About Us

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Birthday Celebration Committee is dedicated to serving our community annually by providing Nassau County youth with scholarships each year. Student applications are provided to schools and returned by recommendation. An awards panel team led by Wilma Tootle, Retired Educator Uniondale Schools awards the select recipients of scholarships at the Annual Commemorative Marriot Hotel Scholarship Luncheon event held each January, the national holiday of Dr. King's celebrated birthday. The Birthday Celebration Committee has been widely-recognized as the best of its kind. Sponsorship growth has seen a steady pace.

With this growth, we have been able to accomplish more, by giving more to help accomplish students to their full-potential and to their 'Living the Dream' inspired so by King.

To make a larger impact upon our community, we welcome you with open arms.

Please inquire today about how you can become a part of Dr. King's legacy, while giving exposure to your company or organization and helping youth and improving our communities through scholarship.

We are always looking for community-based volunteers as well. Volunteers aid the community in various ways. To learn more, call (516) 572-1943, or email rmcrae@nassaucountyny.gov

 Mailing address: 
Nassau County MLK Birthday Committee Inc.
P.O. Box 191
Garden City, NY  11530

A number of scholarships are awarded each year, based upon criteria as established and upon successful selection by the member committee.

Special Luncheon Sponsorships Available Each Year.  Please address all interests & correspondence to attention of:  Rodney H. McRae

A non-profit dedicated to continuing the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and by the intellectual advancement of Nassau County youth via scholarship.

Give to scholarship, education the greatest gift of a lifetime!

Call (516) 572-1943

Corporate or Personal Checks Payable To:
Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION COMMITTEE OF NASSAU COUNTY, INC.

For more, info:  rmcrae@nassaucountyny.gov

Proceeds go to Nassau County High School
seniors who have won the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Birthday Celebration Essay Contests.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JULIUS PEARSE (President)
GERALD G. WRIGHT, ESQ
RODNEY H. McRAE
REV. REGINALD TUGGLE
PARVEEN CHOPRA, PhD.
AUDREY L. HADDEN
WILMA TOOTLE

LUNCHEON COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Dr. Donald P. Astrab - President
Nassau Community College

The Reverend Reginald Tuggle, Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Nassau Community College

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-CHAIR
Rodney H. McRae

LEAD AGENCY
Nassau County Office of Minority Affairs
Acting Executive Director, Evette Beckett-Tuggle

LUNCHEON COMMITTEE
Jesse Atchison
Wilma Tootle
Gloria Baca
Dean Bennett
Tyrone Sylvester
Mohammed Saleh
Vicki Burgess
Linda Leaf
David C. Lee
Parveen C. Chopra
Rev. Suh Chumkim
Anthony Thompson
Shelley Brazley
Dr. Joseph Volker
Rodney McRae
John Nedd
Julius O. Pearse
Rev. Jerome Taylor
Rev. Reginald Tuggle
Rev. Phillip Elliott
Mohinder Singh Taneja
Gurdip Singh Narula
Rev. Johnathan Wharton
Chuk Fowler
Scott Castillo
Audrey Hadden
Vaughan McCall

Edward P. Mangano, County Executive | Honorary Chair
Robert R. Walker, Deputy County Executive | Honorary Vice Chair
Rev. Phillip Elliot, Director of Minority Affairs | Honorary Vice Chair


YOUTH OUTREACH COMMITTEE CHAIRS
SHELLEY BRAZLEY
VAUGHAN McCALL

AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIR
JOHN NEDD, N.C.P.D.
GLORIA BACA

JOURNAL COMMITTEE - CHAIRS
RODNEY McRAE
AUDREY HADDEN
VICKI BURGESS

ECUMENICAL COMMITTEE - CO-CHAIRS
REV. REGINALD TUGGLE
REV. PHILLIP ELLIOT

YOUTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE - CHAIR
WILMA TOOTLE
Retired Educator, Uniondale Schools

PUBLICITY/PUBLIC RELATIONS Co-CHAIRS
AUDREY HADDEN
SHELLY BRAZLEY O.M.A
TYRONE SYLVESTER, M.B.A., N.C. D.S.S.

THEATRICAL COMMITTEE CHAIR
JOYSETTA PEARSE

COORDINATOR
RODNEY McRAE, N.C. C.H.R.