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Kick-A-Thon
working with St. Mary’s
Hospital after spending time
reaching out to hospitals in
the area to find patients who
were in need of financial
assistance.
“We started working with
St. Mary’s hospital in April
2016,” said Orfanos. “I was
really excited to work with
them specifically because
they are a children’s hospital.
We have helped over 21
children get wheelchairs or
other medical equipment
needed or helped families
pay for locomotor training.”
Four children named
Ariyah, Denis, Jake, and
Austin from St. Mary’s Hospital
were the event’s focus
for raising funds.
Each child has severe
medical issues that were
developed from birth or
from the result of a serious
accident that put them in
need of locomotor training
which consists of a process
of rehabilitation after serious
spinal cord injury has
taken place.
Maria’s Love Foundation
has its main office in the
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, location
of New York Martial
Arts Academy and has been
working with the school
since it was founded in order
to raise funds to help families
pay exorbitant medical bills
in the instance of sickness
or accidents that are not always
fully covered by health
insurance, or not covered at
all in instances of families
without any insurance.
Maria’s Love held its
first kick-a-thon in 2013,
and it was such a great success
for raising money and
a fun time that it became
one of the organization’s
yearly fund raising events.
This year, over 20 students
from the school volunteered
to do as many kicks as they
can in one minute. Prior to
the kick-a-thon students acquire
sponsors who pledge
an amount of their choice
per kick in order to raise
funds to meet the non-profit’s
goal.
One student of almost
two years, Allea Summers,
personally resonated with
the organization’s mission
to help families with unsurmountable
debt in the face of
terrible illness.
“Cancer has affected
my family personally and I
know the painful reality of
family members not having
access to the proper care
they need,” said Summers.
“That’s what inspired my
donation this year.”
After three rounds of
kicks, students completed
1900 kicks and exceeded the
organization’s goal by raising
over $10,000. Other students
also volunteered with
assisting in holding pads
for kicking, carnival games,
and just showing up to support
a good cause. Overall
the event was extremely
successful and more importantly
made its goal of helping
those in need.
“We raised over $10,000,”
said Orfanos. “That means
those amazing children at
St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital
will receive a lot of help
towards their locomotor
training.”
To learn more about Maria’s
Love Foundation, or if
you or someone you know
are facing financial burdens
due to medical bills, go to
www.Mariaslovefoundation.
org or www.nymaa.com.
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Jackson Hgts
In 2018, there were
3,300 businesses — 660
more than in 2009. Many
are small retail shops and
restaurants that reflect
the neighborhood’s diversity
and early and nearly
three-quarters had fewer
than five employees, and
88 percent had fewer than
10 employees.
“Jackson Heights is
showing the nation how a
vibrant immigrant community
strengthens our
society, both culturally
and economically,” Congresswoman
Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez said.
Private sector employment
reached 20,900 in
2018, 23 percent higher
than in 2009. This represents
an increase of 4,000
private sector jobs, creating
job opportunities for
residents. Two-thirds of
the jobs added were in
retail, construction, and
leisure and hospitality.
“Immigrant small
business owners and their
entrepreneurial spirit
is the lifeblood of our local
economy,” City Councilman
Francisco Moys
said. “When you walk
down Roosevelt Avenue,
you can smell Mexican
food cooking in taquerias,
hear Dominican music
playing in the mom and
pop shops, and see people
shopping in Colombian
markets or sporting Ecuadorian
soccer jerseys.
Our diversity is a point
of pride and a testament
that the American Dream
is an immigrant’s story.”
Of the 102,300 immigrants
in the Jackson
Heights area in 2017, Ecuadorians
were the largest
group representing
one-fifth (20,8000) of the
immigrant population. Dominicans
were the secondlargest
group (14,400), followed
by Mexicans (11,800),
Bangladeshis, Colombians,
Peruvians, Chinese
and Indians also made up
significant shares.
“My constituents have
a rich cultural history
both within their own ethnicities,
and those that
they have created through
their dedication to their
neighborhoods,” Assemblywoman
Catalina Cruz
said.
“The release of this report
on Jackson Heights
reaffirms all the good news
that we already knew: that
Queens is a great place
to live, work and play,”
Queens Chamber of Commerce
President and CEO
Thomas J. Grech said.
The U.S. Census Bureau
estimates that the unemployment
rate in the greater
Jackson Heights area,
which includes North Corona
and East Elmhurst,
fell from the recessionary
peak of 10.3 percent in 2010
to 4.2 percent in 2017, lower
than the rate in Queens
(5.2 percent) and the city
(6.4 percent).
“The hard work and
entrepreneurial spirit of
our immigrant population
helps make Jackson
Heights and all of ‘The
World’s Borough’ a powerful
economic force,”
Queens Borough President
Melinda Katz said. “Comptroller
DiNapoli and his
team deserve to be commended
for producing this
compelling report.”
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