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COURIER LIFE, APRIL 8-14, 2022
MARCHING
FORWARD!
Bay Ridge Center hosts first in-person
March for Meals since pandemic
BY JESSICA PARKS
For the first time since
2019, southern Brooklynites
gathered in person
on March 26 for the 27th
annual “March for Meals”
— the Bay Ridge Center’s
fundraiser for its Meals on
Wheels program, which delivers
meals per day to over
600 Brooklyn seniors.
“I think we were all so
ready to move past COVID,”
said Todd Fliedner, executive
director of the Bay
Ridge Center. “2019 was the
last time we did it live, and
you can tell that people are
so happy to be out again and
socializing.”
Like other events across
the city, the Center’s 2020
and 2021 fundraisers were
forced to pivot online due to
the ongoing pandemic.
Each year, the walk is
sponsored by the Bay Ridge
Center in partnership with
the Bay Ridge Center Community
Advisory Board. It
aims to raise money from
sponsors who support the
meal delivery program,
serving up food to homebound
and elderly seniors
throughout Bay Ridge,
Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst
and Gravesend.
Throughout the pandemic,
the Bay Ridge
Center’s Meals on Wheel
chapter did not miss one delivery,
Fliedner said, calling
it a testament to the dedication
the delivery drivers
have to their residents, who
never just drop off a meal
but have formed connections
with the seniors they
serve.
“They really look out after
their clients, it’s not like
they’re just throwing the
meal and moving on,” said
Fliedner. “They have an
emotional investment to the
Participants raised $15,000 for Meals on Wheels at this March for
Meals, hosted by the Bay Ridge Center. Photo by Arthur de Gaeta
people they deliver to.”
This year’s fundraiser
was especially poignant
given the team’s hard work
— and inflation. With gas
prices and food costs on the
rise, the $15,000 raised is
imperative to keep the program
going and subsidizes
the shortfall of the funding
the city provides.
“It’s getting harder and
harder to have Meals on
Wheels with the rising fuel
and food costs,” Fliedner
told Brooklyn Paper, “but
I am proud to say we have
continued uninterrupted
service throughout the pandemic.”
Perhaps even more
important, he said, is the
awareness brought to their
organization by the march.
“Every year, usually the
Monday after the march, we
get calls because people see
the vehicle,” Fliedner said.
“I think it’s very important
that the community realizes
that that resource is
out there.”
This year’s event was
dedicated to the memory of
Peter Killen, who died this
January and was involved
in a plethora of Bay Ridge
organizations beyond the
Bay Ridge Center, such as
the Bay Ridge Lions Club,
the Bay Ridge Historical
Society, and the Bay Ridge
Council of Aging. The event
also paid tribute to his wife,
Patricia, who Fliedner said
is also a big supporter of the
program. “They were a real
team, they always did everything
together,” he said.
US Rep. Nicole Malliotakis
awarded Patricia Killen
a Certificate of Special Congressional
Recognition at
the fundraiser, which was
also attended by Assemblymember
Mathylde Frontus.
The march kicked off
opening ceremony at the
Bay Ridge Center on Ovington
Avenue at 10:30 am before
promptly stepping off
at 11 am. Participants covered
a three-mile course
through Bay Ridge’s commercial
streets until returning
to the same spot for
a closing ceremony — all
the while driving home the
Center’s message.
“Home-delivered meals
are critical to the welfare
of our homebound older
adults,” Fliedner said, “and
it is always exciting to see
our community unite for
this critical annual initiative.”
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