Quad State Herf V - Feb 27th, 2010 The Meadowbrook

[Irish79]

Charlie - Thank you for all of your hard work in organizing the herf. Even though things didn't turn out as planned, I had a fantastic time and will be there next year.

DG - Thanks for the rainbow flavored white-owl. It looks much better in person.

[Diesel Grinch]

Charlie - Thank you for all of your hard work in organizing the herf. Even though things didn't turn out as planned, I had a fantastic time and will be there next year.

DG - Thanks for the rainbow flavored white-owl. It looks much better in person.

Charlie is the HERF King for a reason!!!


See people make fun of them but they sure are tasty.

DG

[stogieman]

I want to start by saying thanks to everyone for coming out especially for those that made it cross country. I’m sorry for the S/BOTL that couldn’t make because of the bad weather we have had since Thursday morning. I was stationed here at West Point in 1996 when they had the last major storm like this one and I hope it doesn’t happen again soon. I tried to make the best of the situation as the Meadowbrook was without power until the day of the event. They couldn’t serve us the spoiled food, they had nothing cold, no ice, so the next best thing was a huge outdoor herf. Thanks to all the sponsors for everything even though it seemed that Rob (rob300c) won every other raffle. It was great to see so many new faces and as always the S/BOTL that come out every year. I don’t want to start naming everyone that helped as I’m sure that I’ll be missing a bunch of you, so thank you all for another great year. I’ll have the final tally of donations to the WTU unit shortly, I can tell you we are very close to $9,000 in donations.......

[stogieman]

Here is a story that was run in yesterday's Times Herald Record. I did a cut and paste as well as load the actual link to the artice on-line. You'll see the on-line version has the pictures of the Boy Scouts first, simply click on that one and the rest will come up:


Posted: March 10, 2010 - 2:00 AM
March is truly a busy month. But because the weather in late February and early March forced interruptions that delayed communications for awhile, the mailbag is bulging with copy, both old and new.

One incredibly successful event took place at 1 p.m. Feb. 27 despite the region's powerful storm that caused many power outages and road closures. It was a cigar lovers' dream event, the fifth one in as many years. It brought 145 of the 180 expected to the Meadowbrook Lodge in New Windsor. They traveled from as far away as California, braving the weather even when planes were grounded. Because the popular catering house had no power, like thousands of other structures throughout the region, the group elected to host the event in the parking lot.

More than $9,500 was raised for the Warrior Transition Unit/Family Readiness Group — Wounded Warrior Program at West Point, where 100 soldiers are being cared for.

For the fifth year, the fundraiser was chaired by cigar lover and patriot Charlie Baranyai of Cornwall, who is a 20-year-plus Army veteran currently employed at West Point. As in past years, he worked closely with Uptown Cigar Shop in Kingston, where manager Israel Markevitz and Michelle Tuchman sent out fliers about the event to their customers. Glynna Schlesinger, who owns the Hudson Valley Cigar Shop next to Schlesinger's Steak House in New Windsor, also sent out fliers.

Although "the dinner portion of the event couldn't be honored that day, no one wanted their money back," said Baranyai. "And no one wanted to reschedule. So everything went to our Wounded Warriors. Those who attended are loyal and big-hearted Americans eager to do what they can for our wounded soldiers. We're grateful for their participation."

Baranyai can be reached at stogieman69@hotmail.com.



http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbc...0/COMM/3100306

Thanks to everyone for their hard work and support as always........

[Diesel Grinch]

Charlie that's a great read. Couldn't have been a better time had.

DG