Mineola Kiwanis Club Inducts New Member

Albert Redmond grew up 750 miles from Mineola, but the Indianapolis native feels at home now and wanted to give back to his adopted community in some way.

He chose to put his efforts behind in Mineola to further its legacy. 

Redmond was the lone person installed as a new member at the group’s meeting at the Williston Park IHOP on the morning of June 18. Arlindo Cunha, a Legion of Honor member of Kiwanis, sponsored Redmond.

Redmond, who works at the Mineola branch was among into the local chapter. The others — Michael Scarpl, Joseph Laino, Joao (John) Encarnacao, Leslie Cruz, Ilda Costa Pereira, Helene Harris, Leslie C. Gross, Charles Berman, Louise Fishman and Marc Gann — were installed earlier this month. Redmond was unable to attend that meeting.

As he accepted his pin, Redmond told members that he was “proud to be in a room of such influential people,” and he “looked forward to contributing in whatever way to the future of Kiwanis.”

In other news at the weekly meeting: 
 

• This year Kiwanis is sponsoring 13 needy youngsters to its Kamp Kiwanis, which takes place the week of August 6. The coed camp accepts children aged eight to 14 and has a counselor-in-training program for those aged 15 to 17.
• Kiwanis President Edgar Schutz was among 30 attendees from the New York District delegation to attend the 96th annual Kiwanis International Convention in Geneva, Switzerland. Guest speakers included actress Jamie Lee Curtis and keynoter Jane Goodall, the renowned primatologist, conservationist and UN Messenger of Peace.
•  On July 29, the will be held at the Mineola Village Pool in Wilson Park beginning at 9 a.m.  The event is expected to draw 450 children.