2019 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at Empire City Casino
The community continued to support ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Co-founder and Yonkers Native Pat Quinn’s quest to fi nd a cure for ALS at
the 2018 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts. The 2019 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is scheduled for Saturday,
August 3 at Empire City Casino. Photo by Chris Brokate
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Empire
City Casino by MGM Resorts president
& COO Uri Clinton and Yonkers native
Pat Quinn announced the 2019 ALS Ice
Bucket Challenge will take place on Saturday,
August 3 trackside at Empire City
Casino. The annual event, co-founded by
Quinn after his diagnosis of Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in 2013, became
a global phenomenon in 2014 as thousands
of people from around the world
participated in the challenge on social media.
Since 2015, Empire City Casino has
hosted the annual challenge in support of
Quinn and to continue to generate awareness
for ALS research. The festivities begin
at 1:00 p.m. with food concessions
available for purchase, music, and much
more. Ice Bucket Challenge participants
can pre-register in-advance online at YonkersNY.
gov or empirecitycasino.com.
ALS, often referred to as ‘Lou Gehrig’s
Disease,’ is a progressive neurodegenerative
disease that affects nerve
cells in the brain and spinal cord. With no
known cure, Quinn began the Ice Bucket
Challenge to put ALS on ice by raising
awareness as well as donations for research.
The challenge has remained a
catalyst of the efforts to fi nd a cure for
ALS, with Quinn helping inspire billions
of dollars in donations for ALS research,
which has helped produce signifi cant discoveries
and breakthroughs.
“Empire City Casino is proud to continue
supporting Yonkers-native Pat
Quinn in his courageous fi ght and to be
part of the worldwide phenomenon he
helped create as co-founder of the Ice
Bucket Challenge,” said Clinton. “We are
incredibly humbled to be part of a community
that always shows up to support
each other. We can all do our part to raise
awareness of the need for more funds for
ALS research. We’ll see you trackside
August 3rd.”
Each year, Empire City Casino donates
the space, set-up and staffi ng, as
well as over 1,300 pounds of ice.
Proceeds from the event will be donated
to Quinn for the Win which benefi
ts Quinn’s care as well as not-forprofi
t ALS research organizations. For
more information, go to YonkersNY.gov,
Quinn4theWin and Facebook.com/QuinnForTheWin.
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It’s one fi nal cheer for the closer of
the last century as the City of New Rochelle
celebrates former resident amd relief
pitcher Mariano Rivera’s unanimous
selection into this year’s baseball Hall of
Fame with `Mariano Rivera Day’ in his
adoptive hometown of New Rochelle on
Saturday, July 27. With special thanks to
the New York Yankees for their sponsorship
and support, Mariano Rivera Day will
feature a pinstripe parade beginning at
10 a.m. that culminates with a celebration
at the Hudson Park Bandshell. Rivera
will receive a special proclamation and
the Key to the City before the one and a
half mile parade route begins at City Hall
on 515 North Avenue (southbound), continuing
to Pelham Road and concluding
at Hudson Park.
Residents, baseball fans and the general
public are invited to line the streets of
New Rochelle to celebrate the soon-tobe
Hall of Famer. Following the parade,
there will be a celebration with DJMG-
Mike Guiliano, food, and special surprise
give-a-ways, courtesy of the New York
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Upcoming Wave Hill events and programs:
Friday, August 2; Sunday, August 4:
Garden Highlights Walk: Join a Wave
Hill Garden guide for a public tour of seasonal
garden highlights. Free with admission
to the grounds. Meet at Perkins Visitor
Center, 1 p.m.
Saturday, August 3; Sunday, August
4: Family Art Project: Be-of-the-Earth Topography
Art: For thousands of years, we
have identifi ed landforms with specifi c
human traits to help connect to the environment
around us. Explore the visual
language of cartography and abstraction
to make multi-layered artworks with landforms
that take on their own lives. Using
recycled maps and printmaking, create
individual collages, or join in a collaborative
installation highlighting landforms
near and dear to you. Free, and admission
to the grounds is free until noon.
Wave Hill House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, August 3: Gallery Tour: Tour
Glyndor Gallery with Wave Hill’s Curatorial
Fellow or Gallery Greeter to get an
insider’s view of current exhibitions. The
exhibition Figuring the Floral features artists
who employ fl owers to explore representations
of identity—constructing
narratives on race, ethnicity, class, gender,
sexual orientation, and aging. The
exhibition includes paintings, collages,
drawings, sculptures and an outdoor installation.
In the Sunroom, Kate Bae’s immersive
installation consists of fl owers
created from layers of acrylic paint. They
drape from the ceiling into a wishing well.
The landscape evokes the ecosystem of
Mount Halla on South Korea’s Jeju Island,
a holy symbol of the unifi cation of South
Korea and North Korea. In the Sun Porch,
Riad Miah creates a multi-part installation
of double-sided, oil and acrylic, rectangular
paintings on Dura-Lar. He traces light
throughout the calendar year to portray a
sense of time, with each piece representing
a single month. Free with admission
to the grounds. Glyndor Gallery, 2 p.m.
Wave Hill is located at 675 West
252nd Street. For further information call
(718) 549-3200.
In accordance with Section 1-13 of the Concession Rules of the City of New York, the Department of Parks
and Recreation (“Parks”) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the renovation, operation and
maintenance of a restaurant and the option to operate one (1) mobile food concession at Keltch Park, in
the borough of the Bronx.
All proposals submitted in response to this RFP must be submitted by no later than September 6, 2019, at
3:00 p.m. to Parksʼ Revenue Division. There will be a recommended on-site proposer meeting and site
tour on Friday, August 16, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. We will meet at the restaurant concession site (Block #2857,
Lot #95), located at Keltch Park, West 170th Street and Jerome Avenue in the borough of the Bronx. If
you are considering responding to this RFP, please make every effort to attend this meeting and site
tour. To obtain directions to the proposed concession site, please call (212) 360-1397.
Hard copies of the RFP can be obtained, at no cost, commencing July 24, 2019 through September 6,
2019 during the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays, at the Revenue division
of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, which is located at The Arsenal, 830 Fifth
Avenue, Room 407, New York, NY 10065.
The RFP is also available for download commencing July 24, 2019, through September 6, 2019, on Parksʼ
website. To download the RFP, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/businessopportunities, click on the link for “Concessions
Opportunities at Parks” and, after logging in, click on the “download” link that appears adjacent to
the RFPʼs description.
For more information, contact Glenn Kaalund, Senior Project Manager, at (212) 360-3482. You can also
email him at Glenn.Kaalund@parks.nyc.gov. Thank you.
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