24 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • MAY 9, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com ART GIVES BACK THE COURIER/ Photos By Angy Altamirano ONSITE DOCTORS • EYE EXAMS • CONTACTS • 1 HOUR SERVICE • VISION PLANS ACCEPTED • SUNGLASSES • LOWEST PRICES 2 PAIR OF EYEGLASSES QC QC QC $99 Includes: EYE EXAM, Frames & Lenses Select frames with clear plastic, single vision lenses+/- 4 sph., 2 cyl. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Offer ends: 5/17/13 NO-LINE BIFOCAL EYEGLASSES $99 Includes: EYE EXAM, No-Line Bifocal Lenses & Frame Select frame with select clear plastic no-line bifocal lenses +/- 4 sph., 2 cyl up to 2.50 add. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Offer ends: 5/17/13 DISPOSABLE CONTACTS $99 Includes: •EYE EXAM •2 Boxes of Lenses Clear Soft contacts brand clear spherical lenses. Not Valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer ends: 5/17/13 BAY TERRACE SHOPPING CENTER 211-51 26 AVENUE • BAYSIDE, NY 11360 718.631.3699 *FREE with the purchase of glasses. Contact Lens Exam and EYE EXAM tting add’l. *See store for details. QC FLEX SPENDING Use it or lose it! SPRING into SAVINGS of the 2013 THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com buzz BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO aaltamirano@queenscourier.com Students have learned to give back through the beauty of their art. On Thursday, May 2 the United Federation of Teachers’ (UFT) Division of Elementary Schools celebrated their “Art of Giving” project with an unveiling of works donated to Flushing Hospital Medical Center by students of P.S. 160 in Jamaica. For this year’s collaborative project, the UFT asked Barbara Reill’s third grade art students to each produce a piece in vibrant pastel colors. Reill decided to create collages with her students through the printing technique of collagraphy. “It’s very exciting because it is a permanent collection,” said Reill. “It was a good project for them to work collaboratively.” “The Art of Giving” started five years ago. Inspiration came from Sharon Coates, a UFT member and P.S. 156 teacher who eventually lost a battle with cancer. During her treatments, artwork created by students from her school lifted Coates’ spirits. “It’s so good to see children so young have so much talent,” said Ina Babb-Henry, assistant to the vice president of UFT. “The children can learn about giving and community service.” The total of 24 framed works will be hung in the three rooms of the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit and along the pediatric unit’s hallway as well. According to Maria Smilios, assistant director of nursing in Flushing Hospital’s maternal child services, most parents in the neonatal unit have a hard time seeing their newborns attached to life support machines. Adding the artwork to the unit, which has no windows, is expected to bring hope to the parents. “It’s wonderful,” said Smilios. “It will bring a smile to their faces.”
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