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QUEENS WEEKLY, JULY 21, 2019
Bayside student honored with ESPN humanitarian award
BY JENNA BAGCAL
A Bayside college
student was recognized
for making a positive
impact through soccer at
the fifth-annual Sports
Humanitarian Awards
last week.
Rising sophomore
Yasmine Sanchez won
the inaugural Billie Jean
King Youth Leadership
Award, which the tennis
legend herself presented
to Sanchez and three
other students.
Winners of the Billie
Jean King award are
youth who “use the
power of sport as a
catalyst for change and
make a positive impact
on society.”
The Bayside
student led the design,
implementation and
management of a free,
five-week summer
program called Soccer
Bloc. Through New York
City Football Club’s Youth
Leadership Council, the
program connects over
500 people from all five
boroughs.
Soccer Bloc employs 50
teenagers who teach young
people a curriculum on
social topics through the
lens of soccer. Those in
the program learn about
diversity and inclusion,
healthy lifestyles, safety
awareness, self-identity
and leadership.
In addition to Soccer
Bloc, Sanchez teamed
up with the Manhattan
District Attorney’s Office
to expand the Saturday
Night Lights program.
The Bayside student
aims to get the violence
prevention and youth
development program to
the same zone as Soccer
Bloc.
According to ESPN,
Sanchez’s goal is to
“create positive pathways
to engage youth, helping
them grow physically
and mentally into their
Yasmine Sanchez and Billie Jean King during the 2019 Sports Humanitarian Awards presented by ESPN
early adulthood.”
ESPN and Bristol-
Myers Squibb Company
presented and sponsored
the fifth annual awards,
which recognized the
efforts of athletes, leagues,
teams and members of the
sporting community.
The sports media
Photo by Eric Lars Bakke/ESPN Images
company granted $1
million to honorees’
selected charities. More
than $1 million was
raised through the net
proceeds from the awards,
which went toward The
Stuart Scott Memorial
Cancer Research Fund at
the V Foundation.
ATM scammers wanted in Ridgewood
Two individuals
are depicted in footage
shared on Twitter by the
104th Precinct allegedly
installing the device at 54-
11 Myrtle Ave. on July 12.
A drugstore customer
discovered the device
at around 8:30 a.m. that
day and reported it to
store employees, who
contacted police.
The skimmers pick up
the personal and account
information of anyone
who swipes a credit or
debit card through it.
This information is then
typically used for the
production of counterfeit
debit cards or financial
accounts that can cost
individuals and financial
institutions.
Police said the
investigation is ongoing
Photo via Twitter/@NYPD104Pct
and there have been no
arrests, according to cops.
Anyone with
information on the duo are
asked to call the NYPD at
718-330-1805. All calls are
kept confidential.
Reach reporter Mark
Hallum by email at
mhallum@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4564.
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Census
that the legal battle over
including the citizenship
question on the survey
has engendered in
the undocumented
population, Behler
emphasized the security
measures that protect each
individual’s data.
“Every piece of data
that is being provided to
the census bureau can’t be
shared with anyone else.
Period. We can’t share
it with local, state law
enforcement or Homeland
Security,” he said.
As a means of building
trust, Behler highlighted a
service the Census Bureau
offers called the partner
program where they send
out representatives to
any local organization
that wants to hold an
educational forum – be it
at a place of worship or
a restaurant.
It is the Mayor’s Office,
not the Census Bureau,
however, that takes on
the key role of hiring
community groups to
actually do the work of
door knocking to get
residents to fill out the
survey. This year the
state budget includes $20
million for this outreach
– only half the amount
advocates requested.
Read more at
QNS.com.
Reach reporter
Max Parrott by
email at mparrott@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260-2507.
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Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and Community Board
representatives across the borough attended a presentation
about the 2020 census. Photo: Max Parrott/QNS
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