About 200 people attended Thursday’s Toms River-Ocean County Chamber of Commerce 47th Annual Gala at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Lakewood. The dinner marks a changing of the guard when it comes to the Chamber’s Officers and Board of Directors while also honoring those who make a difference in our community. For the first time the “Distinguished Citizens of the Year” were a husband/wife team and nobody could argue with the selection of Stephen and Judi Leone. He is an attorney who serves on the Ocean County College Board of Trustees and is very involved in the Toms River Business Improvement District. She is a former teacher who donates time and energy to the New Jersey Council on the Arts, Garden State Philharmonic, Ocean’s Harbor House, Open Arms and OCC Scholarship Committee as well as others. A charming couple who have contributed much and were very deserving of the honor.
The J. Phillip Citta Regional Cancer Center at Community Medical Center was saluted as the “Organization of the Year” and accepting the honor was Dr. Lawrence Coia, Senior Advisor to the center and Rosanne Citta, President of the Citta Foundation and sister of the late Phil Citta for whom the cancer center is named. The generosity of the family in providing such an outstanding facility right here in Ocean County has made life much easier for local cancer patients who can get top-notch care and treatment at Community Medical Center without having to travel outside of the area.
Last night’s gala also saw Pat Blake of Sylvan Learning Center pass the gavel as Chairman to Ken Fitzpatrick of Raymond James Financial who will be joined on the Executive Board by Rich Krug of BASF, Frank Gelormini of Community Medical Center and JoAnn Parisi of Investors Savings Bank.
Past chairmen of the chamber in attendance were Harvey York, Joe Coronato, Gary Lotano, Linda Stefanik, Bob Shea, Dominick Servodio and yours truly.
All in all and good evening enjoyed by a lot of good people trying to make our community a better place to live, work and play.
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