[r3ap_boldgreen text=”YOUR MEAL. OUR MISSION.”] [/r3ap_boldgreen][r3ap_boldgreen text=”EAT GOOD.”] [/r3ap_boldgreen]Much of our food is grown locally. Our building has green features to  reduce our carbon footprint. Our roof is so green we have to water it. We use recyclable packaging when we can. The burgers are 100% antibiotic-free, North American certified Angus Beef. We’ve got Boar’s Head meats and Junior’s cheesecake right out of Brooklyn. We’re doing our best to keep it local and keep it green.

[r3ap_boldgreen text=”DO GOOD.”] [/r3ap_boldgreen]100% of the net profits do good things for Staten Island. The money we make sends students to school. It plants flowers and cleans streets. It  helps non-profit organizations on Staten Island help others.
No catches. You spend it. They get it.
Kind of makes the burger taste even better, right?

[r3ap_boldgreen text=”EAT GOOD. DO GOOD.”] [/r3ap_boldgreen]Your meal is on a mission.

The Lois and Richard Nicotra Foundation is a nonprofit foundation whose charitable purposes include support for other nonprofit organizations primarily in the Borough of Staten Island, City and State of New York and to aid and support the community of children and grandchildren of the employees of The Nicotra Group, LLC and their various affiliates.

 

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[r3ap_boldgreen text=”Scholarships For Employees’ Children.”] [/r3ap_boldgreen]
Sponsored by
The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation
for the children and grandchildren of employees of the
Hilton Garden Inn, the Hampton Inn & Suites,
The Nicotra Group and Corporate Commons.
Download the application here.

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[r3ap_boldgreen text=”Grants For Non Profit Organizations.”] [/r3ap_boldgreen]
The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation provides support for non profit organizations primarily located in
the Borough of Staten Island and aids in the support of higher education for the children and grandchildren of the
employees of The Nicotra Group, the Hilton Garden Inn Staten Island and the Hampton Inn & Suites.
Download the application here.

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[r3ap_boldgreen text=”Making A Difference In The Community!”] [/r3ap_boldgreen]
Philanthropists Lois and Richard Nicotra gathered with 45 non-profit organizations and scholarship recipients at The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation Fall Awards Ceremony at the COMMONS café on October 21, 2015.

The Nicotras presented $39,500 in awards and scholarships; 100% of the profits from the COMMONS café contribute to the funding for these Staten Island non-profit organizations and scholarship recipients.

Since 2011, The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation has awarded a total of $434,303 to more than 200 non-profit organizations and scholarship recipients

Here’s Who We Have Helped:
A Very Special Place African Story Network, Inc. The ALS Association Greater New York Chapter Alzheimer’s Foundation of Staten Island Amazing Kids Connection (Amazing Grace Interfaith Ministry) American Cancer Society American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) AMVETS – Post 917 Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater Art Lab, Inc. Austism Speaks Praveen Athukorala Athukorala, Shavini Himansi Baltic Street AEH, Inc. Bloomfield Conservancy Bloomfield Conservancy Busy Beach Day Care Center, Inc Camelot Family Foundation, Inc Camp Good Grief of Staten Island Inc. Camp Kesem Stony Brook Carl V. Bini Foundation Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation Children at Play Early Intervention Center Chong, Kimberly Church of St. Clare Church of St. Roch College of Staten Island/CUNY The Staten Island Leadership Institute College of Staten Island Foundation, Inc. Columcille Irish Cultural Center Community Health Action of Staten Island dba Staten Island LGBT Community Center The Conference House Association The Conference House Park Conservancy The Congregation of the Daughters of the Divine Charity Construct Relief Cooley’s Anemia The Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America Cross Road Foundation Curtis High School Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Daughters of St. Paul Inc. Vincent Andreano Memorial Foundation East Shore Little League ECHO (Emergency Children’s Help Organization) Eden II and Genesis Foundation The Eger Foundation Empire State Educational Scholarship Fund Empowerment Zone Inc./ Staten Island Black Heritage Family Day Enrichment Through the Arts, Inc. The FAB for Life Foundation, Inc. Families Helping Families Resource and Recreation Center Federated Garden Clubs of NYS, Inc.-“The Healing Garden Living Memorial Font, Samantha Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries, Inc. Friends of Alice Austen House, Inc. Friends of Blue Heron Park The Friends of Maya Chang Foundation Friends of Seguine Mansion, Inc. Gamage, Piumi Navoda Ahelapa Garibaldi-Meucci Museum Giordano, David George Girl Scout Troop 5104 Global Medical Relief Fund Gomez,Noreen Good Counsel, Inc. Greenbelt Conservancy Green Technology Club Tottenville Habitat for Humanity New York The Harbor Lights Theater Company, Inc. Hillel at CSI, Inc. Hungerford PTA Iglesia De Dios Manantiales De Vida Eterna #6 IlluminArt Productions International Surgical Mission Support- Team ENT S.2 George L. Egbert Intermediate School S. 7 Elias Bernstein Intermediate School S. 24 Myra S. Barnes S.51 S.61 Jewish Community Center of Staten Island The John W. Lavelle Preparatory Charter School The Joseph Anthony Verdino Field of Dreams Foundation Ladder 122 Commissary Legal Service NYC Staten Island The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Lewis, Jelani Akili Lifestyles for the Disabled (Strategic Planning) Christopher J. Lione Louie’s Legacy Animal Rescue, Inc. Lynch, Jessica Marie March of Dimes Marfa, Justine Marfa, Michelle A. Marzullo, Brooke McBratney, Jonathan McKee High School PTA Metropolitan Fire Association Michael’s Cause, Inc. Michael J. Petrides School Minty Awards (Through Where-to-Turn) Mission of the Immaculate Virgin Monsignor Farrell High School Mothers Against Drunk Driving The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Museum of Maritime Navigation and Communication Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Inc. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) National Lighthouse Museum National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York City-Southern New York Chapter Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic (NTAC) New Direction Services, Inc. New Dorp High School PTA The New York Choral Society The New York Foundling Hospital New York State Youth Leadership Council The Noble Maritime Collection Northfield Community Local Development Corp North Shore Waterfront Conservancy of Staten Island, Inc. North Shore Rotary Club – COMMUNITY DAY Notre Dame Academy Forensic Team New York Firefighters Burn Center Foundation NycArtsCypher Oakwood Heights VFW Post #9587 On Your Mark, Inc. Our Lady of Mount Carmel & St. Benedicta Church Pack 43	Paone, Rosemary H. Rocco Laurie Memorial Scholarship Fund Philharmonic- Symphopny Society of New York, Inc. Port Richmond Cert & Rescue, Inc. Port Richmond High School Project Hospitality, Inc. S. 5 Corp. PTA PS 6 The Corporal Allan F. Kivlehan School S. 8 The Shirlee Solomon School (New York City Department of Education) S. 13 Margaret Lindemeyer School Public School 14- The Vanderbilt School S. 19 The Curtis School S. 22 S.23 (New York City Department of Education) S. 29 The Bardwell School PTA S. 30 S. 31 The William T. Davis School S. 39 PTA S. 50 Frank Hankinson School S. 54 Charles W. Leng School S. 55 PTA S. 60 Alice Austen School S. 65 PTA S. 69 S. 87 Parents Association, Inc. S. / I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School S. 861 PTA of the Staten Island School of Civic Leadership Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Richard J. Monroy Richard Willis Memorial Fund, Inc. Richmond Amateur Sports Association, Inc. Richmond County Board of Advocates for Mental Health Richmond Choral Society RCS Richmond County Orchestra Richmond County Youth Complex, Inc. (RCYC) Richmond Engine Company 1 Richmond Senior Services Richmond University Medical Center Foundation Riverside Opera Company INC Rome Through Richmond Town Safe Horizon, Inc. Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church San Lorenzo Ruiz Association of America, Inc. Staten Island The Sandy Ground Historical Society Scarimbolo, Katrina Scarimbolo, Laura SCORE Staten Island Seamen’s Society for Children and Families Serenade at Historic Christ Church Inc. Seton Foundation for Learning The Shiland-Maringer Fund SICCAN Staten Island Council on Child Abuse Siller Foundation Sisters of St. John the Baptist, Inc. Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens (SHCC&BG) South Asian Cultural Preservation and Educational Center Inc. South Shore Babe Ruth League, Inc. South Shore Rotary Spangler, Nick Special Olympics New York Stapleton, Kristie SI Aid for Retarded Children, Inc. dba Community Resources The Sir Peter L. Cardiello Fund for Entrepreneurship at Wagner College Staten Island Academy Staten Island Buddhist Vihara Staten Island Catholic Committee on Scouting Staten Island Center for Independent Living Staten Island Chamber of Commerce Staten Island Children’s Museum Staten Island Creative Community Staten Island Federation of Parent Teacher Associations Staten Island Feral Initiative Staten Island Fleet Week Inc. Staten Island Heart Society Staten Island Historical Society, Inc. Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences (dba Staten Island Museum) Staten Island LGBT Community Center Staten Island MakerSpace Staten Island Mental Health Society, Inc. Staten Island Multiple Myeloma Support Group Staten Island Multiple Sclerosis Group, Inc Staten Island Sports Hall of Fame Staten Island Technical High School Staten Island YMCA The Staten Island Zoo: Committee of One Hundred Citizens Baldrick Benedicta Society Charles School Clare’s School – Robotics (Archdiocese of New York) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School Region of SI George Theatre John’s Episcopal Church–Canterbury Activity Center John’s University Joseph by the Sea High School Peter St. Paul Roch’s School Sylvester School Sundog Theatre Susan E. Wagner High School Theatre Rehabilitation for Youth (aka TRY) Trinity Lutheran Church Feeding Ministry Troop 7 BSA Troop 26 Boy Scouts of America The Trust for Public Land Urgent Pets on Death Row, Inc. The United States Sierra Leone Association (USSLA) Unity Games Inc. Varriano, Nicholas Veterans of Foreign War North Shore Post 7172 Wagner College West Brighton Community Local Development Corporation West Shore Little League Where to Turn Women’s Conference Woodrow UMC Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) Yaccarino, Danielle YPIS of Staten Island, Inc. d/b/a/ New York Center for Interpersonal Development

Including:

Staten Island Children’s Museum	Metropolitan Fire Association	The Sandy Ground Historical Society
Richmond County Orchestra	Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Inc.	Sisters of St. John the Baptist, Inc.

 

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[r3ap_boldgreen text=”Words Of Thanks From Recipients”] [/r3ap_boldgreen]
Seamen’s Society for Children and Families

Dear Mr.  & Mrs. Richard Nicotra,

On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Seamen’s Society for Children and Families we want to express our sincere thanks for your efforts in helping us meet the Challenge Grant that President Clinton issued at the Black and White Gala on October 27th, 2011.

Your gift of $1,000 will help us achieve our goal of $50,000 that will be matched dollar for dollar by President Clinton.  We appreciate your commitment to the Seamen’s Society and your desire to help us maintain the support that is essential to deliver the programs our kids need and deserve.

Thank you for accepting President Clinton’s challenge and investing in our children.  The children that stood before him at the event prompted him to remind all of us that, “these are all our children, and we have got a big stake in their becoming what God meant them to be, to be able to live their dreams.”  This grant will enable these kids to see their dreams become a reality.

With heartfelt thanks,
Nancy R. Vomero
President/CEO

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ECHO (Emergency Children’s Help Organization)

“The Emergency Children’s Help Organization (ECHO) is truly honored to be a recipient of a most generous grant from The Lois & Richard Nicotra Foundation. The grant enabled ECHO to assist a family in crisis with living essentials, along with providing tuition assistance for their child’s special needs therapy program….”

Pasquale Loporcaro
Executive Director, ECHO

 

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Amazing Grace Interfaith Ministry

Dear Lois & Richard Nicotra,

When you first opened the Hilton until today, you have been warm and giving to all people, big organizations and small outreaches. I was so very moved receiving the grant of $1,000 from both of you—you are true earth angels.  I bless your foundation and will always pray for both of you and hold you in my heart.

One last note, Richard—you have it all over Paul Newman!!

Blessings,
Rev. Mary Hansen
Rev. Robert Hansen
Rev. Dr. Jerylyn Jacob
Rev. Francine Hillpot

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Dear Kristine,

Thank you for your donation of $1,000 to support needy children in the Port Richmond area of Staten Island.

February 4, 2012 will be designated as a Nicotra-Give-A-Way of new clothing items that cannot be recycled.

We will send you more information and pictures after the event.

Blessings,
Rev. Mary Hansen
Rev. Robert Hansen
Rev. Dr. Jerylyn Jacob
Rev. Francine Hillpot