40 The QUEE NS Courier • back to schol • AUGUST 11, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com back to school Another school supply drive in western Queens BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@qns.com/@robbpoz Purchasing all the essential items that a student needs for the first day back at school is not cheap, and for some parents in Queens, it can be a real strain on their tight budgets. Hoping to help families who need the most help, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer is once again hosting s a school supplies drive, collecting items such as backpacks, notebooks, pencils and crayons. “No parent should have to worry about affording school supplies for their child,” Van Bramer said. “This school supply drive helps ease the burden for many families at this stressful time of year. I encourage everyone who can pick up some supplies and donate them to our friends and neighbors in need.” This is the seventh year in which Van Bramer is hosting the supply drive. Items may be dropped off through Sept. 8 at Van Bramer’s office, 47-01 Queens Blvd., Suite 205 in Sunnyside, or at the following Queens Library branches in his district: • Broadway, 40-20 Broadway, Astoria; • Court Square, 25-01 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; • Long Island City, 37-44 21st St.; • Sunnyside, 43-06 Greenpoint Ave.; and • Woodside, 54-22 Skillman Ave. For more information, email eehrenberg@council. nyc.gov, or call 718-383-9566. Photo courtesy of Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer stands with students from P.S. 111 and the school’s principal, Dionne Jaggon, following the 2015 school supply drive. SAMUEL FIELD Y 2016 SUMMER DAY CAMP MINI CAMP AUGUST 22 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY BOUNCE 22 23 24 25 26 HERRILL LANES 29 30 31 1 2 WEATHER PERMITTING THERE WILL BE A MORNING SWIM EVERYDAY at the TANENBAUM FAMILY POOL PLEASE CALL 718-225-6750 WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE REMEMBER TO ASK US ABOUT OUR 2017 EARLY BIRD RATES DROP OFF 8:00 AM & PICK UP 6:00 PM EVERYDAY AT THE SAMUEL FIELD Y 58-20 LITTLE NECK PKWY LITTLE NECK, NY 11362 718-225-6750
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