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Digby Playground in eastern New Orleans gets overhaul, thanks to firefighters, fraternity

Published: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:12 PM     Updated: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:30 PM

By Martha Carr, The Times-Picayune

 

Digby Playground in eastern New Orleans is the latest city-owned park to get an overhaul from volunteers, thanks to the New Orleans Fire Department, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, SFG Krewe and the New York District Council of Carpenters.

John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneDigby Playground, pictured last January, was in desperate need of repairs.

(A number of members of the New York District Council of Carpenters, a building professionals group, are active in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, and coordinated with local members to help bring these efforts to fruition.)

Representatives from the organizations joined Mayor Mitch Landrieu this morning, who called the project a "great example of the spirit of volunteerism in New Orleans."

After raising money for the project, the group has been renovating the park's multi-purpose center by painting the facility and replacing the roof, plumbing and electrical wiring. The volunteers are also working on the baseball field, reconditioning or replacing the dugout, aluminum bleachers and fencing.
John McCusker, The Times-Picayune archive 
Gerry Crimmins, who died in October of liver cancer, signs a beam at Engine 38 fire house in New Orleans in August, 2009. The Digby Playground renovation was done in his honor.

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Michael Cunningham, A Kappa Sigma and NYU story.

Michael R. Cunningham

NYU Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award

Michael R. Cunningham who earned a doctorate in graphic communications management and technology from the Department of Culture and Communication and  a master’s degree from the same program, is one of the youngest alumni to receive Steinhardt’s Distinguished Achievement Award, ten years ago.

Cunningham’s dissertation on organizational culture in the context of mergers and acquisitions grew out of his work in the graphic communications industry. He was the founder, president and CEO of Cunningham Graphics International, a publicly held company which he still is active with, and has served as professor in the business school at San Diego State University, Rutgers and NYU. His education is especially meaningful because Cunningham is a first-generation college student. His father, grandfather, and great grandfather were New York City firemen.

“I have been very fortunate in this life,” Cunningham says. “I owe a big part of it to the men and women at (at NYU). To me, investing in NYU and its students — our future leaders —was an easy choice because it was the right thing to do.”

Mr. Cunningham is recognized as a leader in the graphics communication and technology industry. His company, Cunningham Graphics International, Inc. (CGII), provides digital communication, offset and digital printing, and other services from 18 production facilities worldwide. CGII won the state of New Jersey’s Blue Chip Enterprise Award in 1996. Mr. Cunningham was recognized as New Jersey’s Entrepreneur of the Year for Business Services in 1999 by Ernst & Young and recently received the Prestigious Power of Communications Award from the Association of Graphic Communications.

Mr. Cunningham is also committed to community service and is involved with many nonprofit organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club, the Leukemia Society, St. Lucy’s Homeless Shelters, Project Earth and his collegiate fraternity, Kappa Sigma.

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Kappa Sigma 2009 - 2011 Military Heroes Campaign Champions for Military Families The goal of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Military Heroes Campaign is to raise $200,000 for the Fisher House Foundation during the 2009-2011 biennium. The Fisher House™ Program The Fisher House™ program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Because members of the military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House™ Foundation donates "comfort homes," built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful times - during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury. There is at least one Fisher House™ at every major military medical center to assist families in need and to ensure that they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive environment. Annually, the Fisher House™ program serves more than 12,000 families, and have made available nearly 3 million days of lodging to family members since the program originated in 1990. By law, there is no charge for any family to stay at a Fisher House operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Fisher House Foundation uses donations to reimburse the individual Fisher Houses operated by the Army, Navy, and Air Force. No family pays to stay at any Fisher House! Online donations are completely safe and the most efficient way of donating (saving time and money), but checks are accepted. Please download and print the 2009-2011 Military Heroes Check Donation Form and mail the check and completed form to the address on the form. Fisher House™ Foundation, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Donations are tax-deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law. Team Fisher House on Facebook . : : Make a Contribution : : . $25.00 $50.00 $75.00 $100.00 $150.00 $250.00 $500.00 Other: $ Total Donations: $88,300 Goal: $200,000 $0 44% $200,000 Goal Contributor Amount Comment Patricia Rose $100.00 "In loving memory of my father, Ben Dailey, who served our country in the US Navy during WWII." Epsilon-Zeta Chapter of Kappa Sigma $500.00 "$500 Donation by the Epsilon-Zeta Chapter at the University of Connecticut" LORI AND PAUL SABOL $100.00 "In Honor Of Paul Sabol and his dedication to the Indiana Guard Reserve" Timothy Papp $1,001.00 "Please have this donation registered under Kappa Sigma Fraternity Xi-Rho Chapter Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 285 donated on April 30, 2010" Christopher Dickson $1,000.00 "On Behalf of the Theta-Rho Chapter at McNeese State University!" Manuel Alonzo $1,000.00 "This contribution is sent from the brothers of Kappa Sigma of the Epsilon-Xi Chapter."

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We spotlight locally residing Brother and PWGM O'Dwyer

Brian O’Dwyer is a senior partner in the law firm of O’Dwyer & Bernstien, a litigation firm in New York City, concentrating in Labor Law, Employee Benefit Funds, Personal Injury, Government Representation, Civil Rights, and Immigration Rights. He was cited by both the National Law Journal and the Legal Times as having the highest personal injury award of $61 million in the United States. Mr. O’Dwyer has served as Counsel to the Department of Community Affairs of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and serves as Counsel to the Benefit Fund of the Newspaper Guild of New York - The New York Times, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, New York District Council of Carpenters, Service Employees Local 74, as well as other ERISA funds. He is a regular commentator on legal issues for Fox TV, Court TV, and CNBC. He is a member of the Board of the Charles Lawrence Keith and Clara Miller Foundation. He has been cited for his efforts on behalf of the people of Puerto Rico as well as by the Governor of Puerto Rico and was made Honorary Grand Marshal of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in 1993. Mr. O’Dwyer has been chosen by “Irish America” magazine as a member of the “Top 100” Irish in the United States. He is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award and the Outreach Project Annual Service Award. He received the New York City Council Spirit of New York Award for his work in bringing New York’s ethnic community together. In July 2000, Mr. O’Dwyer received papal honors when he was named a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre, conferred by Archbishop Edward Egan of New York. In January 2001 he was awarded the Director's Citation for exemplary Public Service by the Office of Personnel Management, United States and Government, citing his work as Commissioner on the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.

Achievements Past Worthy Grand Master of the        Kappa Sigma Fraternity Commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights Commissioner of President’s Commission   on the White House Fellowships Selected for inclusion in “Who is Who in American Law"  Selected for inclusion in “Who is Who in American Education”

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