The Leadership 100 Executive Committee unanimously approved a $270,000 grant on May 25, in time to be used forthe 2011Metropolis/Direct Archdiocesan District summer youth camps. This grant is intended to “strengthen Greek Orthodox youth as they grow in their Orthodox faith and appreciation of their Hellenic heritage,” according to Constantine G. Caras, Chairman of Leadership 100.

As soon as the news went out on May 25, 2011 that Constantine G. Caras, Leadership 100 Chairman, had initiated and received approval of a Leadership 100 grant of $270,000 in support of summer camps for youth across the nation, the calls began coming into the Leadership 100 Office from members and recipients alike praising the timely decision.

The Order of Saint Andrew announced that Archon Depoutatos George D. Behrakis, Chairman Emeritus of Leadership 100, has been named the first recipient of the “Nicholas J. Bouras Award for Extraordinary Archon Stewardship.”  A special tribute dinner dance will be held on June 5, 2011 at the Metropolitan Club in New York.

The Police Athletic League (PAL) will honor John A. Catsimatidis as PAL’s 2011 Superstar at its 39th Annual Superstar Dinner Thursday, June 16, 2011, at The Pierre in New York City. Chairman and CEO of Red Apple Group, Catsimatidis is a long-time member of the Board of Trustees of Leadership 100 and serves on its Executive Committee, as well as a member of the PAL Board of Directors since 1984.

Arthur G. Koumantzelis, a member of Leadership 100, will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Alpha Omega Council on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. A native of Lowell, Massachusetts and prominent business leader, he is one of the original founders of Alpha Omega Council, which is dedicated to uniting Americans of Hellenic ancestry to promote and encourage American patriotism while cultivating the ideals of Hellenism. He is being honored for his “uncompromising integrity and true professionalism.”