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Bow knows
Advocates spread word of
ovarian cancer in borough
By Colin Mixson
Brooklyn Paper
It was a teal-good event!
Dozens of volunteers, business
advocates, and professional
do-gooders braved intense
heat and pouring rain to
spread the word about ovarian
cancer last week, when
they tied dozens of teal-colored
ribbons to Kings County
trees advertising symptoms
of the deadly disease.
“Thursday it was really,
really hot and we were all
sweating, and Friday it was
raining, but were out tying
ribbons on trees because we
have to tell everyone about
Teal!” said Courtney Donahue
Taleporos, programs
manager at Teal — a non-forprofit
that spreads awareness
about the disease, supports
survivors, and raises money
for research.
The awareness campaign
saw Teal partner with the Fifth
Avenue Business Improvement
District in Park Slope,
the North Flatbush Business
Improvement District in Prospect
Heights, and the Myrtle
Avenue Business Improvement
District in Clinton Hill to tie
ribbons dyed teal — the official
color of ovarian cancer
— and emblazoned with information
about the disease
to trees throughout the business
advocacy group’s respective
territories on Aug. 22 and
Aug. 23.
And the effort seemed to
work, according to one Teal
staffer, who said locals were intrigued
by the curious ribbons
approached volunteers seeking
more information.
“They see a little gang of
teal people and they always
ask ‘what are you doing over
here?’” said Danielle Holloway,
an executive assistant
at Teal.
The ribbon-tying event
comes just before September’s
Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Month and the 11th annual
Teal Walk and Run in
Prospect Park on Sept. 11, the
group’s big annual fundraiser,
when they hope to amass more
than $200,000 in donations,
according to Holloway.
Anyone interested in participating
in Teal’s fundraising
event can register online
at tealwalk.org/brooklyn .
Photos by Caroline Ourso
(Top) Yolande Cadore ties a ribbon around a tree
on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope on Aug. 22. (Above)
From left, Joanna Tallantire, Jonathan Bayer, Mark
Caserta, and Courtney Donahue.
Rush hour bomb scare
Commuters endure traffi c delays in Downtown Brooklyn
By Kevin Duggan and
Aidan Graham
Brooklyn Paper
Police shut down a twoblock
stretch of Flatbush Avenue
and evacuated a nearby
mini mart after a suspicious
package was reported Monday
afternoon, according to
authorities.
A police explosives specialist
approached the package
near Gold Street at around 4:20
p.m., and quickly sounded the
all clear after discovering the
presumed bomb was in fact
a battery for an electric bike,
according to a spokesman for
the police department.
Around a dozen squad
cars, explosive experts, two
choppers, and multiple fire
trucks were dispatched to
secure the package and enforce
police cordons at Myrtle
Avenue and Tillary Street,
which forced drivers to seek
alternative routes and endure
long delays, according to one
motorist.
“This is going to be a good
40 minutes because of all this
crazy traffic,” said Catherine
Glover, who was heading
south on Flatbush Avenue
Extension on her way to
Staten Island when she ran
into the cordon.
First responders forced
Flatbush Avenue convenience
store Bolla Market to evacuate
at around 3 p.m., and the
manager was not happy to
have to close shop.
“The police officer
doesn’t give me like a second,”
said Arbar Hossain. “I
asked to pick up my phone
and he said ‘no we are going
out now.’”
The New York City Emergency
Management system
had sent a tweet at 3:39 p.m.
warning drivers to avoid the
area.
“Due to police activity, expect
road closures and a heavy
presence of emergency personnel
near Flatbush Avenue
from Myrtle Avenue to Tillary
Street,” read the tweet.
“Consider alternate routes
and allow for additional
travel time.”
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