Astoria Federal to Honor Four Customers, Thank Local Volunteer Fire Departments, Announce Rebuilding Plans for Oakdale Branch LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DATE: Saturday, February 26, 2005 TIME: 10 a.m. LOCATION: West Sayville Firehouse (apparatus floor), 80 Main Street (Montauk Highway), West Sayville, NY 11799, East of the West Sayville Golf Course, Parking on east side of Firehouse, No vehicles permitted on firehouse driveway apron WHAT: Astoria Federal Savings Chairman, President and CEO George L. Engelke, Jr., will host a special "Putting people first" awards ceremony and community recognition breakfast, where he will announce the company's plans to rebuild its Oakdale branch following a structural fire on December 23, 2004. Engelke will surprise four Astoria Federal customers who are all local residents, and will honor each of them with Astoria Federal's first ever "Putting people first" award. The four customers will also each receive $500 in American Express Gift Cheques for helping our employees quickly and safely evacuate the building, before the fire department arrived at the branch. One honoree, Joel Reines, is a member of the SCPD 5th PCT COPE Unit. Another is Paul Nelson, a 30-year veteran volunteer fireman and a 20-year veteran of the NYPD. Frederick "Hank" Cadman, III, has been a customer since 1973 and Teresa Marcello has been a customer since 2002. Engelke will also extend a warm thank you to the West Sayville, Sayville, East Islip and Bohemia Volunteer Fire Departments and the Sayville Ambulance Corps., for responding to the incident. The volunteer firemen and women will all be in dress uniform. DATASOURCE: Astoria Financial Corporation CONTACT: Dianne Baumert-Moyik, AVP/Senior Manager Public Relations of Astoria Federal Savings, +1-516-327-7863, or fax, +1-516-684-4253, Web site: http://ir.astoriafederal.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/104529.html

Copyright