ANIBIC Golf Outing

The fifth Annual ANIBIC Golf outing was the most successful yet, thanks to those who participated as golfers, sponsors and volunteers.

The day was perfect. Lido Beach golf course always presents a majestic and pastoral scene. The golfers began to arrive for breakfast under the Big Top a change this year. The driving range and practice greens were filled with those eager to improve their game and a few even took some lessons from the course pro.

The course was in excellent shape. The only problem: they haven’t removed the 16th hole, a par 5 that forces a golfer to carry water two times to get to a green well protected by bunkers. This writer has been known to throw a dozen balls into the water and walk to the green to putt.

At 12:45 PM the golfers were called to their carts and given the rules of the day. Eighteen holes later after a full day of golf, food and drink on the golf course, our dauntless warriors returned to the clubhouse for cocktails and a barbecue of gigantic ribs and steaks cooked to order. The grand prize was a pair of airline tickets to anywhere JetBlue flies.

It was a fun day and the proceeds of the 2010 golf outing will help to supplement ANIBIC’s programs.

Special Thanks:

• To the 2010 golf committee:
  • Kevin Arnstein of Cook, Hall & Hyde, Inc.
  • John F. DeBiase, Associate Executive Director, ANIBIC
  • The Dorian family, ANIBIC family members
  • The Gailing family, ANIBIC family members
  • Paul Kilimnik, Board Member, ANIBIC
  • Frank Quatela, Architect
  • Bill Richardson, President, UMC Moving
  • Jeffrey Schwartz, Esq., Board Member, ANIBIC
  • Gerard T. Smith, Executive Director, ANIBIC
  • Vincent Tancredi, Chief Financial Officer, ANIBIC
• To the staff and volunteers who helped the day of the event: Helene Kaufman, Mary Ann McCann, Paul Kilimnik (an ANIBIC Board member) and to our lovely Mulligan girls: Danielle and Samantha;
• To Our brunch, lunch and dinner sponsors
  • Wells Fargo, through the efforts of Tom McCauley, co-sponsored brunch with Rolex,
  • Cook, Hall and Hyde, Inc. sponsored lunch through the efforts of Kevin Arnstein,
  • Triades and Triades Law Firm (dear friends of ANIBIC Board Members Eli and Helene Nieman) along with our architect Frank Quatela, were co-sponsors of dinner.
  • To all of our prize donors,
  • Our Gold, Silver and Tee sponsors,
  • And of course our intrepid golfers without whom there could be no golf-outing .

A special recognition is in order to acknowledge two very special individuals who have been on board since the beginning, and who drop whatever they are doing to help make this event the success that it has become. Thanks very much Bill Richardson and Jeff Schwartz. The co-honorees of the 2011 outing.

Plans for the 2011 outing are underway, and it promises to be an event to remember. Plan to join us in June 2011. The date will be announced right after the New Year.