In terms of other events in the community, the following is the list that we are supporting or sponsoring as a chapter. For more info, please contact me or the person next to the event 1 – May 19, 2013 – Albanian Roots picnic – Queensbridge Park, Queens, NY (contact Ervin Toro ervin.toro@gmail.com or Marko Kepi markokepi@gmail.com) 2 – May 25, 2013 – Musical and Literary Evening our sister branch in Jacksonville, FL is organizing – Holiday Inn, Jacksonville, FL (contact me for more details – a trip to Florida is always nice, especially in May) 3 – May 26, 2013 – Ana e Malit annual picnis – FDR Park, Yorktown Heights, NY (Ismet Kurti ikurti@msn.com or Naser Cobaj cobajn@aol.com) 4 – May 30, 2019 – APEN Investment Conference – Barclays Capital HQ, New York City (Contact me for more details) 5 – May 31 – June 2, 2013 – Albanian Festival – St. Mary’s Albanian Church, Worcester, MA 6 – June 2, 2013 – Albanian Heritage Day – Kensico Damn Plaza, Valhalla, NY (Elza Lulaj ulaj@gmail.com) 7 – June 8, 2013 – Waterbury Albanian Annual Festival – Waterbury, CT (Deni Blloshmi dblloshmi@gmail.com) 8 – June 22, 2013 – Albanian Parade via Albanian Roots – New York City. We are looking for a sponsorship to raise money for own float. (Ervin Toro ervin.toro@gmail.com or Marko Kepi markokepi@gmail.com) 9 – June 29, 2013- MAASBESA Annual Boston Boat Cruise – Boston MA (Mark Kosmo markkosmo1@gmail – Summer evening outdoors on a cruise in Boston is hard to beat) Thanks and let’s support the above events individually or as a group. Don’t hesitate to reach out to the contact person or myself with any questions.(Nick Markola)

Foto:Nga takimi i bordit te deges me kryetarin e Vatres, dr. Gjon Bucaj te shtunen me 18 maj 2013