President's Message
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| BANNJ President, Derek Weissman |
Thank you to all very generous sponsors (see below), those who donated prizes and golf bag items, our dedicated volunteers and of course all golfers who participated in our 78th Annual Golf Outing & Scholarship Awards event on May 12th!
Our new venue, Edgewood Country Club, did an amazing job and along with the spectacular weather, really made this year’s outing the best yet! Thank you to my golf co-chair, Kristie Davida and to our scholarship chairs, John Kelly and Ashley Brito.
Congratulations to all golf winners:
First Place (57)-Procida foursome
Second Place (59)-Westphal Waste foursome
Most Honest (77)-Reno’s Foursome #2
Longest Drive #17-Tom Scuderi
Closet to Pin #3-Sam Moore 11ft, 1 in.
…and to all prize winners during dinner.
Our Scholarship Committee had an outstanding response of
applications this year and awarded six (6) scholarships to the following
students who were invited to attend the awards dinner with their parents:
John J. and Helen M. Durante Family Charitable Trust Scholarships-Susan Quinn
Mentone and Andrew Joseph Myles
The Jeffrey C. Mathieu Memorial Scholarship-Louis Robert Baldanza
The Donald Van Natta Memorial Scholarship-Mark Anthony Rivera
The Alex Sands Memorial Scholarship-Sophia Lanchipa
BANNJ Trade Scholarship-Tyler Dykhouse
Student awards are mailed to their respective schools by our Scholarship Foundation and major courses of study for the winners include Architecture, Construction Management and Civil Engineering.
Applications for the 2026-2027 school year will be available at https://www.bannj.org/scholarship-foundation/ in January 2026.
See golf and scholarship photos at https://www.bannj.org/image-gallery/ and photos | video on our Facebook and Instagram pages
Next Up…Join us for our Multi-Association Summer Business Social hosted by John Cioletti and the amazing team at Reno’s Appliance on Thursday, July 10th. Join BANNJ, Metro, NKBA, ASID, NARI, AIA and more for this annual favorite gathering of the best in the industry!
Save the Date for our Annual Business Showcase & Beefsteak on Thursday, September 18th at The Elan. Special discounted pricing on group tickets, high visibility tabletop displays and sponsorship packages available!
Builder:
Blackstone Group LLC.
Madeline Silvestre
169 Scotland Road
Orange, NJ 07050
973-318-6012
madeline@b360.us
Associates:
Lowe’s
Quintina Simpson
2000 Bergen Town Center
Paramus, NJ 07652
551-276-3345
quintina.simpson@lowes.com
New Jersey Natural Gas
Darcy Newton
1415 Wyckoff Road
Wall Twp. NJ 07712
848-332-6475
dnewton@njng.com
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Looking for a hardworking, accurate, focused bookkeeper to work part-time at Waldwick office. Must be very familiar with Quickbooks!!
Daily tasks include:
- entering daily payments received
- invoicing for our sales staff
- completing weekly aging reports
- keeping track of monthly commission totals and reports
Contact: Amanda 201-970-4368
Thursday, July 10th
Thursday, September 18th
Register for all events at
https://members.bannj.org/events
