b'NCCC President William Murabito with GalaCo-Chairs, Jerald Wolfgang, Jason Cafarella, Nicole Cafarella, and Dr. Martin DrakeFoundation Scholarship GalaOn October 22, 2022, the annual NCCC Foundation Scholarship Gala returned in person with a special diamond theme to commemorate the Colleges 60th anniversary. The College recognized this years Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Student Scholarship recipients with a recognition ceremony, raffles, and gourmet food stations prepared by the students of the Niagara Falls Culianry Institute.Veterans Memorial Park CampaignOver 100 sponsors contributed nearly $250,000 to fund the relocation and expansion of the Veterans Memorial Park on NCCCs campus. The original park was dedicated in 1976 and the reimagined park, which honors the WNY veteran community, neared completion over the summer.Through the college foundation, area veterans, their families, NCCC alumni and employees memorialized their 2022 Distinguished Alumniservice and those of their loved ones on the parks new Award Recipient monument by sponsoring engravings on the memorial wall, benches and flagpoles. The park will be a site for celebrating Lee Wallace 74Niagara Countys heritage of armed forces enlistment Degree: Physical Education Studiesthrough community programming, such as the annual Title: SupervisorVeterans Day ceremony. The college plans a dedication Company: Town of Niagara ceremony in November to officially open the park.24 NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE'