(Photo: Village of Islandia) Pictured (left to right): Islandia Public Safety Supervisor Louis Wilson, Village Trustee Victor Montanez III, who co-organized the Bridges of Hope Pickleball Tournament, Col. Francis S. Midura VFW Post #12144 Vice President JR Soto and Quartermasters Pat Tanzola and Raymond Ruselewicz, pickleball tournament participant John Aviles, Postpartum Resource Center of New York Executive Director Sonia Murdock, pickleball tournament co-organizer Cathy Sciacca, volunteer Nicha Kaushik, co-organizer Anna Triebwasser, participant Jeanette Aviles, and Islandia Mayor Allan M. Dorman.
The Village of Islandia presented checks, each in the amount of $6,150, to both the Col. Francis S. Midura Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #12144 and the Postpartum Resource Center of New York at a special presentation on September 17. The money was raised from the 2nd Annual Bridges of Hope Pickleball Tournament, which took place on September 6.
This year’s tournament supported the Heroes & Heroines: Mental Health Support for Veterans and Women’s Postpartum Depression program. The daylong event raised $12,300.
