WWW.QNS.COM RIDGEWOOD TIMES SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 17
Queens marks 9/11 anniversary with vigils
BY BILL PARRY
BPARRY@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Queens will join the rest of the nation
in marking the 18th anniversary
of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks with a number of vigils and
ceremonies across the borough.
As the city has done each year since
the coordinated attacks on the World
Trade Center, the Pentagon and
United Airlines Flight 93, families
and elected officials will gather in
Lower Manhattan on the morning
of Sept. 11 for a memorial service at
the National September 11 Memorial
to read the victims’ names and offer
prayers and words of comfort.
Surprisingly, St. Michael’s Cemetery
will not commemorate the anniversary
this year at its memorials to
the first responders, FDNY members
and NYPD officers lost in the attacks
like it has in years past.
“The numbers of people attending
the ceremony has been declining
each year,” St. Michael’s Cemetery
Director of Community Relations Ed
Horn said. “It really is a shame.”
Ceremonies that will continue
include the following:
Astoria
The Port Authority and the United
Community Civic Association host
Musical Sounds of Remembrance
Thursday, Sept. 12, at McManus
Memorial Park located at 81st Street
and Ditmars Boulevard. The PA
Pipe Band will be joined by the Department
of Correction Pipe Band
to glorify and celebrate with song
and prayer the thousands of innocent
souls lost on 9/11. The program
begins at 7:30 p.m.
Glendale
Continuing to remember the 42
residents of Glendale, Middle Village,
Ridgewood and Woodhaven
who perished in the 9/11 attacks,
hundreds will gather for a vigil at
the 9/11 Memorial Garden located
in the Dry Harbor Playground. Participants
will gather at the Memorial
Stone for a reading of the names on
Sunday, Sept. 15, at 12:30 p.m. Dry
Harbor Playground is at the corner
of Myrtle Avenue and 80th Street.
Forest Hills
The fourth annual Run for Rickie
9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride to
honor the memory of Richard “Richie”
Allen Peralman, the youngest first
responder lost of 9/11. On Sept. 8, hundreds
of motorcycles and emergency
vehicles will drive from Aqueduct
Racetrack to Ground Zero and back
in memory of Pearlman, who was a
member of the Forest Hills Volunteer
Ambulance Corps. The event, which
begins at 1 p.m., is sponsored by the
NYC Punishers Law Enforcement Motorcycle
Club and all proceeds go the
Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance
Corps. To register, visit the run’s
Eventbrite website.
Howard Beach
The headquarters of Engine
Company 331/Ladder Company
173 in Howard Beach will host the
neighborhood’s 9/11 memorial with
a ceremony beginning at 7:30 p.m. at
158-57 Cross Bay Blvd on Sept. 11. The
evening will include prayer, words
of comfort and music.
Middle Village
Juniper Valley Park held one of the
biggest vigils in New York City in the
days immediately following the 9/11
attacks. The park will once again host
a candlelight vigil on Sept. 11 from
7:30 to 9 p.m. in the ballfields located
near Juniper Boulevard South and
78th Street. The program includes
music, poems and reflection and
participants are asked to bring lawn
chairs, an American flag and either
candles or a flashlight.
The New York Jets are partnering
with Bethpage Federal Credit
Union not only to making the
union the offi cial credit union of the
team, but to also help combat bullying
in schools.
The Jets Tackle Bully campaign,
presented by Bethpage Federal
Credit Union and in partnership
with STOMP Out Bullying, aims to
create awareness about how bullying
affects every community. The
program plans to reach out to educators
and students in the tri-state
area through school visits, annual
educator symposiums and weekly
programs that celebrate the students
who are working to resolve bullying
in their schools.
“We are excited to join forces with
Bethpage Federal Credit Union,”
said Ian Lasher, Jets SVP, Corporate
Partnerships. “Jets Tackle Bullying
is a cause we care deeply about, and
Long Island has always been an
important market for the Jets. This
partnership creates synergy on all
levels to further engage Jets fans living
on Long Island and throughout
the entire Tri-State area.”
Bethpage Federal Credit Union
plans to help the Jets Tackle Bully
campaign by reaching out to educators
out on Long Island. In addition
to participating in the Jets
Anti-Bullying Awareness Game in
November, Bethpage Federal Credit
Union present the Jets Upstander
of the Week, which highlights one
student per week during the season
across the team’s social media platforms
and on stadium video boards
during home games.
Bethpage Federal Credit Union
will also present the team’s fourth
annual Anti-Bullying Symposium
at MetLife Stadium prior to the Jets
preseason game on Aug. 29.
“Bethpage is delighted and privileged
to partner with the New York
Jets and help expand its highly
impactful anti-bullying campaign
onto Long Island and throughout
the tri-state,” said Wayne N. Grossé,
President and CEO, Bethpage Federal
Credit Union. “Bethpage greatly
cares about the issues and concerns
of its members, its employees and
the community. Today’s bullying
epidemic must come to an end. Very
much a successful grassroots effort,
Jets Tackle Bullying is making a difference
and Bethpage is excited to
partner with the Jets to be a part of
the solution.”
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Bethpage Federal Credit Union partners with Jets on anti-bullying
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