2022 Annual Golf E-Journal

26th ANNUAL GOLF OUTING THURSDAY-SEPTEMBER8,2022 David Passafiume Merchandising Vice President, Tools - The Home Depot

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Extends our Sincere Appreciation and Congratulations to our 2022 Honoree 26TH ANNUAL QCP/HOME DEPOT GOLF OUTING HONOREE OF THE YEAR DAVID PASSAFIUME VICE PRESIDENT, MERCHANDISING - TOOLS THE HOME DEPOT Margaret MacPherson, President, QCP Board of Directors Terri Ross, Executive Director Wendy Phaff Gennaro, Director of Development 26th QCP/HomeANNUALDepotGolfOuting

David Passafiume President of Merchandising

David has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Bellarmine University.

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26th GolfQCP/HomeAnnualDepotOutingHonoree

David Passafiume is Merchandising Vice President - Tools since January of 2019. He is responsible for all aspects of merchandising and marketing strategies for the Tool business. David joined The Home Depot in 2005 as a Merchant. He has held roles of increasing responsibility including Divisional Merchandising Manager and Merchandising Vice President Lighting. Most recently, he was Merchandising Vice President Appliances. Prior to joining The Home Depot, David spent 10 years in sales, marketing, and operation roles with General Electric’s appliances division.

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2022 HONOREE

Event Chairman Rick Addamo Golf Outing Event Committee George E. Berger John J. MichaelShenellCharlesGovernaleHoustonRaymondIrreraJamesKilkennyLeightonPaulLundholmJ.MacalusoPrudencePaulMitchReiffmanDaveScalfaniLarryZaccherio QUEENS CENTERS FOR PROGRESS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Secretary Patricia Coulaz Treasurer Thomas N. Toscano, Esq. Board of Directors Gerald J. Hon.AnthonyRaymondCaliendoChanS.CosentinoFranzGritschRaymondJ.IrreraHon.JamesKilkennyNancyVargas Director of Development Wendy Phaff Gennaro Executive Director Terri Ross President Margaret MacPherson Vice Presidents Joseph A. Cristiano Hon. David Elliot Hon. Tarek M. Zeid Active Past Presidents Hon. George E. Berger John J. Governale Hon. Natalie Rogers Michael Macaluso Jack M. Weinstein Thank You!

MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Welcome to our 26th Annual Golf Outing.After a three year hiatus, we were eager to get you back on the course. Our Golf Committee has once again put together a fabulous outing that we know will be as enjoyable for you as it is successful for QCP. We want to welcome and thank everyone who has been part of this event and this wonderful relationship!

The children and adults served by QCP have benefitted from the generosity of The Home Depot and its corporate vendors for over 25 years. The Golf Outing has developed into QCP’s most important fund raising event of the year. The funds raised from this event help us to continue our progress in promoting the achievements and independence of the people with developmental disabilities for whom we provide services and supports.

September 8, 2022

This year we’re very pleased to honor David Passafiume, Merchandising Vice President at The Home Depot. We were grateful to have David visit our centers, as honorees have done in year’s past. It was an honor and a pleasure to see how David interacted with the little ones and the adults. Being able to see first-hand the work we do every day, and how the proceeds of this event will benefit the people we serve makes this relationship and the experience more meaningful.

On behalf of our Board of Directors, staff, and the people we serve, we welcome you and thank you for supporting Queens Centers for Progress!

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PAST HONOREES Year QCP Recognizes Former QCP/Home Depot Golf Outing Honorees 2021 Scott Bohrer 2020 Christopher Waits 2019 Ro Rodriguez 2018 Billy Bastek 2017 Marty Gallagher 2016 Crystal Hanlon 2015 Giles Bowman 2014 Paul Lundholm 2013 Gordon Erickson 2012 Tony Lemma 2011 Kevin Scott 2010 Pete Capel 2009 Jim Kane 2008 Aaon Flowe 2007 Marvin Ellison 2006 Dan Young 2005 Joe McFarland 2004 Fred Allen 2003 José Lopez 2002 Ken Langone 2001 John Wicks 2000 Bill Lennie 1999 Vern Joslyn 1998 Michael Marusevich 1997 Steve Prudente

HOW CAN WE EVER THANK YOU ENOUGH?

This Golf Outing is THE most important event on QCP’s calendar. For twenty six years, the event has built up to what it is today, over 430 golfers spread across FIVE of the most beautiful and scenic golf courses on Long Island, raising over one million dollars! That’s impressive! None of this would be possible without the relationship that has been cultivated with The Home Depot, and the caring people who make it their business to foster that relationship. In the process, they ensure that QCP has the additional funds needed to maintain the quality of services that we currently provide. Without this support, we would not thrive. That is where all of you come in. We want to thank YOU for being here! Your contribution to today’s outing provides a better quality of life to the people we serve. You can, and should, be proud to know that your participation enriches their lives, from the youngest in our Children’s Center to the oldest of our seniors. As you can imagine, an event this size, has a lot of moving parts. To pull this off takes a real team effort. Let’s start with our Home Depot Team: Ro Rodriguez, Shenell Leighton and Paul Lundholm. Ro with her warmth and authentic oneness with QCP. Shenell with her bounding enthusiasm, and pragmatic leadership of the logistics of this event, and Paul, whose tenacity and drive to make each year more lucrative for us, is evident by the turnout today and how much we have raised. The other team that keeps the parts moving, is our incredible golf committee. Thank you to our fearless leader Rick Addamo, who does so much for us! And thank you to all our committee members for working so hard to make this event a first-class experience for our guests. It is our goal to make this a special two-days for all, we hope we’ve succeeded. Thank you to the QCP Development Team of Shaun Caruana, Jyoti Lakhani, and Lorraine Heaney; to Prudence Paul of The Home Depot; and to each and every one of you, at Home Depot who acted as ambassadors for QCP in making this a Wesuccess.hope you had a great time and look forward to having you back next year! With DirectorWendyGratitude,PhaffGennaroofDevelopment

It’s hard to believe that it has been over thirty five years since my daughter, Cathy, and I first walked through the doors at QCP. We both looked at each other and knew this was where she belonged. There was a friendly, caring, professional atmosphere at QCP that welcomed us.Since attending QCP, Cathy has made life-long friendships, has found purpose to her life, developed skills we didn’t know she had and considers QCP staff members her “friends” and, most importantly, they treat her with love and

Duringrespect.the ensuing pandemic, I knew right away that I had to do something to let them know how much of a difference they made in our lives. I would hope that other families or supporters would join us. More than 1,200 special needs adults come through their doors every day and young children are welcomed at their Children’s Center. Cathy and I are deeply grateful that we found our “place” … a place where we belong and which has given us so much. Pat Coulaz “I have always been impressed with the support that QCP has provided for my son, Victor, for over 20 years. Victor is in QCP’s Supported Employment Program and has received consistent and timely support by his current job coach. I was particularly impressed - at the height of the COVID-19 pandemicas there was never an interruption in the job coach's accessibility whenever Victor had questions or issues.

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When I think of that type of support for the intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals, multiplied hundreds of times, I knew I had to supports QCP in some form. Not only does QCP succeed in their mission ‘to promote independence, community involvement, and quality of life,’ they also provide a community for the families and other supporters of IDD through their fundraisers that always turn out to be fun social events.” - Lourdes Marzan

To all our sponsors, thank you! You are VITAL to the success of this outing and we thank you for the outpouring of generosity that makes this Golf Outing the unique event it has become. Thank you all for being here and your willingness to help QCP. Until next yearRick Chairman,AddamoQCP Golf Committee

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

At last, we are back! It’s been a long time, and we have missed you! Welcome back to our friends, old and new!

It is so heartening to see the camaraderie among all of you who attend. In addition to experiencing a great round of golf on some of Long Island’s most beautiful courses, you understand the significance of the event and the impact it has on Queens Centers for Progress and the people with developmental disabilities whom they serve.

A very special thank you to Ro Rodriguez, who picked up the reigns of this event from Tony Lemma. For many years, Tony had been the driving force behind this outing and Ro without missing a beat, has embraced QCP and has become a strong advocate for the organization. And through rain, snow, hail, and a worldwide pandemic, Paul Lundholm continues to make each year bigger and better! Thank you to Paul for overseeing this event and making sure that all of you, from all over the country, get here and understand why we are here all 550 of you!

For twenty three years, I have had the honor of serving as the Chairman for this outstanding event. It has been my privilege to serve alongside a group of exceptional and dedicated people. Thank you to Shenell Leighton, The Home Depot’s representative on the committee, who makes sure that the event aligns with The Home Depot’s values and guarantees that it will be extraordinary; and to the entire golf committee, a group who spends many hours planning every detail, my sincerest appreciation and gratitude to all you do. All of us on the committee share a deep devotion to QCP, its mission and the people that will benefit from this fund raising event.

On behalf of the golf committee, I congratulate David Passafiume, Vice President, Merchandising, and extend our appreciation to him for accepting to be our honoree. We thank David for the hard work he put in to this year’s outing. He went out hard and it shows!

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THANK YOU! A special thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers whose time and energy are a vital part of this golf outing. We couldn’t do it without your help!

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