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Syracuse, New York (June 1, 2010) – The Juneteenth Committee and 100 Black Men of Syracuse, Inc. announce the Winston Gaskin Community Walk for Wellness to be held Friday, June 18, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. starting at the parking lot of Syracuse University’s Manley Field House. The walk will end at Jubilee Park on South Avenue. Motor vehicles cannot participate in the walk. Centro will provide transportation back to Manley Field House. The Winston Gaskin Community Walk for Wellness is free and open to the public. The purpose of the walk is to encourage and support healthy living and to encourage community residents, both young and seasoned, to enjoy the benefits of walking. The distance is 3 miles and 100 meters, and will take approximately one hour.  Centro and Crouse Hospital are supporting the walk. There will be gifts and health information given away.

The Winston Gaskin Community Walk for Wellness participants will walk down East Colvin Street to Garfield Avenue. From Garfield Avenue, the participants will continue to Castle Street, and then to Midland Avenue and on to Bellevue Avenue. The last leg of the walk will take the participants to South Avenue and end at Jubilee Park.

The walk is named in honor of Winston Gaskin, the first African American pharmacist, who, in 1964, opened Gaskin’s Prescription Pharmacy and Gaskin’s Beauty & Barber Supply at 607 South Avenue. He served as a former President of the Central City Businessmen’s Association, founder of Housing Visions Unlimited, former Chairman of The Syracuse Board of Zoning Appeals during the Mayor Lee Alexander Administration.  In addition, Gaskin served on the boards of Dunbar Center, Syracuse’s N.A.A.C.P., Board of Directors of the Onondaga Office of Aging, and a gardener for the Syracuse Rose Society. Winston Gaskin died on April 4, 2009, in Woodbridge, Virginia at 87.  He resided in Syracuse for 43 years.

For additional information or to register, contact Charles Anderson, Chair, Health and Wellness Committee, 100 Black Men of Syracuse, Inc., at 315–200–7847, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or Walter Eiland at 315–395–8845, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Syracuse, New York, May 27, 2010 — 100 Black Men of Syracuse Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received its Letter of Determination from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, stating that the non-profit organization is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. With the organization’s new tax-exempt status, 100 Black Men of Syracuse is also eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions.

The organization received assistance with the application process from the Onondaga County Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyer Project. The project provided the referral for legal services utilized by 100 Black Men of Syracuse in order to complete its 501(c)(3) application.

“I want to thank our generous supporters and partners, particularly attorney Henry Melchor and the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King, for helping us to achieve our official non-profit status,” said Vincent Love, president of 100 Black Men of Syracuse. “This important milestone will significantly boost our efforts to attract the resources we need to support our community service in the areas of mentoring, education, health and wellness, as well as economic development.”