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Born September 21, 1999 (age 17)
Wappinger, New York, U.S. ( 1999-09-21 ) Alma mater Roy C. Ketcham High School Education Roy C. Ketcham High School | ||
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, 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. With this appointment Cavaccini started the largest renovation in the museum's history and spearheaded the Legends of Dutchess exhibition. He is also the founder and Executive Director of the Friends of Carnwath Farms Historic Site & Park Incorporated, 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. 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.
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Historic Swartwoutville Campaign
Starting in 2009, Cavaccini, age 9, started a fundraising campaign to raise awareness of the Forgotten Wappinger Hamlet of Swartwoutville, Wappinger, New York. This hamlet was a strategic meeting place during the American Revolution, where Washington, Lafayette, Von Stueben and others met. 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.
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 sever 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.