Mr. Armando "Chick" Galella, a 90-year-old, Bronze Star decorated veteran and resident of Sleepy Hollow, has been inducted into the Westchester County Senior Citizen Hall of Fame 2011.
Galella, was one of 43 to be honored in the county at an induction ceremony, luncheon and candle-lighting ceremony held this afternoon at the main ballroom of the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown.
The Senior Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services (DSPS), Westchester County Parks and the Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services. It is co-sponsored by Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester and Putnam (VNSWP), a not-for-profit Medicare-certified home heath care agency, which began in 1901 and serves people of all ages.