VINCENT P. CARBONARO
"MAKER OF MEN"
THE COACH
AND
THE FOUNDATION
COACH CARBONARO'S DEDICATED SERVICE TO JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BROOKLYN COMMUNITY, BEGAN VERY EARLY IN HIS LIFE.
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HE ATTENDED JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL, IN PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN, WHEN IT WAS KNOWN AS MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL. HE PROUDLY GRADUATED WITH FOUR LETTERS IN FOOTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, SOCCER AND BASEBALL. HE LEFT BROOKLYN BRIEFLY FOR FOUR YEARS TO ATTEND AND PLAY FOOTBALL AT ITHACA COLLEGE, OF WHICH HE OFTEN SPOKE ABOUT, FREQUENTLY SANG IT'S THEME SONG AND NEVER FORGOT A DONATION. HE LATER RETURNED TO JOHN JAY HIGH SCHOOL, THE HOME OF THE GERONIMO INDIANS, TO TEACH AND COACH...
AND HE NEVER LEFT.
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HIS MIND, SPIRIT AND PASSION WERE DEDICATED TO TEACHING, COACHING AND MENTORING THE STUDENTS, WHO WERE IN HIS CLASSES, IN HIS HALLWAYS AND ON HIS FIELD... HIS KIDS.
HE TOUCHED THE LIVES OF DECADES OF STUDENTS, FROM THE SIXTIES THROUGH THE NINETIES AND DURING THESE YEARS, HE SAW MANY CHANGES BUT, HIS BELIEF THAT "WITH FEAR COMES RESPECT" REMAINED CONSTANT,
HE BELIEVED THAT ONLY THEN,
COULD THE LEARNING FALL INTO PLACE.
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HIS SHOUT WAS DEAFENING... BUT, SO WAS HIS COMPASSION. IT WAS THIS BALANCE THAT MADE HIM AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER, COACH AND MENTOR. HE TAUGHT HIS JOHN JAY KIDS, AS WELL AS HIS OWN... THAT, UNTIL WE AS A SCHOOL, A HOME OR A COMMUNITY PRACTICE DISCIPLINE, WE CANNOT BE PRINCIPLED PEOPLE. THE TEAM AND THE FAMILY, ALWAYS COME BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL AND AS A RESULT, HE MADE MEN OUT OF KIDS WHOSE LIVES MIGHT HAVE TAKEN A FATEFUL COURSE...
AND THIS IS MY DAD'S LEGACY.
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THE GOAL OF THE VINCENT P. CARBONARO FOOTBALL FOUNDATION
IS TO IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR ONE OR MORE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS
FROM BROOKLYN, NY.,
WHO HAS, BY HIS ACTIONS, DEMONSTRATED ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT,
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, SPORTSMANSHIP ON THE FIELD
AND AN UNSELFISH SPIRIT, AS EXEMPLIFIED BY COACH CARBONARO.
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THE VINCENT P. CARBONARO FOOTBALL FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS THUS FAR
AND HAS CONTINUED AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT BROOKLYN FOOTBALL
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PLEASE JOIN US AT THIS YEARS FUNDRAISER OR OFFER A SPONSORSHIP,
OR PERHAPS, BUY A 50/50
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YOUR SPONSORSHIP OR DONATION, IN ANY AMOUNT, IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED
AND NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR FOUNDATION AND BROOKLYN FOOTBALL GROWING.
HELP US KEEP COACH CARBONARO'S SPIRIT ALIVE!
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SUPPORT "EDUCATION THROUGH ATHLETICS"