November 14, 2005
Queens, NY – St. Francis College President Frank
Macchiarola, Donald and Eleanor Taffner of DLT Entertainment
Limited and John J. Hogan, Jr., treasurer of the National Funeral
Directors Association and manager of the Fogarty Funeral Home in
Flushing, were honored at the Eighth Annual Johnny’s Angel Awards
Dinner for St. John’s Bread and Life Program, Inc. on Wednesday,
November 9 at St. John’s University.
“Our four honorees this year have been generous
benefactors and supporters of our program who have demonstrated a
great commitment to those in need,” said Father James J. Maher,
C.M., Chairman of the Board of St. John’s Bread and Life and Vice
President of Student Life at St. John’s University. “They are
four of the most distinguished and influential people in New York
City with regard to hunger, poverty, education and human
services.”
In addition, Timothy Hilton was presented with the coveted
Sr. Bernadette Award for his exemplary work at the St. John’s Bread
& Life Soup Kitchen in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of
Brooklyn, NY. Hilton has worked in the soup kitchen, cooking,
cleaning up and doing odd jobs for the past 15 years. He is
the longest tenured employee currently working at St. John’s Bread
& Life.
Mary Tobin of the Peter J. Tobin College of Business at
St. John’s University served as dinner chairperson and WLNY TV55
sports director C.J. Papa served as the evening’s master of
ceremonies. A crowd of 205 attended the dinner and festivities held
at the University Center on the Queens Campus.
The Johnny’s Angel Awards are presented to those who have helped
St. John’s Bread and Life fight hunger and provide a wide range of
services to those in need. St. John’s Bread and Life Program, Inc.,
which is among the largest providers of emergency food and support
services in New York City located in the Bedford Stuyvesant
community. The organization’s goal is to combat poverty and help
people achieve self-sufficiency. It is also dedicated to
educating the public and increasing awareness of hunger, poverty
and homelessness.
At the heart of St. John’s Bread and Life’s programs is a soup
kitchen serving breakfast and lunch to an average of 1,000 people
each weekday. St. John’s Bread and Life also operates a
mobile soup kitchen, which currently travels to different
neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens to serve those in need.
In addition to emergency food services, St. John’s Bread and Life
has a food pantry and an array of support services.
For more information, please contact St. John’s Bread and Life
at (718) 574-0058, ext. 25. To learn more about St. John’s
Bread and Life you can visit its web site at www.breadandlife.org.