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QUEENS WEEKLY, JUNE 30, 2019
Bayside Little League president honored for service
BY MICHAEL RIZZO
For Robert Reid,
president of the Bayside
Little League baseball
organization, community
service to young people
seems to be part of his DNA.
It was also why he was one
of four persons selected as
a Chairman’s Honoree at
the Josephine Foundation
Follow Your Dreams
dinner on June 21 at the
Crest Hollow Country Club
in Woodbury, New York.
“I was humbled and
completely surprised,”
said Reid, who goes by Bob,
about receiving the honor.
Reid was cited for
his many years of
leading the hundreds
of youngsters in the
Little League.
However, Foundation
Chairman Andrew
Koslosky said in choosing
to honor Reid, he noted
something else when the
former NYPD Detective
provided the Westbury
based charity with
VIRTUS training.
“I knew Bob through
his son Jonathan, who is
on our Board of Directors,”
Koslosky said. “But when
I saw Bob’s passion for
VIRTUS, it takes a special
kind of person for that.
What he’s doing to help and
safeguard kids, you have
to have it your heart and
he does.”
VIRTUS is used by
organizations that interact
with the Catholic Church
to help prevent wrongdoing
against children and Reid
is a certified trainer.
Reid is also a member
of the Northeast Bayside
Civic Association Board
and active in Our Lady
of the Blessed Sacrament
Church as the chair of the
Marketing Committee
for the parish’s academy.
He previously ran the
youth program at St.
Bartholomew’s parish
in Elmhurst.
The Josephine
Foundation provides
grants to groups that work
in arts and sports activities
producing plays and other
events involving children
and young adults. The
organization said it has
given away more than $4
million in grants since its
awards dinner began 17
years ago.
“A community is only
as strong as the people
involved in it. I wouldn’t
know what to do if I wasn’t
doing this,” Reid said about
his volunteer work. He
and his family have lived
in Bayside since 1978. The
69-year-old retired in 2008
after 34 years in the NYPD.
He’s been president of the
Little League since 1991.
His participation with
the baseball group is not
just helping children
play and learn the game.
He mentioned how he
organized Little Leaguers
to clean up Crocheron
Park and the League holds
events that benefit other
local organizations like
St. Mary’s Hospital for
Children in Bay Terrace.
He also submitted grant
applications to the
Josephine Foundation this
year and obtained $500
for programs at Blessed
Sacrament and $1,000 for
the Little League.
“Baseball is America’s
pastime,” Reid said. “We
try to keep it alive by
having kids play it and I
hope it keeps kids alive and
healthy by being active
in it.”
Reid’s longtime friend
and fellow Bayside
resident Jim Stanton
was among the more
than 300 attendees at the
dinner. The former school
principal in Rosedale said
Reid’s recognition was no
surprise to him.
“He’s always been
involved in so many things
for the community,” he
said. “From doing things
at schools or when he was
with the police and he was
Santa at Christmas.”
Besides the award from
the Foundation, Reid also
received certificates of
recognition from the New
York City Council and
Congresswoman Grace
Ming. In introducing all
the honorees, Koslosky
said they exemplify not
only the spirit of the
Foundation but they serve
“God and his people” by
their service.
For Reid, that was
an invitation.
“I feel like I should go
out and do more,” he said.
Robert Reid, left, President of the Bayside Little League,
receives Chairman’s Award at the Josephine Foundation’s
2019 Follow Your Dreams Dinner on June 21 for his community
service. Photo by Michael Rizzo
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