WHEN WE ALL FIRST LEARNED ON OUR EAST HARLEM WEBISTE ABOUT THE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS OF HOLY ROSARY CHURCH IN EAST HARLEM MANY OF OUR EAST HARLEM FAMILY WANTED TO HELP HRC IN ANY WAY WE COULD..TOMMY SALTARELLI ONE OF OUR FELLOW EAST HARLEMITES DECIDED TO TAKE IT UPON HIMSELF TO CONTACT REVERAND GILBERT CENTINI ON OUR BEHALF SETTING UP AN APPOINTMENT  TO MEET WITH REVERAND CENTINI AT HRC & TO VIEW FIRST HAND WHAT THESE CONDITIONS WERE AT THE CHURCH.. REVERAND CENTINI GAVE TOMMY A TOUR OF THE CHURCH & SHOWED HIM THE AREAS THAT WERE SO DESPERATELY IN NEED OF REPAIR.. HE WAS SHOCKED BY WHAT HE HAD SEEN.. HE IMMEDIATELY POSTED HIS FINDINGS  ON OUR EAST HARLEM WEBSITE TO INFORM US OF WHAT HE HAD VIEWED..I BELIEVED THAT THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY FOR HOLY ROSARY CHURCH TO GET THE HELP IT SO DESPERATELY NEEDED WAS BY MAKING THE PUBLIC AWARE OF HOLY ROSARY CHURCH'S PROBLEMS THROUGH EXPOSURE BY WAY OF MY CONTACTING THE  LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, NEWS MEDIA CHANNELS, NYC POLITICIANS, THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NY & WHOMEVER ELSE I THOUGHT SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF HOLY ROSARY CHURCH'S PLIGHT.. I DECIDED TO CONTACT VINNY MALLOZZI A NY TIMES REPORTER AT THE NY TIMES BUT I FIRST WANTED TO INFORM TOMMY OF WHAT I PLANNED TO DO FOR HRC & HE GAVE ME THE GO AHEAD TO DO WHATEVER I FELT WAS NECESSARY THAT MIGHT HELP HRC..I INITIALLY CONTACTED VINNY MALLOZZI ON JUNE 11, 2008 VIA EMAIL INFORMING HIM OF HOLY ROSARY CHURCH'S PLIGHT & ASKING HIM IF HE COULD DO A HUMAN INTEREST STORY ABOUT HRC IN THE NY TIMES FOR US.. I ASKED ANOTHER EAST HARLEMITE PATTI ANN MAHONEY IF SHE COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH VINNY AS THEY ARE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS... VINNY TOLD PATTI ANN FOR ME TO CONTACT HIM AT HIS OFFICE ASAP.. I CALLED VINNY & EXPLAINED THE SITUATION ABOUT HRC.  I HAD INFORMED HIM AS WELL IN MY PREVIOUS EMAILS SENT TO HIM ON JUNE 11TH. VINNY SAID THAT HE NEEDED THE OKAY FROM HIS EDITOR TO DO THE STORY.

VINNY MALLOZZI CONTACTED ME WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY 23, 2008 TO INFORM ME THAT HE RECEIVED THE GREEN LIGHT TO DO A HUMAN INTEREST STORY ON HRC.. VINNY SENT A PHOTOGRAPHER TO MEET WITH TOMMY SALTARELLI AT HRC WEDNESDAY EVENING.. THEY SPENT TWO HOURS TAKING PHOTOS OF THE DIRE CONDITIONS OF HRC IN 120 DEGREE HEAT. THERE..VINNY WILL BE INTERVIEWING BOTH TOMMY SALTARELLI ON THURSDAY JULY 24, 2008 AS WELL AS ME OVER THE PHONE.. THE ARTICLE & PHOTOS ABOUT HRC WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THIS SUNDAY'S SUNDAY EDITION OF THE  NY TIMES NEWSPAPER ON JULY 27TH..THIS DATE CAN CHANGE..VINNY MALLOZZI IS A FELLOW EAST HARLEMITE WHO LIVED ON EAST 119TH STREET & PLEASANT  AVENUE..I WANT TO THANK BOTH TOMMY SALTARELLI & PATTI ANN MAHONEY FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR BELOVED HRC..I THOUGHT THAT IF HRC RECEIVED SOME EXPOSURE BY THE NEWS MEDIA ETC, JUST MAYBE SOMEONE, SOMEHOW,SOMEWHERE WOULD READ ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF HRC & WANT TO HELP WITH OUR CAUSE & RESTORE HRC TO THE PRISTINE CONDITION IT ONCE WAS..JUST MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE A MIRACLE IN EAST HARLEM..I WANT TO THANK VINNY MALLOZZI, HIS EDITOR & THE NY TIMES FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN..I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHARLIE DEMONTE FOR CREATING SUCH A WONDERFUL WEBSITE WHERE WE ALL CAN GO & RECONNECT WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD & MAKE NEW ONES  AS WELL.. WHO SAID THAT WE CAN NEVER GO HOME... THEY WERE WRONG.. MOST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK MY EAST HARLEM FAMILY FOR WITHOUT ALL OF YOU THIS WOULD NOT BE MADE POSSIBLE. GOD BLESS U ALL! AIEH. FOREVER..

 

JO ANNE CLARETTI 119TH MALLANO