On behalf of the Board of Directors and Officers of the Queens Village Republican Club, I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, the season of joy and hope, and a Happy Chanukah, the miracle of lights! This is the holiday season to enjoy and pray for peace, happiness, good health, and prosperity and to spread good will and good cheer to our neighbors, friends, and families. God bless the members of our club family, the fellow patriots in the MAGA movement, and our great President Trump and the “Golden Age of America” about to come in the New Year!
I wish all of us great success in our political journey together to Make America and New York Great Again!
“Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men” – From the Gospel According to Luke 2:14
God Bless America! Phil Orenstein President Queens Village Republican Club America’s Oldest Republican Club – Founded 1875 Please join our club: www.qvgop.org
Two days before Christmas in 1973, it was cold and beginning to snow when I set out from Great Lakes ILL. at 6.a.m. to get home to my boys on Long Island. I was in the U.S. Navy then. My boys, Tommy, and Bobby were in a foster home in Levittown because my wife had left us. I was in the Navy and hadn’t enough money to fly home. I had always kept my promise to my boys and didn’t want to disappoint them.
Roger, a naval buddy had a car and could get me as far as Ohio. I could get a Greyhound bus there, which costs less. The roads were starting to get icy. All of a sudden Roger’s car skidded and hit the back of a truck. We were lucky and escaped unhurt. Now I was forced to hitchhike. As I was hitchhiking in the snow, I recalled a poem by Robert Frost, which went in part as follows,” The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I had promises to keep and many miles to go before I sleep.” Which I really had to do.
On December 12, 2023 we celebrated the joy and excitement of the holiday season with our greatest party ever, having the most fun, festivities, and dancing at our annual Christmas/Chanukah Party at the fabulous Marbella Restaurant! We heard from our special guest speakers, Curtis Sliwa and Rebecca Sugar, writer for the NY Sun. US Marine Corps reservists were in attendance for our Toys for Tots toy drive. One of the highlights of the night was Charlie Vavruska singing Meat Loaf’s “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” while we were dancing like crazy! The grand finale was the heartfelt singing of “God Bless the U.S.A.” We’re the Party that knows how to Party!!!
Thank you to James Doukas for videotaping the speakers!
Curtis Sliwa Speaks at QVRC Holiday Party
Curtis Sliwa, former Republican NYC mayoral candidate, founder of the Guardian Angels, and WABC Radio talk show host addresses the crowd of “rebels” at the Queens Village Republican Club Christmas/Chanukah Party.
Rebecca Sugar Speaks at QVRC Holiday Party
Rebecca Sugar is an author, NY Sun Contributor, philanthropic consultant living in New York, and Moms for Liberty member. She is married and has twin teenagers and an English Bulldog named Batman.
Marine Toys for Tots Drive
The Queens Village Republican Club hosted a toy drive with US Marine Corps Reservists collecting toys for the Toys for Tots program at the Christmas/Chanukah Party. The mission of Toys for Tots, a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve, is to collect new, unwrapped toys each year and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community, in order to bring joy and hope to children in America!
The Conga Line at the QVRC Holiday Party!
We’re the Party that knows how to Party! At the Queens Village Republican Club December 12th Christmas/Chanukah Party at Marbella!
Charlie Vavruska sings Meat Loaf at the Holiday Party!
This is a must see!! Charlie Vavruska does his rendition of Meat Loaf’s “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” at the QVRC Christmas/Chanukah Party with Jimmy James DJ.
Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.”
The grand finale of the QVRC Christmas/Chanukah Party was the heartfelt singing of “God Bless the U.S.A.”
The Queens Village Republican Club will be having our annual holiday celebration on December 12th featuring the Marine Toys for Tots program to bring the joy of Christmas and send a message of hope to America’s disadvantaged children.
Bring a gift of a new toy or book to the Christmas/Chanukah Party (see flyer below) where US Marine Corps Reservists will be on hand collecting them, or drop them off before Dec 12th at Joe Concannon’s house (89-11 237 St., Bellerose, NY). The mission of Toys for Tots, a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve, is to collect new, unwrapped toys each year and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community.
