Joey Cavaccini
Joseph (Joey) D. Cavaccini | |
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Youngest Public Official in New York State | |
Town of Wappinger Town Historian | |
Assumed office June 1, 2012 | |
Town of Fishkill Town Historian | |
Assumed office July 1, 2017 | |
Executive Director of the Friends of Carnwath Inc. | |
Assumed office June 6, 2015 | |
Sports Museum of Dutchess County Curator | |
Assumed office May 4, 2014 | |
Grinnell Public Library District | |
Assumed office January 1, 2018 | |
Town of Wappinger Recreation Committeeman | |
Assumed office April 16, 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Wappinger, New York, U.S. | September 21, 1999
Joseph (Joey) Daniel Cavaccini (born September 21, 1999) is a community advocate and historian in the Town of Wappinger in the State of New York. Born and raised in Southern Dutchess County, starting at age 12 in 2012 was appointed to a special position created for him within the Office of the Town Historian for the Town of Wappinger,[1] making him the youngest person to be appointed to a post within a municipal historian's office in New York State. He started his public career as a docent at the Van Wyck Homestead in Fishkill, New York and proceeded to get involved in other historical groups in Dutchess County at an early age. In 2014, he was appointed by the Board of Directors of the Sports Museum of Dutchess County to fill the vacancy of Museum Curator.[2] With this appointment Cavaccini started the largest renovation in the museum's history and spearheaded the Legends of Dutchess exhibition.[3] He is also the founder and Executive Director of the Friends of Carnwath Farms Historic Site & Park Incorporated,[4] a community based organization working with the Town of Wappinger to promote and preserve the town owned Carnwath Farms park. Cavaccini also serves a member of the Board of Trustees for the Wappinger Historical Society.[5] He is also involved in events and programming for the Town of Wappinger through his role on the Town Recreation Committee in which he was appointed to.[6] On January 4, 2017, Cavaccini was appointed to the position of Deputy Town Historian for the Town of Fishkill to Fishkill Town Historian Willa Skinner.[7] In June 2017, Skinner retired after serving 53 years in that capacity. Cavaccini, as Deputy Historian, was appointed to serve as acting Historian for the remainder of 2017 under Supervisor Robert LaColla.[8]
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On October 3, 2017, Cavaccini was elected to his first elected office representing the Grinnell Public Library District, which includes the Village of Wappingers Falls and Town of Wappinger. Assuming this office, made him the youngest elected official in the Town of Wappinger and currently in New York State at 18 years old.
Historic Swartwoutville campaign
Starting in 2009, Cavaccini, age nine, started a fundraising campaign to raise awareness of the Forgotten Wappinger Hamlet of Swartwoutville, Wappinger, New York.[9] This hamlet was a strategic meeting place during the American Revolution, where Washington, Lafayette, Von Stueben and others met.[10] This campaign would mark the entrances of the hamlet with signs. He received the official endorsement of the Town of Wappinger Town Board on April 12, 2012.[11]
Sports Museum of Dutchess County
After being appointed as curator in 2014, 14 year old Cavaccini started to reform the organizational structure of the museum as well as the physical structure. He closed the museum for over a year after severe water damage occurred to the Town of Wappinger owned Frances Reese Cultural Center, where the museum is located, and started its renovation. The new renovations would include the creation of the Legends of Dutchess exhibition, highlighting over a dozen athletes who made it to the professional level from Dutchess County. On October 2, 2016 the Board of Trustees officially named the new Ring Side Theatre presented by IBM after him and his father Daniel.
Notable awards and honors
- 2011 - Presented with a Proclamation from the Town of Wappinger naming September 17th, Wappinger Heritage & Historical Appreciation Day, AKA Joey Cavaccini Day
- 2016 - Recipient of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Award, presented by the Dutchess County Historical Society[12]
- 2017 - Inducted into Dutchess County Sports Hall of Fame, presented by the Sports Museum of Dutchess County. Cavaccini was inducted for his work in the "preservation of the history of sports in Dutchess County"
- 2018 - Cavaccini was nominated and included in Marist College's For The Record exhibition, highlighting student's interesting stories at the College. [13]
References
- ↑ "RES-2013-31 Resolution Appointing Town Historian of the Town of Wappinger - Town of Wappinger, New York". Wappingertownny.iqm2.com. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ "Board of Directors". Sportsmuseumofdcny.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ "Legends of Dutchess". Sportsmuseumofdcny.org. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ "Carnwath Farms Historic Site & Park - Friends of Carnwath". Carnwathfarms.webs.com. 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ "Preserving the History of Wappingers Falls". Wappingers Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ "RES-2016-132 Resolution Confirming Organizational Structure And Authority Of Recreation Committee And Appointing Members - Town of Wappinger, New York". Wappingertownny.iqm2.com. 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ http://fishkilltownny.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=3426&highlightTerms=cavaccini
- ↑ http://fishkilltownny.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=3745&highlightTerms=cavaccini
- ↑ "Welcome to Historic Swartwoutville - About us". Historicswartwoutville.webs.com. 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ "Welcome to Historic Swartwoutville - History". Historicswartwoutville.webs.com. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ "Forgotten Wappinger Hamlet - Kuzmicz/Cavaccini - Town of Wappinger, New York". Wappingertownny.iqm2.com. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ↑ "Dutchess County Historical Society". www.dchsny.org. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ↑ https://maristftr.com/joey-cavaccini2018