanded its programs to include a day habilitation program in Brooklyn and Staten Island for young adults with autism, and plans further expansion early next year with the opening of two residential facilities that are attached to the school.
“A lack of local programs has forced many in need of these services to seek help in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. These new residences will allow them to come home and be with their families,” said HeartShare President and CEO William R. Guarinello.
“This is what Joe DiMaggio wanted to do. These are the children DiMaggio wanted to help,” said Ferrera. “The Joe DiMaggio Award and HeartShare make a perfect marriage.”
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Born and raised in Staten Island, Marrocco miraculously survived the loss of all his limbs during a 2009 direct-hit rocket attack while serving in Iraq. With the help of his brother Michael, Brendan is currently rehabilitating at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Award-winning sportscaster Bob Costas will deliver the keynote address and veteran newsman Jim Ryan will serve as master of ceremonies. Sports stars and celebrities, including former New York Giants stars Tiki Barber and Leonard Marshall, are expected to attend. New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira will present Brendan the award, crystal replica of DiMaggio’s bat.
The Joe DiMaggio Award was first presented by the Yankee Clipper himself in 1997 in a fundraising effort for the benefit of an innovative education program for the learning disabled at Brooklyn’s Xaverian High School. “Joe DiMaggio was committed to helping provide educational opportunities for those with special needs,” explained Salvatore Ferrera former president of the school and co-founder of the dinner.
When: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
6 p.m. - cocktails/7 p.m. - dinner
Where: Guastavino’s
409 E. 59th Street
In an effort to expand its reach and those opportunities a new partnership has been forged with HeartShare Human Services. HeartShare provides educational and human services to more than 25,000 children and families in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
HeartShare provides educational programs for school-age children between the ages of 5 and 21 with profound autism at The HeartShare School in Bensonhurst. It also expanded its programs to include a day habilitation program in Brooklyn and Staten Island for young adults with autism, and plans further expansion early next year with the opening of two residential facilities that are attached to the school.
“A lack of local programs has forced many in need of these services to seek help in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. These new residences will allow them to come home and be with their families,” said HeartShare President and CEO William R. Guarinello.
“This is what Joe DiMaggio wanted to do. These are the children DiMaggio wanted to help,” said Ferrera. “The Joe DiMaggio Award and HeartShare make a perfect marriage.”
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HeartShare Human Services of NY
Tricia Fleming
718-422-4200
www.heartshare.org
Tricia Fleming
718-422-4200
www.heartshare.org
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