New York Yankees Community
Council Youth Leadership Award
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From left, Amazon staff Teri Nguyen, Anton
Baruh and Angel Martinez.
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The Bharati Foundation, Vishnu Mandir and several mutual aids, including
Empire Blue Cross, teamed up on Feb. 9 for the second pop-up food and essential
items distribution event at M.S. 391 for the families affected by the tragic
Bronx fi re at Twin Parks. Individuals recovering from various disasters that
happened throughout the borough were also assisted.
Community members lined up receiving essential items. Photo Jewel Webber
The New York Yankees Community
Council will provide a
$750.00 stipend to five deserving
students nominated by Bronx
Community Board #10 to receive
the Youth Leadership Award.
Applicants must have performed
50 hours of leadership/
volunteer work as a tutor, mentor,
community unity developer,
and/or as an advocate against
violence or substance abuse in
their community.
Bronx Community Board 10 is
seeking high school seniors who
reside in the Bronx Community
Board #10 service area and meet
the service requirements above.
Applicants should complete
and submit an application with
a resume stating the applicant’s:
name, address, education, voluntary
and/or extracurricular
activities, work experience,
awards, etc., to Bronx Community
Board #10 via mail, email
(bx10@cb.nyc.gov), or by hand
(3165 East Tremont Avenue,
Bronx, New York 10461), by Friday,
February 25, 2022, at 5 PM.
Application forms can be
downloaded from the Board website,
www.nyc.gov/bronxcb10,
under Announcements, or requested
by contacting the Board
Office at 718 892 1161.
Salamanca, Amazon host
South Bronx job fair
City Councilman Rafael Salamanca and Amazon hosted a job fair in the
South Bronx at Salamanca’s district offi ce on Feb. 8. Attendees received information
about career opportunities with Amazon and help with applying for
other employment opportunities.
Attendees receive information at a job Fair.
Photo Jewel Webber
Bronx fi re and disaster relief
distribution continues at M.S. 391
Mr. Miguel Garcia, owner of Big
Deal Supermarket located at 1018 Morris
Park Ave., announced that the supermarket
and the Parish of St. Clare
of Assisi and St. Francis Xavier Holy
Name Societies will once again sponsor
the annual Lenten Fundraiser, which
raises critical funds for the parish.
Beginning on Friday, Feb. 25, and
continuing through Easter Sunday,
April 17, patrons shopping at Big Deal
Supermarket can contribute to the
fundraiser by dropping their sales receipts
into the big wooden box located
in the front of the store after they have
checked out.
Garcia and his team donates a percentage
of all sales during this period to
the church. Rev. Salvatore DeStefano,
pastor of the Church of St. Clare of Assisi
and St. Francis Xavier, noted that
the Lenten Fundraiser is an annual
tradition that not only raises funds for
needed church repairs, church programs
and other projects without having
to ask parishioners for monetary
donations, but serves to unite the community
during Lent. Shoppers contribute
charitably to the fundraiser as they
fi ll their shopping carts at Big Deal with
delicious and nutritious foods, desserts
and fresh fruits from the supermarket’s
gourmet produce department.
Last year, Big Deal donated $7,129,
the biggest amount ever. Since the
fundraiser’s inception in 2010, Garcia
and the team at Big Deal have donated
$75,889. St. Francis Xavier vice presidents
Peter Ulrich and Martin Dolgow
will be coordinating the event for
the parish. Tom Tronconi serves as St.
Francis Xavier president, and James J.
Curran III as president of St. Clare of
Assisi’s.
Delivery service and phone orders
are available by calling (718) 824-7571.
For phone orders, please be sure to tell
Big Deal to drop your sales receipt into
the wooden box.
Morris Park Holy Name
Societies, Big Deal
Supermarket announce
Lenten Fundraiser
The 2021 presentation of Big Deal Supermarket’s
check to Rev. Salvatore DeStefano, pastor
of the Church of St. Clare of Assisi and St.
Francis Xavier. Photo courtesy Peter Ulrich
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