Celebrate Mardi Gras style at the
Staten Island Mall
Staten Island Advance
Friday, January 30, 2004
 The Staten Island Mall’s Center Court in New
Springville will be transformed into a New Orleans setting for an
entertaining night at a Mardi Gras celebration Feb. 8 from 7 to
10:30 p.m. The event, whose theme is "Casino Night: A Sure Bet” is
this year’s fund-raiser for the College of Staten Island (CSI). Jim
Easley, vice president and general manager of the Staten Island
Mall, is chairing.
Mr. Easley, who has been with the Mall for the past
eight years and in management for seven, has a long history of
supporting and chairing some of CSI’s most successful fund-raisers.
Vice President of the College of Staten Island
Foundation board of directors, he is also part adjunct lecturer with
the college’s business department. He and his wife, Cathy, have two
teenage daughters.
Casino Night will feature blackjack, roulette and
other games of chance, as well as a live Dixieland band, tarot-card
readers, a caricaturist and culinary delights prepared by the
American Grill Restaurant, West Brighton. Players can turn their
casino winnings into platinum or gold-level prizes, such as a
four-night vacation in New Orleans, including airfare and hotel,
donated by John Mazza. Other fabulous packages which are still being
finalized, according to Donna Lindsey, event coordinator, include
theater, show and sporting event tickets, an all-day spa package,
health-club memberships, sports memorabilia and overflowing baskets
of cheer, as well as the signature-pampering services of Brooklyn’s
Pilo Arts Day Spa and Salon for more than 100 guests.
The ticket price for Casino Night is $150 and
includes $50 in gaming chips, raffle tickets, “sumptuous food and
beverages, fabulous gifts and other big surprises,” according to Ms.
Lindsey. Business attire is suggested and valet parking will be
available.
For additional information and reservations, call
CSI’s advancement office at (718) 982-2365 by today. All proceeds from Casino Night will
benefit student scholarship programs and undergraduate research
opportunities at CSI.
by Rollands Cowles
Reprinted here with permission from the
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