A R T I C L E S I N

T H I S I S S U E :

Dean’s Award of

Excellence

Worker Picnic

Gateway Mission

Worker Awards

Spotlight on Custom

Cleaning

Employee of the

Quarter

Foundation Events

2012 SUNY of New Paltz School of Business Hall of Fame Inductee

Françoise Dunefsky -Dean’s Award of Excellence

Congratulations to our President and CEO Françoise Dunefsky on her induction into the State

University of New York New Paltz School of Business Hall of Fame. She was honored with the

Dean’s Award of Excellence at the induction ceremony on May 10, 2012. There were many

Gateway Board of Directors and Board of Trustees as well as her executive team in attendance.

The School of Business is a place where achievement is recognized, rewarded, and encouraged. To

this end, the School of Business Hall of Fame was established in 2001 to recognize and

acknowledge the achievements of those who have made significant contributions to their respective

business professions.

The School of Business inducted its first members in May of 2002. Each year, the school

recognizes four inductees for their achievements and service.

Gateway is very proud of Françoise and her dedication to Gateway, individuals with disabilities,

her staff and the community.

A well deserved honor.

The Gateway Mission

Gateway Community Indus-

tries, Inc. assists people in

choosing, acquiring, using, and

maintaining the skills and

supports necessary to achieve

success and satisfaction in their

lives. We accomplish this

through integrated vocational,

therapeutic, residential and

business services. Françoise with GCI Board

of Directors Treasurer

Michael Shaughnessy

Françoise with husband Alan (left)

and Portocarero Herman

Consul General

Belgium-New York

Annual Gateway Worker Picnic

Gateway Community Industries, Inc. Annual Picnic was held on Friday, June 8, 2012 at Forsyth Park.

The event had a carnival theme and fun was had by all. The day was filled with music provided by

Frank Banks of B.O.S.S. Entertainment Systems. Thank you to Ulster Savings Bank for making a

donation to offset the cost of the rental of the sno-cone and cotton candy machines from Sav-On.

Thank you once again this year to Darcy McCourt for donating her popcorn machine for the event.

Baseball, face painting, tattoos, carnival games and bingo was enjoyed throughout the day!

30 Service awards were presented ranging from 5 to 40 years of service and 14 Residential

awards were presented. Congratulations to all recipients! A special thank you to

Jay Andretta, The Rotary Community Service, Ginsberg, Hannaford’s, Stewart’s and

The Gateway Foundation for their donations to the Picnic.

Thank you to all Staff that Volunteered to help make the Picnic a

great success!

Gateway Community Industries, Inc.

Summer Issue

Volume 1 Issue 2

One Amy Kay Parkway

P.O. 5002

Kingston, NY 12402-5002

Phone: 845-331-1261

Fax: 845-331-2112

Spotlight On Custom Cleaning

Visit our newly updated website!

www.gatewayindustries.org

Employee of the 4th

Quarter 2011

Lucille Ruggieri

Lucille has been employed

with Gateway since July,

2006. Lucille has been

chosen as Employee of the

4th quarter because she is

always professional and

personable. Lucille’s job

performance exceeds

expectations and she is an

excellent representative of

Gateway’s mission.

Lucille is an asset to

Vocational and

Therapeutic Services as

well as Gateway

Community Industries.

Congratulations Lucille!

GCI Custom Cleaning has been providing quality industrial and

commercial cleaning services to the Ulster & Dutchess County areas

for over 25 years. A few of our current customers are: The Omega

Institute, Ulster Savings Bank and Ulster County Mental Health.

In addition Gateway trains and employs people with disabilities to

work at the FDR Library & Museum. Maintaining a historical site is a

demanding seven day a week task. This cleaning crew consists of 7

staff and 13 workers who are responsible for 16 acres of ground

maintenance and cleaning over 60,000 square feet of building space.

GCI Custom Cleaning was honored to have one of it’s own, Robert

Wells, receive the 2010 NYSID William B. Joslin award.

Custom Cleaning is proud of their dedicated and reliable staff.

Worker Awards

July-December 2011

NEW PALTZ KINGSTON

Most Improved Worker

Matt Gerdes

Most Improved Worker

Gary Young

Outstanding Worker

Stuart MacLeod

We would like everyone to learn

a little bit about Gateway

Community Industries, Inc. and

what we do. In each issue of the

Community Newsletter we will

spotlight either a department or

service within Gateway. We hope

you enjoy learning what Gateway

is all about!

SAVE THE DATE The Gateway Foundation is proud to celebrate it’s 20th Annual

Golf Classic, The Doug Maloney Memorial Golf Tournament

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Rondout Golf Club in Accord, NY

Sponsored by Empire Merchants North

2012 Black & White Ball Wiltwyck Country Club, Saturday, November 3, 2012

Honoring:

Lifetime Achievement Award-John Mizerak

Sub Rosa Award-Dr. Steven Silverman

Special Recognition-Marshall Beckman & Frank DeSiervo

Upcoming Events

for

2012