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10th Annual Long Island ABATE and Full Throttle Magazine Motorcycle Awareness Run and Bike Blessing
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THE LONG ISLAND ABATE MEETING FOR TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19TH IN NASSAU HAS BEEN CANCELLED*********************************************
PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. SEE YOU IN MARCH!!
10th Annual Long Island ABATE and Full Throttle Magazine Motorcycle Awareness Run and Bike Blessing
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Meeting Reminders for February 2019
********UPDATE*****Due to the weather forecast, tomorrow nights meeting (Tuesday February 12th) in Ronkonkoma, has been cancelled.
Stay safe!
Tuesday February 12th: Long Island ABATE general meeting in Suffolk County. Food will be served at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:30 pm. Meeting is at the Ronkonkoma Fire District meeting hall located at 177 Portion Road Lake Ronkonkoma.
( N/E corner of Portion Road and Hawkins Ave)
To accommodate those who live in Western Suffolk and Nassau County, we will have a informal meeting the following Tuesday, February 19th to recap our February general meeting. Meeting will be at the Marine Corps League @ 99 New York Ave in Massapequa. Pizza will be served at 7pm. Meeting will start at 7:30pm.
Long Island ABATE will be doing the Motorcyclist Handbook for 2019!!.
This handbook is filled with biker friendly people, businesses, and motorcycle events. The centerfold will have a listing of motorcycle events starting in April 2019. The handbook will be distributed at our Motorcycle Awareness run in April and throughout the year while they last. .
The Handbook is limited to 60 pages. Contact Nancy @nancygee66@gmail.com if you want to advertise in it.
Meeting Reminders for January 2019
Tuesday January 8th: Long Island ABATE general meeting in Suffolk County. Food will be served at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:30 pm. Meeting is at the Ronkonkoma Fire District meeting hall located at 177 Portion Road Lake Ronkonkoma.
( N/E corner of Portion Road and Hawkins Ave)
To accommodate those who live in Western Suffolk and Nassau County, we will have a informal meeting the following Tuesday, January 15th to recap our January general meeting. Meeting will be at the Marine Corps League @ 99 New York Ave in Massapequa. Pizza will be served at 7pm. Meeting will start at 7:30pm.
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- Join Fingers for the first Motorcycle Run of 2019!
- CLICK BELOW TO PRE-REGISTER ONLINE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wbab-cold-finger-run-registration-53075151206
- Or Pre-Register in person at the WBAB Studios in West Babylon (Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm) to reserve your Commemorative Patch
- 16th Annual WBAB Cold Finger Run
Sunday, January 6, 2019
(Rain date: Sunday, January 13th) - Register beginning at 10am at Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City. Kickstands up at NOON.
- Donation is $20 per rider or passenger. All proceeds benefit CAMP ADVENTURE, a free sleep-away summer camp program on Shelter Island for kids with cancer and their siblings.
- The first 500 registrants will receive a commemorative Cold Finger Run patch.
- Run ends with the Cold Finger Post-Run Party at Stereo Garden LI in Patchogue with food, raffle prizes and live music by Hellgate "Arena Rock Tribute showtime 1:00PM.
- Non-riders are welcome with a $10 donation at the door.
- Special thanks to Nassau and Suffolk Police and Highway Patrol, Riders of Fire Motorcycle Club, Civil Air Patrol and Full Throttle Magazine for their continued support of the WBAB Cold Finger Run.
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Due to the weather forcast, this event below has been changed to November 10th, see flyer below for details
SAVE THE DATE!!!
Long Island ABATE Christmas Holiday Party Saturday December 8th 2018
Save the Date!!
Sunday 11/4/18 the 28th Annual Food and Toy Run for St. Mary's Church.
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Thank you New York State Assemblyman Dean Murray for recognizing the efforts of Long Island ABATE.
We appreciate it very much!
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Thank you Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine & the entire Town Board for proclaiming October 9, 2018 as LONG ISLAND ABATE DAY!
We appreciate it very much!
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2018 Veterans Appreciation Run
If you would like to make a donation to go towards the 2018 Veterans Appreciation Run, please click on the link below
Long Island ABATE Veterans Donations 2018
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14th Annual Long Island ABATE Campout August 18-19 2018
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9TH Annual Long Island ABATE and Full Throttle Magazine Motorcycle Awareness Run and Bike Blessing
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ATTENTION AMAZON SHOPPERS
Your Island Radio Show with Tom Schilaro, Double D & Jim Barr 11/14/17
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Call to Action-Let Riders Speak
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27th Annual St Mary’s Food and Toy Run Donations 2017
Call to Action – Autonomous Vehicles
IN MEMORY OF
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If you would like to make a donation to our Veterans Appreciation Run, please click on this link below
https://longislandabate.org/veterans-donation-page/
Long Island ABATE is a very active non-profit, 501(c)3 located on Long Island that helps to promote Bike Safety, lobby for motorcyclist's rights, and raise money for local Veteran Organizations.
Long Island ABATE has no management costs. All of our members, including our officers are purely volunteer and do not take any compensation or salary for the work they do.
Every dime we raise goes to support our mission, or in cases where we raise money for veterans, we donate every penny we raise directly to those organizations. Long Island ABATE does not take any percentage of that money raised for its own purposes.
Click Here to Join
LONG ISLAND ABATE TODAY!
2018 Long Island ABATE Officers and Board Members
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- President : Jim Barr longislandabate@aol.com
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- Vice President : Nick LaMorte zuma51@aol.com
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- Vice President 2 : Nancy Greenseich nancygee66@gmail.com
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- Treasurer : Bill Quinn nevalnut@aol.com
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- Membership Secretary : George DeMott gdemott@gmail.com
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- Recording Secretary : Roseann Barr liabate@aol.com
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- Sergeant at Arms : Chris Beckhans Cbeckhans@aol.com
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- Ride Captain : Joe Pizzo joepizzo18@yahoo.com
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- Products : Kathy Pfeil frstbofeastwick@aol.com
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- Legislative Liaison : Mike Lauro mlauro@optonline.net
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- Safety Officer : Mike Lauro mlauro@optonline.net
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- Chaplain : Gerry Waldron gerry.bfceli@gmail.com
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- Public Relations/Volunteer Coordinator: Andrea Peponakis profe239@aol.com
- Newsletter/Website : Nancy Greenseich nancygee66@gmail.com