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Guyana’s First Lady volunteers
at Queens food pantry
By Tangerine Clarke
Guyana’s First Lady, Sandra Granger,
was hands-on at Calvary’s Mission Food
Pantry in Richmond Hill, Queens, on
Saturday, Aug. 31, where she handed
out nutritious food items, such as
fruits veggies, and meats, to scores of
residents, go the pantry operated Guyanese
American Tony Singh.
Mrs. Granger who toured the twolevel
facility, expressed gratitude, noting
that she enjoyed the experience, of
visiting, and volunteering at the pantry
in Richmond Hill, and thanked Singh
and his team, for doing very good work,
at the pantry to fee New Yorkers.
The First Lady, who is in New York,
to take part in the Labor Day Carnival
as a Grand Marshall, toured of the
facility with Kevin Sookdeo, director of
operations, who said, that the charity
started in 1998 by a few members of the
church, who donated food supplies to
fill a need they saws the community.
He noted that two out of five New
Yorkers go to soup kitchens, or pantries,
to feed themselves and family
members.
“What started as a small endeavor,
turned out to be much more than we
expected, and little by little our organization
grew”, he said, adding that the
501 (c) 3, non-profit was created, in
2008, during the height of the recession,
and that same year the organization
served 1000, pounds of food every
week, to residents who showed up.
Guyana’s First Lady, Sandra Granger
hands-on at Calvary’s Mission Food
Pantry in Richmond Hill, Queens.
Photo by Tangerine Clarke
The charity partners with large government
agencies, like the New York
food bank. The pantry also receives
small donations from the emergency
assistance program.
Last year alone, the pantry served
3.5 million pounds of food, he said, noting
that the church has been a major
partner in addressing food security in
America and around the world
He told Mrs. Granger who was draped
with a garland by Nadia Singh, that the
service is free and open to the public.
Families just need to join the line by
9am, sign their name, and served nutritious
food items.
CTO offers ‘full support’ to
Bahamians in wake of Dorian
By Nelson A. King
The Barbados-based Caribbean
Tourism Organization (CTO) on Tuesday
expressed deepest regret, sadness
and “full support” over the loss of life
and damage done to the Abacos and
Grand Bahama Island by the category
5 hurricane, Dorian.
“In the wake of this monstrous
storm, we have witnessed the pain of
those who lost loved ones, the agony
of so many who lost their homes and
all their belongings, and the angst of
an entire Caribbean concerned for the
welfare of the people of these islands,”
said the CTO in a statement.
“However, as has been demonstrated
so many times in the past, we have
weathered many storms, we are a resilient
people who refuse to surrender
even in the most difficult of times, and
we are confident that the people of the
Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama, with
the full support of the Islands of the
Bahamas and the Caribbean tourism
family, will navigate the road to recovery
together and emerge stronger,” it
added.
With the Bahamas being an archipelago,
with more than 700 islands
and cays spread over 100,000 square
miles, the CTO noted that the greatest
impact of Hurricane Dorian was being
felt in the northernmost islands of
the Abacos and Grand Bahama, “while
most of the nation has been mostly
unaffected.”
The CTO said it has activated its
Hurricane Relief Fund, “which has
been established to help our people and
countries rebuild after disasters.”
The United States Coast Guard said
on Tuesday that it had dispatched seven
helicopters to the Bahamas to help
with rescue efforts.
But Rear Adm. Todd Sokalzuk said
the continued severe weather was
making it extremely difficult to reach
the hardest-hit islands.
“Based on the devastation we have
seen in the Abacos, we think it will be
probably be worse in Grand Bahama,”
he said. “Because the storm sat there
for so long, there is probably increased
damage. There are potentially more
people that need assistance.”
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