LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
DATE: Saturday, February 26, 2005
TIME: 10 a.m.
LOCATION: West Sayville Firehouse (apparatus floor), 80 Main Street
(Montauk Highway), West Sayville, NY 11799, East of the West
Sayville Golf Course, Parking on east side of Firehouse, No
vehicles permitted on firehouse driveway apron
WHAT: Astoria Federal Savings Chairman, President and CEO George L.
Engelke, Jr., will host a special "Putting people first" awards
ceremony and community recognition breakfast, where he will
announce the company's plans to rebuild its Oakdale branch
following a structural fire on December 23, 2004.
Engelke will surprise four Astoria Federal customers who are all
local residents, and will honor each of them with Astoria
Federal's first ever "Putting people first" award. The four
customers will also each receive $500 in American Express Gift
Cheques for helping our employees quickly and safely evacuate
the building, before the fire department arrived at the branch.
One honoree, Joel Reines, is a member of the SCPD 5th PCT COPE
Unit. Another is Paul Nelson, a 30-year veteran volunteer
fireman and a 20-year veteran of the NYPD. Frederick "Hank"
Cadman, III, has been a customer since 1973 and Teresa Marcello
has been a customer since 2002.
Engelke will also extend a warm thank you to the West Sayville,
Sayville, East Islip and Bohemia Volunteer Fire Departments and
the Sayville Ambulance Corps., for responding to the incident.
The volunteer firemen and women will all be in dress uniform.
SOURCE Astoria Financial Corporation
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CONTACT:
Dianne Baumert-Moyik, AVP/Senior Manager
Public Relations of Astoria Federal Savings, +1-516-327-7863, or
fax, +1-516-684-4253, dbaumert-moyik@astoriafederal.com
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