President and Chief Executive Officer of Onex Real Estate Partners Michael Dana. The Queens Library Foundation will host its Annual Gala on Monday, October 3 from 6 p.m. through 10 p.m. at Studio Square, 35-44 37th St. in Long Island City. Being honored as 2011 Children’s Champions are President and Chief Executive Officer of Onex Real Estate Partners Michael Dana, Vice President of Thomas M. Quinn and Sons Funeral Home and past president of Queens Library’s Board of Trustees George L. Stamatiades and Cisco, a corporate supporter of community-based education for children and supporter of the goals of Queens Library and the children’s Library Discovery Center. A special award will be presented to 1100 Architect, designers of the new Children’s Library Discovery Center at the Central Library in Jamaica. 100 percent of the proceeds from the gala will support the availability of library materials, educational and intellectual development resources for the children of Queens. Dominick Ciampa is the gala committee chair.

Vice President of Thomas M. Quinn and Sons Funeral Home and past president of Queens Library’s Board of Trustees George L. Stamatiades. Cisco.