Thank you to the BANNJ members and guests who attended our sold out 76th Annual Golf Outing & Scholarship Awards on May 22nd at White Beeches Golf & Country Club.
The weather was spectacular, and everyone had a great time at the outing and cocktail reception and dinner afterward. Special thanks to our amazing sponsors including Event Sponsors LIXIL, Inserra/Channing Construction, Reno’s Appliance, James Hardie and Carter Lumber; Golf Course Sponsors Miele, Crown Point Cabinetry, Northeast Bank and Whirlpool and our Hole in One Sponsor SportProsUSA.
View all of our very generous sponsors below.
We could not have had such an amazing event without our dedicated golf committee and volunteers including Victoria Reczkowski (Ferguson) and Derek Weissman (Procida), Golf Chairs, Arnold DeMasi (DeMasi Construction), Kimberly Little (Sub Zero, Wolf & Cove), Sharon Minto (Crown Point Cabinetry), Antoinette Webb (Miele), John Cioletti (Reno’s Appliance), Kristie Davida (Home Ateliers), Jackie Giraldo (Ferguson), Ashley Brito (9 Mile RE LLC.), Amanda Krakowiak (Heritage WBE, Inc.), Anthony Tomasz (Capital One), Michael Kurpiel (Carter Lumber).
Thanks to James Petersen for the outstanding ariel photography, to SportProsUSA for providing the golfer gift bags and to all the companies and individuals who donated items. Congratulations to prize winners and to our 2023 golf tournament winners:
1st place: Eric Gormeley, Orry Michaels, Dan Sauter, Kyle Mathis (Deugen Development)
2nd place: Chris Heath, Sean Bradley, Pat Mannery, Rob Morris (Columbia Bank)
Most Honest: Kim Heal, Anthony, Craig and Ariel (Sub Zero)
Long Drive #8: Brian Foley
(Procida)
Long Drive #14: Rob Krakowiak (Dream Builders)
Closest to Pin #6: Rob Elfers (Ulrich, Inc.)
The Builders Association of Northern NJ honored 5 scholarship award recipients and their families at our 76th Annual Golf Outing & Scholarship Awards Dinner on Monday, May 22nd at White Beeches Golf & Country Club. The winning students are residents of Bergen, Hudson, Sussex and Passaic counties who plan to pursue a college degree or trade certification in a building industry-related field. BANNJ Scholarship Chair John Kelly of Builders First Source presented the following awards:
The Jeffrey C. Mathieu & Alex Sands Memorial Scholarship to Brandon Sendik, who will attend The University of Colorado, Boulder majoring in Architectural Engineering (pictured with Chairman Kelly and Mrs. Peggy Mathieu)
The Donald Van Natta Memorial Scholarship to Jaden Bradley, who will attend the University of Maryland majoring in Civil Engineering (pictured with Chairman Kelly)
The John J. and Helen M. Durante and Family Charitable Trust Scholarship to Evans Pare, who will attend Manhattan College majoring in Civil Engineering (pictured with Chairman Kelly)
Two NJBA-BANNJ Industry Trade Scholarships to Elisha Santos, who will attend Pratt Institute majoring in Architecture (pictured with Chairman Kelly, NJBA EO Jeff Kolakowki and NJBA President Frank Belgiovine)
Gavin Enright, who will attend Felician College majoring in Construction Project Management (pictured with certificate-unable to attend event)
Photos from the May Golf Outing & Scholarship Awards, June Pickleball Joint Event and all events can be found here https://www.bannj.org/image-gallery/.
Many thanks to the team at BANNJ Premier Partner, SAX LLP, for hosting BANNJ and Metro for an industry Pickleball & Networking Event at their stunning, state-of-the art offices in Parsippany on June 1st.
Members from both locals enjoyed their hospitality, a pickleball tournament, golf simulator and more! We appreciate all of the pickleball players who participated in this very fun event, and congratulations to Candy and Igor for winning the bracket contest!
At our June board meeting, we wished our longtime Associate Leader, Board Member and Premier Partner, Victoria Reczkowski, all the best in her move to Florida this month. We thank Vicki for her many, many years of service and support of BANNJ and will miss her very much. Vicki, please visit when you are in NJ.
Rounding out our summer events is the favorite Multi-Association Summer Business Social at Reno’s Appliance and gather with peers from BANNJ, Metro, ASID, NKBA, AIA and NARI for a casual summer networking event with members of many other associations. On August 16th we will feature a virtual presentation on a trending topic, AI in Construction by expert Bassam Salem of AtlasRTX, who spoke at the 2023 NAHB IBS show.
Register for all events at https://members.bannj.org/events or call/email the BANNJ office.
Builder:
MKD Homes,
Property Maintenance LLC.
Darko Raloski
105 Van Riper Avenue
Clifton, NJ 07011
201-899-9008
mkd@mkdhomes.com
Sponsor: Kristie Davida
Associate:
Reliance
Granite & Marble
Jugal Ladda
50 Boright Avenue
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
jladda@reliancestones.com
908-624-1995
Sponsor: Kristie Davida
Home Depot
Design Center
Adam Stevison
2445 Springfield Avenue
Vauxhall, NJ 07088
Adam_Stevison@homedepot.com
908-686-9803
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Thursday, July 13th- Multi-Association Business Summer Social @ Reno’s Appliance, Paterson-Join industry peers from six associations including BANNJ, Metro, ASID, NKBA, AIA and NARI. Great evening to connect and make new business connections in a fun and casual atmosphere. 5:30PM
Wednesday, August 16th- Virtual presentation on AI in Construction by a renowned expert in the field and speaker at NAHB IBS show 2023. 4:00PM
Upcoming Fall Events:
Thursday,
September 28th- Annual Business Showcase & Beefsteak at The Elan,
Lodi 5:00PM
Thursday, October 26th- Reno’s Annual Pre-Holiday Networking Party
Thursday, November 30th- Holiday Gathering & Industry Speaker at
Cosentino Showroom, Fairfield 5:30PM
Register for all events at https://members.bannj.org/events
