“In The Spirit of Thomas Paine Award” Dinner

November 17 , 2011

This year’s award recipient is Ben Fernandez, a renowned photojournalist who in his over 45 year career recorded some of the most historic events in our nation’s history during the last half-century. His photos of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the last year of his life, offer an unparalleled glimpse of the struggle for civil rights through the lens of a brilliant photojournalist. Also being honored are Community Organizers, Joan and Sam Goldstein; Howard Sturman, Publisher of The New Rochelle Sound & Town Report; The Adult Learning Center, A Mission of the Ursuline Social Outreach and Rabbi Amiel Wohl of the Coalition for Mutual Respect.

The dinner will be held at the V.I.P. Country Club, 600 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10805. Tickets are $75.00 per person. Call 914-632-7745 for reservations.

One-Room Schoolhouse Day

April 10, 2011

Step back into time and experience the life of a 19th century student in our one-room school…the oldest schoolhouse in New Rochelle! Learn your ABC’s and arithmetic using slate boards and be part of “spell-downs”. Bring an apple for the school marm for extra-credit but don’t get caught dipping pig-tails into the ink well.