Claudette LaFlamme
Volunteer Award
Claudette
has been a member of EMNA since its inception in 2002. She has
lived in East Mountain since 1980, but also owns a home In Clearwater,
Florida, which she visits several times each year. Claudette retired
from
Watertown High School in 1997 after having taught French and Spanish for
36 years. She is an active parishioner of Blessed Sacrament Church where
she
performs the duties of sacristan preparing the altar for dally mass. She
holds
the office of Chairperson for Professional Affairs for Delta Kappa
Gamma,
which is a teachers' International honor society. Claudette has chaired
the
East Mt Neighborhood Assn's Harry Northrop Grant Committee since its
inception 7 years ago. She has served on the hospitality committee and
has
helped with our pancake breakfasts, awards dinners and many other
association activities. Her friendly smile and gentle demeanor has
endeared
Nancy Ptak
Volunteer Award
Nancy is an
imported treasure. She was born in Catignano, Italy and came to
the USA at the age of 1 ˝ yrs. She is one of 9 children. She and
Mike have
been married for 28 years and have two beautiful daughters, Lisa and
Jennifer, and most recently became grandparents on 4/2/10 to Joseph Mark
Rocco, III. Nancy has worked for Sunbridge Health Care for 25 years and
is
also a Medicaid Consultant for Lighthouse Consulting. She is also a
member
of the National Organization of Italian American Women. Her hobbies
include quilting, needlepoint, crocheting, and cross stitch. She enjoys
Zumba
classes and is an excellent cook. Her homemade pasta and biscotti
cookies are
world famous! Since Its Inception in 2002 the East Mt, Neighborhood
Assn.
has been an important part of Nancy’s life. She served as Secretary from
2007
- 2009. She has been involved in Just about every project we have
undertaken from serving
pancakes, providing goodies for hospitality, set up and clean up for events,
attending city meetings during condo opposition, planting the
flower flag, serving as membership chairperson, co-chairing the brick
committee, selling duck race tickets, and probably many more we have
failed to mention.
Thanks, Nancy, for all that you do for us. You are one of a kind!
Michael DaSilva
Student Award