Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation
honors essential workers
Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation,
Inc., (GGRF), a St. Albansbased
non-profit organization,
hosted “Essentially You” a give
back event that recognized 60
female essential and frontline
workers for their outstanding
contributions to the community
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recipients were selected mostly
from the healthcare, emergency,
law enforcement, food services,
postal, delivery and transportation
industries. Also among this
group of honorees were community
leaders, business owners and
private citizens who contributed
through food drives, and by providing
other essential services.
The event was supported by
the following elected officials who
nominated several of their constituents
for this recognition and
give-back, and also issued NYS
Senate and City Council citations.
They were Senator Leroy Comrie,
Senator Roxanne Persaud, Senator
James Sanders, Jr., Councilwoman
Adrienne Adams, Councilman
I. Daneek Miller, Councilman
Eric Ulrich and Assemblywoman
Alicia Hyndman. Presentations
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took place during two
different time slots, noon and
2:00 pm at the Majority Family
Life Center in St. Albans, NY.
Adhering to social distancing and
PPE guidelines, recipients each
received GGRF “Sheroes” award
certificates, NYS Senate and City
Council citations, personal care
gift bags, grocery hampers and
gift certificates, plus a delicious
meal to go.
Councilmember I. Daneek Miller
addressed the recipients during
the 2 pm hour, and thanked everyone
for their services to the
community. He also joined in
making the presentations, as did
Ms. Lisa George, constituent liaison
for NYS Senator James Sanders,
Jr., who was also present.
The event was funded through
an “All In Neighborhood Grant”
awarded to GGRF by Citizens
Committee of NYC. Items for the
gift bags, which included bed linens,
sleepwear, makeup and other
personal care and beauty products
were all acquired through
the organization’s partnership
with Good360, a global leader in
product philanthropy and purposeful
giving, that partners with
socially responsible companies to
source highly-needed goods and
distribute them through their
network of diverse nonprofits.
The Campaign Against Hunger
(TCAH) donated 100 tote bags of
dry groceries, which were distributed
to the honorees and members
of the general public.
Several local restaurants and
LaNeda Mondesir (left) who runs the Harding Ford
Vision Food Pantry accepting honor from founder
of Guyanese Girls Rock, Cloyette Harris-Stoute.
Guyanese Girls Rock Foundation
food providers including, father
and son Kevin and Tim Tulane,
owners of Sumthin Amazin; and
a member of the Blaque Resource
Network, Our Village Roti Shop,
Fazees Delight and The Nest Restaurant
and Bar donated pre-packaged
meals. “This was not just
a GGRF effort,” shared GGRF’s
Founder & President, Cloyette
Harris-Stoute. “When members
of the community heard what
we were planning, they eagerly
offered to help. A total of 17 hairstylists
and makeup artist donated
gift certificates. Local photographer,
Michael Chu-A-Kong
provided his services pro bono
and Brooklyn-based DJ Kayla provided
the sound-system and soft
music.”
During her welcoming address,
Mrs. Harris-Stoute told the story
of New York Postal Service mailcarrier,
Cheyenne Norman, who
inspired the idea of “Essentially
You.” She spoke of observing Ms.
Norman often being the only person
out in the streets during the
NYC mandated COVID-19 shutdown,
as she went from house to
house, working hard to ensure
that everyone still received their
mail.
Police Offi cer Rochelle Lattimore
Allen with certifi cate
and citation. Guyanese Girls Rock
Foundation
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