FCPL 2019 ANNUAL MEETING
FRIENDS MAKE A
$10,000 DONATION !!!
On December 4, 2019 the Friends of the Chicopee Public Library presented
Chicopee Library Director Nancy M. Contois and Chicopee Library Trustees
Normand Girouard and Carolyn Fitzgerald with a $10,000 donation during the
Friends Annual Meeting held in the Henry J. Bazan Community Room in the Emily L. Partyka Central Branch on Front Street in Chicopee MA.
The Friends is dedicated to continuously raising money for the Library’s benefit and to bring fun and cultural events of broad interest to the
city and residents of Chicopee, and spend each year dedicated to raising much needed funds for the Chicopee Public Library, to benefit the
many special programs and wish list extras that would otherwise go unfunded. Many events are held and efforts expended to raise these funds,
which offset the cost of numerous items and services the library offers such as:
•Subscription to Ancestry.com, •Purchase of a beautiful Yamaha Baby Grand Piano,
•Beautiful Fish Tank & Wood Support Stand in the Children’s Room, •Re-usable family passes for area museums,
•Books from Gold and Silver Sponsors of the golf tournament, •Large wood bookcase for Children’s Supplies,
•Restoration of the Bellamy, Robinson and Stearns portraits with beautiful new frames,
•Large format Laminating Machine, •Canon Digital Camera, •HP Photosmart Printer,
•Extensive collection of seasonal decorations, •Puppets for Library Storytime,
•Sponsorship of the Children’s Summer Reading Program, and much more.
Due to the Virus concerns and closing of the Chicopee Public Library, the FCPL Art Committee will be mailing all Awards to winners directly, and
will notify all participating Artists about when they can retrieve their artwork after we are informed about when we will have access to the Library once again. In the mean time, all art remains safely in the Library until further notice.
For a list of winners, please see the Fine Arts page.
Thank You.
(2nd Treasurer Carole Harms and
Director Michael Fitzgerald not pictured)
Chicopee Mayor FCPL President
Richard Kos John Michon
Greetings from the
President
Dear Neighbors,
The Friends of the Chicopee Public Library, Inc is an active organization of folks who know that a community with a first rate library is a better place to live. We are a non-profit community organization dedicated to supporting the Chicopee Public Library. This is accomplished through the many fund-raising events such as the golf tournament, spaghetti suppers, and sale of community and book-related items.
Members receive an informative newsletter three times annually, which gives advance notice of upcoming library events and sales.
The Chicopee Public Library is very important to us. Supporting the Library is a responsibility and a privilege. Please join us.
Sincerely,
John Michon
President
Friends of Chicopee Public Library
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2019 Fine Art Exhibit
2019 ART AWARD WINNERS
Selected by Susanne Personette
Professor Artist and Instructor
Acrylics 1st Prize Joan Nelson “Untitled”
2nd Prize Maureen McDonald “Balloons in the Wind”
Graphics 1st Prize Alan Izatt “Good Old Buoys From Rockport”
2nd Prize Pat Bajak “Colorscape-Provincetown Bay”
Mixed- 1st Prize Leanne Morrissey “Cool Summer”
Media 2nd Prize Fran Milliken “Sacriledge”
Pastel 1st Prize Linda Lastoff “The Boardwalk”
2nd Prize Lorna Shirer “Waiting”
Oil 1st Prize Karl Knapp “Yellow Pitcher”
2nd Prize Jo-Ann Denehy “First Sign”
Water- 1st Prize Andrea Burton “Morning Fog”
Color 2nd Prize Gloria McLellan “Front Porch”
Merit Awards
Mishihiro Yoshida “Subconscious” Acrylic
Beverlee B. Corriveau “Fresh Air” Oil
Stefania Lech “View of Nazareth” Acrylic
Judith Bayliss “High Pass” Watercolor
Janet Miller “Floating Elegance” Oil
Diane Allen “Poppy Abstract” Mixed Media
Joe Burger “Pelican’s Perch” Watercolor
David Melega “David” Graphic Arts
Julie Knodler “Queen Street Grocery” Watercolor
Kathryn McKay “Nova Flowers” Mixed Media
Best In Show
Kasia Rodowicz “Urban Resistance” Mixed Media
THANK YOU !!
•First place team: Mike Moran, Hywel Brown,
and Jason Bienvenue 61 -10
•Second place team: Mike Michon, Ray Lukas,
John Phillips, Jeff Carterud 62 -9
(Team was selected in a tie breaker (comparing scorecards) over the team of
Lisa Pasternak, Paul Chumra, Steve Jones, Jeanne Holian also with a 62 -9)
•Long drive men: Paul Chmura
•Long drive women: (none this year)
•Closest to the pin hole #3: Lisa Pasternak (hole in one)
to EVERYONE, Sponsors, Players, Volunteers and Supporters
who helped make this year's Golf Tournament a Success !!
AWARDS RECEPTION
6:30-8:30p Thurs. March 26th
Henry Bazan Community Room • 449 Front Street • Chicopee MA
• Winners selected by judge Kim Carlino BFA,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Working Artist, Easthampton, Massachusetts
• Awards will be presented • Music by Dan Kane
• Refreshments will be served by the FCPL Board of Directors
This project is supported in part by a grant from the Chicopee Cultural Council,
a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Chicopee Public Library and its very generous patrons.
2020 ART EXHIBIT
March 3rd - 27th
at the Emily L. Partyka Central Branch
Front Street • Chicopee MA
SAVE-THE-DATE
for the 2020 FCPL GOLF TOURNAMENT
SUNDAY
JUNE 28
THANKS to ALL our
GENEROUS SUPPORTERS!
Art Angels
Mary Buss
Dave Melega
Joseph Partyka
Alice Pasterczyk
Polish National Credit Union
Brunelle & Messier Funeral Homes
Angel Patrons
Fr. Joseph Baynes
John and Nancy Michon
Kaput’s Auto Body
Joan F. Jasinski
Michael & Stella Coughlin/Michon
Francine Jasinski Hayward,
Jasin Advertising Inc.
Angel Friends
Barbara & Chester Gazda
Marlene Midura
Mary K. Rider
2018 Golf Tournament
First place: Lisa Pasternak's
team at 57
Second place team: from Westboro
Longest drive women: Jeanne Holian
Longest drive men: Frank Szydlo
Cannon
Closest to pin: Wallace Olbrych
Closest to pin Hole 3: Jeanne Holian
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Lifetime Membership
is $100
2018's
Chip & Putt was a Great Success!
Friends Volunteers Bring Strawberry Shortcake to Spaghetti Supper.
THANKS to our Committee Chair Suzan Desmarais and to all the Friends board members who
volunteered to make and sell delicious desserts including our Famous Strawberry Shortcake,
at the Castle of Knights Spaghetti Supper on Sept.13, 2017
And THANKS to everyone
who bought dessert too !!!
2018 Golf Tournament a Great Success!
2017 Art Exhibit
Award Winners
Selected by Felice Caivano
from Southampton, MA
Visual arts Professor at
Holyoke Community College
and Fine Arts Curator at
Trinity College, Hartford CT
BEST in SHOW
Joan Nelson
“Garden Sparrow”
Acrylic
A very succcesful Art Reception 2017! See our Facebook page to download.