Team of physicians from Staten Island, Manhattan and Texas make a difference in Haiti
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The team of physicians arrived Tuesday morning at a place, thousands of miles from the cool operating rooms and sophisticated machinery of home, where they cut bone with saw blades from a hardware store, observed the rhythm of patients' breathing to judge whether they had given enough anesthesia and operated without the benefit of X-rays or monitoring equipment.

Wondering what the FCA has been doing in 2009?  Here’s a quick summary:

Jan. 11 through Mar. 29 held the FCA Sunday Fly Tying Sessions at the Education Center in Gateway National Park, Great Kills, Staten Island
Mar. 20 – 22 FCA was present at the Somerset Saltwater EXPO with a booth manned by our volunteers
Apr. 4 Held the Annual FCA Banquet at the Grand Plaza in Great Kills, Staten Island honoring:
•    Staten Island Deputy Borough President Ed Burke with the Conservation Award
•    Dennis O’Rourke with the Community Benefactor Award
•    Bill Paciello with the Lifetime Achievement Award
•    Joan Sharrott with the Special Recognition Award
May 15 Held the annual Manhattan Cup at the Chelsea Brewery in NYC
May 16 Held our first beach clean up at the Conference House, Tottenville
May 31 Held Surf Fishing Seminar at the Conference House Visitors Center
Jun. 6 FCA volunteers participated in the Harlem Park Children’s Fishing Event for the Hudson River Quadricentennial Celebration
Jun. 11 Held a fishing trip with disabled veterans from the Brooklyn VA Day Hospital on the Atlantis Princess
Jun. 20 Held our second beach clean up at the Sharrott Ave. Fishing Pier, Staten Island
Jul. 8 Every Wednesday through Aug. 19 FCA volunteers worked with NYC Park Dept. Rangers in its Children’s Fishing Event for the Hudson River Quadricentennial Celebration
Jul. 19 Held our Hooked for a Lifetime fishing event with Inner City Kids at Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier
Aug. 1 Held our annual Blood Drive at Michael’s Bait & Tackle, Great Kills Harbor
Sep. 12 Held our Hooked for a Lifetime fishing event with Autistic Children at Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier
Sep. 19 Held our third beach clean up at New Dorp Beach, Staten Island
Sep. 23 - 25 Held the FCA Montauk Slam, a part of the Redbone Celebrity Tournament Series in Montauk, NY to find the cure for Cystic Fibrosis
Oct. 17 Held our fourth beach clean up at the Navy Pier, Staten Island
Nov. 19 Held our annual Fall Blitz Cocktail Party at Craft Restaurant, NYC
Worked with NYC Park Dept. to remove illegal “NO Fishing” signage by the pier at IKEA in Brooklyn
Dec. 11 Held our annual Holiday Party at the Grand Plaza, Staten Island

On Saturday, December 12th, FCA member Captain Greg Nunn won the Mercury/American Striper Association Angler of the Year in the tightest point's race in ASA history.

Mon, Aug 24, 2009
FCA member Luke Spano aboard the Cookie II captained by Sonny Falcone wins the Heaviest Blue Marlin Angler Award sponsored by Penn Reels.  His blue marlin weighed 453 lbs and he received a Penn International reel with engraved Mid-Atlantic $500,000 logo