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CSEA LOCAL 870
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COMMACK — Three children of Region 1 members — Lauren Andersen, Dustin Canzonieri and Michael Liam DeOliveira — have won $1,000 Irving Flaumenbaum Scholarship Awards for college study.
Lauren is the daughter of Suffolk Educational Local 870 member Elizabeth Andersen, a teacher’s assistant in the Bayport-Blue Point School District.
Dustin is the son of Ruth Canzonieri, a teaching assistant in the Syosset School District and a member of Nassau Educational Local 865.
Michael is the son of Suzanne Fitzgerald, a teaching assistant in the Jericho School District and a member of Local 865.
The awards were presented by Region President Nick LaMorte at a ceremony at region headquarters on Aug. 2.
“We all know that the cost of college tuition has skyrocketed to the point where it becomes prohibitive for many families,” said LaMorte. “That is why we award these scholarships each year, to provide a small measure of relief to our members as they try to provide a college education for their children.”
Lauren will attend Providence College with a double major in elementary education and special education, and plans to become a teacher. She was secretary of her junior and senior classes at Bayport-Blue Point High School, played cello in the orchestra, played on the girls tennis, lacrosse and golf teams, and was a National Honor Society member.
Dustin swam and played tennis for Bethpage High School, participated in the Marine Stress program and was active in Students Putting an End to Cancer (SPEC). He will study mechanical engineering at the University of Rochester.
Michael, who won a second, $500 scholarship from the Jericho Unit of Local 865, played football and lacrosse at John F. Kennedy High School in the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District and was a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society. He will study business administration at the University of Florida. 
Present at the ceremony was  Maria Navarro, secretary of Local 870 and a member of the statewide CSEA Scholarship Committee, which selected the recipients. The 18 statewide winners, three in each of CSEA’s six regions, were chosen from 800 applicants. (Navarro did not take part in choosing the winners in Region 1.)
The scholarships honor the memory of Irving Flaumenbaum, who served as president of the Long Island Region and as an International vice president of the AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, CSEA’s national affiliate.

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