FVAC First Lieutenat Peter Bojmal (left) and Captain Joseph Marcellino (right) receive a $1000 check from Marine Park Civic Association Vice President Charles D'Allesandro, at our March 2009 General Members Meeting. We thank them for their continued support!!!

Photograph by Steve Solomonson

Photograph by Steve Solomonson

Many thanks to Courier Life Editor-in-Chief Ken Brown, who received a special award from FVAC First Lieutenant Peter Bojmal and FVAC Captain Joseph Marcellino at our February 2007 meeting, in recognition of Courier Life's many years of outstanding press coverage of FVAC.

Pictured above: Peter Bojmal, Ken Brown, and Joe Marcellino.

Photograph by Dave Moskowitz

Captain Joseph Marcellino receives a $10,000 check from FVAC Financial Secretary, Sol Edelstein, on behalf of the Mass Mutual Financial Group at our ambulance dedication in October 2006. A heartfelt thanks to Mass Mutual Financial for their generous donation.

Photograph by Steve Solomonson

Captain Joseph Marcellino receives a $1000 check from FVAC Public Relations Officer, Joseph Auerbach, on behalf of the Altria Group at our October 2006 meeting. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Altria has given a generous donation to FVAC. A heartfelt thanks to Altria for their continued support!!!

Photograph by Steve Solomonson

First Lieutenant Peter Bojmal receives a $1000 check from FVAC Public Relations Officer, Joseph Auerbach, on behalf of the Altria Group at our June 2005 meeting. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Altria has given a generous donation to FVAC. We thank them for their continued support!!!

Photograph by Dave Moskowitz

Captain Joseph Marcellino receives a $1000 check from FVAC Public Relations Officer, Joseph Auerbach, on behalf of the Altria Group at our December 2004 meeting. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Altria has given a generous donation to FVAC.

Photograph by Steve Solomonson

Vanessa A. Pisano, Account Manager for the New York Blood Center, presents Joseph Auerbach, FVAC Public Relations Officer, with an award for FVAC's participation in the August 2004 blood drive.

Photograph by Dave Moskowitz

State Senator Carl Kruger promises his continued personal and financial support to FVAC

Above photograph by Bob Stonehill

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New York City Councilman Lewis Fidler presents Captain Marcellino with a $5,000 donation on the behalf of the New York City Council.

Above photograph by Bob Stonehill

We wish to thank Councilman Fidler for his ongoing support to FVAC

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Jay Cohen and Sam Mora of the First Kings Masonic District present Captain Joseph Marcellino with a donation at our May 2004 General Meeting

Photograph by Steve Solomonson

We thank the First Masonic District for their excellent and generous support of this Corps. We wish to express our gratitude to the Masons, generally, for the wonderful work that they do in the communities they serve.

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Our community-based organization is completely dependent on voluntary donations which enable us to provide emergency medical services for our neighbors as we have for more than a quarter-century.

Our principal source of income comes from our community in the form of personal checks sent in response to a mailed request for money.

While direct donations of money, unless earmarked by the donor, go to our general fund, we also are looking for specific items which may be donated. All items will be exclusively for Corps use and none will be sold to recover cash value.

Our wish list:

Our Training Center's largest project is the ongoing training of Emergency Medical Technicians. We are the ONLY not-for-profit training location in New York City not affiliated with a supporting organization . Among our needs are CPR training manikins, audio-visual equipment including a new LCD projector, and a computer to generate Power Point presentations.

Uniforms are an expense each of our members handles individually. Therefore, it is often tough to standardize the required uniforms. Among the equipment we would like to provide to our members are blue EMS Pants (with extra pockets) - 100 pairs costing $50 each would cost approximately $5,000, 100 blue Paramedic sweatshirts with embroidery - costing $60 each would cost approximately $6000, 100 blue or white polo shirts with embroidery - costing $25 each would cost approximately $2500, and 100 winter coats with embroidery - costing $100 each would cost approximately $10,000.

We wish you, your family, and those who are important to you Good Health and only good things.

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We gratefully acknowledge the following members of our community for the generous support they have provided.

• Assembly Member Helene Weinstein
• City Council Member Lew Fidler
• First Kings Masonic District
• Altria Corp.
• Mass Mutual Financial
• The Mill Basin Deli and Art Gallery
• Joe's Barbeque Pit
• A & M Bagel Store
• Aliotta's Pastry
• Bagel Boy
• Kris Florist
• Dagan Pizza
• Dooley's Auto Body
• Gourmet Grill
• Herr's Potato Chips
• Joe's Pizza
• La Torre Pork Store
• Marine Park Florist
• Nosh Express
• Pizza Nosh
• Shane's Towing
• Shang Chai Glatt Kosher Restaurant
• Teena's Cake Fair

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