Alley Pond Environmental Center’s building on Northern Boulevard. Photo via Wikimedia Commons
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TIMESLEDGER | 2 QNS.COM | JAN. 3-9, 2020
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Nothing says holiday like
a helping hand.
Queens County Farm
Museum presented an inaugural
donation of packaged,
non-perishable food items
to Queens College representatives
in support of the
school’s Knights Table Food
Pantry, established in fall
2018 supporting over 1,000
food-insecure students to
date.
Knight’s Table Food Pantry
board member Anthony
Ogata; Vice President for
Communications and Marketing
and Senior Advisor
to the President Jay Hershenson;
and Executive Assistant
to the VP for Communications
and Marketing
Shanequa Terry accepted
the items during a visit to the
museum on Dec. 17.
Jennifer Walden Weprin,
executive director of Queens
County Farm Museum, said,
“Together, Queens Farm and
Queens College can feed tummies
and feed minds.”
“We initiated this food
drive after our growing season
ended as a way to continue
our work to feed New Yorkers,”
Weprin said. “We are
thankful for the community
support and have collected
food donations as diverse as
the borough of Queens!”
Throughout the month
of December, the farm is
encouraging visitors, neighbors,
and the public to drop
off packaged, nonperishable
foods to the farm store, at 73-
50 Little Neck Pkwy., which
is open daily from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m.
The Knight’s Table Food
Pantry, the first comprehensive
program in country to
help fight student hunger,
provides stigma-free food
access for students in need
and accepts donations from
the campus community. It
is sponsored by the Office
of Student Development and
Leadership.
Students interested in donating
or volunteering are
welcomed to stop by the Student
Union, at LL29 between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday during the
academic year.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com
or by phone at (718) 260–4526.
BY JENNA BAGCAL
The Alley Pond Environmental
Center (APEC) is getting
a temporary home in Oakland
Gardens as work on their
brand new center begins.
The nonprofit began the
moving process tis past weekend
into 224-75 76th Ave.,
which will serve as its facilities
for the next two years.
The temporary center is located
at the eastern end of
the parking lot near Springfield
Boulevard in Alley Pond
Park.
NYC Parks is currently
working on plans for the
APEC building on Northern
Boulevard, which will include
efficient heating, cooling
and electrical systems
as well as other updated facilities.
Parks also plans to
expand the current space, allowing
the nonprofit to host
more classes and events.
Guests can visit the new
center beginning Jan. 2 and
the APEC will host a grand
opening and open house on
Saturday, Jan. 11.
From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the
center will treat visitors to a
day of fun and free activities
for all ages. Guests can interact
with APEC’s animals,
engage in arts and crafts,
listen to music and munch on
healthy refreshments during
the center’s “Welcome to the
Neighborhood” celebration.
In 1972, NYC Parks partnered
with grassroots organizers
to develop APEC following
a new understanding
of the importance of wetlands.
In 1974, the Parks Department
created the Wetlands Reclamation
Project to rehabilitate
the park’s wetlands which had
suffered decades of construction
dumping and neglect.
APEC moved into its
Northern Boulevard location
in 1976 and has maintained
the same location for over 40
years. Today, the environmental
education organization
educates children and
adults, protects and preserves
Alley Pond Park and advocates
for sustainable policies
and practices.
Its home in Alley Pond
Park contains over 635 acres
of forests, meadows, ponds
and fresh and saltwater
marshes. More than 300 species
of birds and other wildlife
call the park home.
During its transition,
APEC employees remind the
community that response
times may be delayed as they
may be without telephone and
computer access for a period
of time. For updates, alleypond.
com or APEC’s Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram
pages.
Reach reporter Jenna Bagcal
by e-mail at jbagcal@qns.
com or by phone at (718) 260-
2583.
Queens County Farm Museum Executive Director Jennifer
Walden Weprin (second from right) and Farm Store Assistant
Jessica Arroyo (center) present the museum’s inaugural donation
of packaged, nonperishable food items to Queens College
representatives in support of the school’s Knights Table Food
Pantry, on Tuesday, December 17.
Photo courtesy of Queens College
Queens County Farm
donates food items
to Queens College
Alley Pond on the move
APEC announces temporary home in Oakland Gardens
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