MONTICELLO- The 98.3 WSUL Heart-A-Thon celebrated its 45th year on Friday, February 17, 2023, and raised over $105,000 for heart disease in the Sullivan Catskills. This year’s focus was on the prevention, education, and treatment of heart disease, with proceeds benefitting Cardiac Equipment for Garnet Medical Center Catskills; The Warrior Teens Program and an Outdoor Fitness Pad in Monticello with Sullivan 180; and A Singe Bite’s Real Food School Education Program.
For the past several years, Jeff Bank has sponsored a $1,000 Community Service Award, as part of the fundraising efforts. This award was designed to encourage local groups and organizations to raise money as a team, where for each $500 that is raised, the team or organization received one entry into a drawing from which the winner was selected. This year the community service award winner is the Monticello Kiwanis. A check was presented to the President of the Monticello Kiwanis, Marvin Rappaport and Vice President, Karen Ellsweig by Dawn Ciorciari, General Manager of Bold Gold Media and George Kinne, President of Jeff Bank, on June 15th at the Jeff Bank Branch in Monticello.
“On behalf of the 98.3 WSUL Heart-A-Thon Committee, we congratulate the Monticello Kiwanis on their community service award, and we thank Jeff Bank for their support of this award. The money raised by groups and organizations make up a large portion of the proceeds from this event,” said Dawn Ciorciari,
General Manager, Bold Gold Media NY Region.
“On behalf of Jeff Bank, I would like to congratulate and thank the Monticello Kiwanis for their efforts in helping raise money towards the Heart-A-Thon. Our communities are our backbone, and we appreciate all that Bold Gold Media Group does to support them,” said George Kinne, President, Jeff Bank.
“We at Monticello Kiwanis are proud to accept this generous award which will be used to assist our ongoing programs to serve our community, one child at a time,” said Kiwanis President Marvin Rappaport.
