Kamla Millwood, middle, holds award, with Jean Joseph and MC Lion Benjamin M. Pinczewski, Esq.
Photograph by Nelson A. King
A number of members of the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions Membership Monday evening obtained particular honors through the membership’s annual Christmas Gala at Nick’s Lobster on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.
Membership President Jean Joseph, a Dominican-born licensed public accountant (CPA), bestowed the honors on Kamla Millwood, Nicole Thomas, Jennifer Troman, Karen Dalzine, Paul Curiale and Maria Nanton-Moses.
Millwood obtained the Most Enthusiastic Member Award; Thomas was honored with the Excellent New Member Award; Troman, the principal at PS 276 in Brooklyn, obtained the Most Devoted to Group Service, on behalf of her college; Dalzine obtained the Excellent Volunteer Spirit Award; Curiale obtained the Greatest Collaborative Effort Award; and Nanton-Moses was the recipient of the High Recruiter Award.
The membership additionally conferred a particular award on Dimitris Karousis, supervisor and chief chef at Nick’s Lobster.
“All through the laborious instances, Dimitris and Nick’s Lobster have been there for us,” mentioned Lion Benjamin Pinczewski, an legal professional, who served as Grasp of Ceremonies.
“Everytime you name them and inform them that you must feed individuals, Nick and Dimitris have been there to feed them,” he added.
Karousis additionally obtained citations from Assemblywomen Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and Monique Chandler-Waterman, and Councilwoman Mercedes Narcisse.
After receiving her award, Dalzine, Trinidadian-born, instructed Caribbean Life that it was “an actual inspiration.”
“Exhausting work actually pays off,” she mentioned. “I’m very delighted; I’m overwhelmed.”
Fellow Trinidadian Nanton-Moses mentioned: “It’s a pleasure to be appreciated.”
“All the things I do, I do it for God not for man,” she added. “Nevertheless it nonetheless feels good to be honored by man.”
Troman, who’s serving her third 12 months as principal at PS 276 (3K to Grade 5) and introduced alongside a few of her college students, mentioned: “It’s an honor. To have the children obtain the award is even higher.”
Vincentian Millwood, the daughter of the late Caribbean Life Editor Emeritus Kenton Kirby, mentioned she didn’t take the award without any consideration.
“I’m doing my half,” she mentioned. “I don’t look to take – simply to provide. My dad and mom had been givers. It’s one thing I’m grateful for.”
Patrons then danced the evening away to the candy sounds of soca and parang by Trinidadian DJ Chinese language.
