For Immediate Release

Date: May 8, 2009 Contact: Suzanne Wiener Phone: 631-715-2569 Fax:

Commack, NY— The conclusion of the Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Center Annual Photo Contest will bring 45 new photos to the Center, with winners in categories such as People, Pets, Nature, Computer Manipulated, Travel, Landscapes, Wildlife and Children. The contest is sponsored by The Tiffen Company (Hauppauge), and is run annually for amateur photographers. This year the Center received alomst 600 entries.

Winners this year included:

Stephen Green (Commack) - BEST IN SHOW (Leopard)

Carol Goldstein (Setaukat) - RUNNER-UP/BEST IN SHOW (Port Aransas)

Jerry Levy (Smithtown) - GRAND PRIZE/COMPUTER ENHANCED (Brooklyn Bridge)

Mike DiRenzo (Coram) - GRAND PRIZE/LANDSCAPE (Portland Head Sunset)

Joe Constantino (Commack) - GRAND PRIZE/PETS (No Ice Tea for You)

Mike DiRenzo (Coram) - GRAND PRIZE/STILL LIFE (Bass Scroll)

Robin Kaplan (Commack) - GRAND PRIZE/TRAVEL (Venetian Alley)

Lawrence Unger (Smithtown) - GRAND PRIZE/CHILDREN (You Snooze, You Looze)

Jan Altes (Little Neck) - GRAND PRIZE/PEOPLE (The Conversation)

Mary Kaliski (Jericho) - GRAND PRIZE/WILDLIFE (Family)

Dan Greenburg (Merrick) - GRAND PRIZE/NATURE (Three Mushrooms)

Honorable Mentions were awarded to: June Battiste (Valley Stream), Shari L. Camhi (Melville), Roni M. Chastain (Glen Cove), Michael Danielson (East Northport), Carol DiRenzo-Milazzo (Coram), Steven Friedman (S. Merrick), Joanna Gazzola (East Meadow), Jeff Goldschmidt (Stony Brook), Richard L. Green (St. James), William Hammer (East Setauket), Allysa Jeret (Lawrence), Robert Labuski (Holbrook), Doreen Pacini (Wantagh), Janet Powers (Ronkonkoma), Alana Rosenberg (Brookville), Ira Scheinerman (Melville), Susan Silkowitz Kozodoy (Lynbrook), Frank Silverman (East Setauket), Bobbi Turner (Melville), Carol Witkover (Commack), and Richard Witkover (Commack).

Resident Selections were awarded to: Michelle Benjamin-Ruchames (Plainview), Michelle Cervino (N. Babylon), Karen Christensen (W. Sayville), Joe Constantino (Commack), Mike DiRenzo (Coram), Jan Golden (Stony Brook), Patricia Provenzano (Northport), and Ruth Siegal (Jericho).

The Gurwin photo contest is held each year for the enjoyment of the Center’s 460 residents, their family members, Center staff and volunteers. Winning photos are enlarged and permanently displayed at the Center. For more information, please call Dennine Cook at (631) 715-2562.

Best In Show - Leopard taken by Stephen Green