14 OCTOBER 14, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
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Doughnuts, PPE distributed during
‘Dads Take Your Child to School Day’
BY BENEDETTA TOMMASELLI
EDITORIAL@QNS.COM
@QNS
In concurrence with New York
state’s “Dads Take Your Child to
School Day,” P.S./I.S. 102Q Bayview’s
Parent Association (Q102PA)
organized “Donuts with Dad” as their
fi rst event of the school year.
More than 200 dads and father fi gures
(grandfathers, uncles, cousins,
big brothers, etc.) attended the Sept.
30 event with their children.
In addition to distributing donuts,
the parent association partnered up
with NYC Health + Hospitals’ Test and
Trace Corps to conduct outreach to the
parent community with informational
materials about COVID-19 during the
event.
During the event, the guests
received Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE), such as masks, children’s
masks, bottles of hand sanitizer and
print materials (in multiple languages)
about the COVID-19 vaccine and the
prevention of the virus. More than
2,000 masks were distributed during
the event.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the association’s most recent “Dads
Take Your Child to School Day” was
in 2019.
“We hope to have more family
building engagement events this
year and continue to partner with
other community based organizations
and city/state agencies,” according
to a statement from the Q102PA
executive board. “Our next event is
the school’s annual Fall Festival (also
returning after a long pause from
the pandemic). The Parent Association
is partnering with DSNY/NYC
Zero Waste and spreading the word
about making eco-friendly choices
and the importance of reusable
bags. We received a large donation
of DSNY orange reusable bags (made
of 90% recycled material) which fits
the P.S./I.S. 102Q’s Fall Festival color
theme!”
P.S./I.S. 102Q Bayview School,
located in Elmhurst, is a Title I, New
York City public school in community
school district 24 with students in pre-
K through eighth grade.
Photos courtesy of P.S./I.S. 102Q Parent Association
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