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PHOTOS: OLA Celebrates 20 Years With Sabor

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Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Minerva Perez and Isabel Sepulveda

Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Minerva Perez and Isabel Sepulveda

Minerva Perez, Jean Lundgren, Toni Ross, Tony Hitchcock and April Gornick

Minerva Perez, Jean Lundgren, Toni Ross, Tony Hitchcock and April Gornick

Julio Carapia, Kathleen King, Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz, Lillian Tyree-Johnson and Carl Johnson

Julio Carapia, Kathleen King, Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz, Lillian Tyree-Johnson and Carl Johnson

Robert Chaloner and Oscar Mandes

Robert Chaloner and Oscar Mandes

OLA Executive Director Minerva Perez ,center, with the OLA team

OLA Executive Director Minerva Perez ,center, with the OLA team

authorStaff Writer on Aug 1, 2022

OLA, Organización Latino Americana, of Eastern Long Island celebrated their 20th anniversary with “Sabor” at The Church in Sag Harbor on July 28. LISA TAMBURINI PHOTOS

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