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Cultural Arts

Volunteers who have enriched Long Island's cultural landscape through arts programs, community theater, music education, and cultural preservation initiatives.

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Eleanor Voss

2002Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay Arts Council

Eleanor founded the Oyster Bay Arts Council in 1979 and spent 40 years building it into one of Long Island's premier cultural organizations. She established free summer concert series and youth arts scholarships that continue to this day.

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Frank Deluca

2004Port Washington

Port Washington Community Theater

Frank directed and produced over 60 community theater productions over 35 years, training hundreds of young performers and raising funds for arts education in local schools.

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Sophia Nakamura

2007Great Neck

Great Neck Arts Center

Sophia established the Great Neck Arts Center's multicultural programming initiative, bringing performances and exhibitions celebrating Long Island's diverse communities. She organized over 200 cultural events during her 25-year volunteer tenure.

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Harold Greenspan

2010Woodbury

Long Island Philharmonic Volunteers

Harold organized the Long Island Philharmonic's volunteer corps for 20 years, coordinating ushers, fundraisers, and community outreach that helped the orchestra reach new audiences across Nassau and Suffolk counties.

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Maria Costello

2015Patchogue

Patchogue Arts Council

Maria was instrumental in Patchogue's arts-driven downtown revitalization, organizing gallery walks, public murals, and artist residencies that transformed the village into a regional arts destination.

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David Kim

2019Manhasset

Korean Cultural Center of Long Island

David founded the Korean Cultural Center of Long Island, preserving and sharing Korean heritage through festivals, language classes, and cultural exchanges that have enriched Long Island's multicultural fabric for over two decades.

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Thomas Reilly

Angela Ferreira

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Eleanor Voss

Frank Deluca

Sophia Nakamura

Harold Greenspan

Maria Costello

David Kim

Dorothy Flanagan

Charles Abramowitz

Rosa Mendez

William Hartley

Grace Tanaka

Michael Torres

Captain John Brennan

Nancy Kowalski

Richard Palumbo

Sandra Morales

Thomas Gallagher

Barbara Weiss

George Petrakis

Carol Hutchinson

Steven Park

Diane Russo

Helen Brodsky

Anthony Rizzo

Judith Kaplan

Carlos Vega

Patricia Nolan

Dr. Susan Friedman

Robert Esposito

Dr. Alice Chen

Vincent Lombardo

Kathleen Murphy

James Okafor

Sister Mary Catherine

Paul Giordano

Reverend James Washington

Donna Fitzgerald

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Frances Capobianco

Bernard Klein

Anita Ramirez

Walter Schreiber

Theresa Malone

Samuel Osei

Eleanor Rauch

Herbert Katz

Constance Whitmore

Richard Feldman

Gloria Santos

Mildred Horowitz

Arthur Bloom

Rosemary Callahan

Irving Schwartz

Beatrice Fontaine

Harold Yamamoto

Dr. Patricia Lowe

Michael Brennan

Catherine DiMaggio

Gregory Okonkwo

Lorraine Petersen

David Rubin

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