20 times • DECEMBER 10, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com RIDGEWOOD TIMES/Photo by Anthony Giudice Pictured from left to right: Maria Portilla, Portilla’s aunt; Luis, Portilla’s cousin; Mairani Portilla; Robert Dworniczak, vice president and store manager; Latchmie Mangra, assistant store manager; Jenylen M. Zurbano, store supervisor; and Katerine Palacios, store supervisor. Maspeth changes student’s life BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport Just a little change can make a big difference. Maspeth residents and students joined together at the TD Bank branch located at 73-55 Grand Ave. on Dec. 11 to donate their loose change to help Mairani Portilla, a fourth-grader at P.S. 58 in Maspeth who was recently orphaned. Portilla’s parents came to the U.S. to provide their daughter with a better life. Since that time, Portilla has lost both of her parents to cancer. In order to avoid being placed in the foster care system, Portilla is staying with her aunt, whom event organizers Ad Document Label: MORSCHER’S^121610^(2x2^1/4) said has a limited income. After hearing of Portilla’s story, TD Bank sent a proposal to set up a donation to help raise funds for Portilla and her family. The store was selected to host one of TD Bank’s 500 “Green Fridays” where they asked customers to donate their loose change at their Penny Arcade as part of their Bring Change campaign. From 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 11, TD Bank collected $1,342.54 from generous customers. TD Bank also donated an additional $2,000 to Portilla and her family, bringing the total donation amount to $3,342.54. Robert Dworniczak, vice president and store manager of the TD Bank Store, presented Portilla a check for the donated amount. “I am so lucky to live in Maspeth, in such a loving community. Also I want to thank my caring school family and my real family for helping me during this very hard time in my life,” Portilla said. “With this gift, I will be saving it for college. I know my mommy is looking down on me and is very proud of me and the people around me. Thank you very much.” Ridgewood civic group thanks 2015 tree count volunteers ©Times Newsweekly 2009 -MORSCHER’S For Your Holiday Shopping OPEN Sun. Dec 19th • 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year By Anthony Giudice agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com @A_GiudiceReport Every 10 years the NYC Parks Department undertakes a project to take a census of all of the street trees within the five boroughs. This year, the Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association (RPOCA) joined the tree count by becoming a sponsoring community group. They held training and mapping events for volunteers at various locations throughout Ridgewood, sponsoring eight events and getting 53 volunteers to participate. By September, the volunteers had mapped all the trees of their assigned blocks, totaling 843 blocks and 5,274 trees. Many of the volunteers continued as independent mappers, counting trees on their own. At the RPOCA Dec. 3 meeting, RPOCA members thanked the volunteers for their efforts with a RPOCA mug and sincere appreciation. Do you have diabetes? 20% of diabetics will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime. Have you had your feet checked lately 718-NEW-FEET 6 3 9 - 3 3 3 8 PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS • MEDICAL SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS EXTENDED HOURS MON-FRI PLUS SATURDAY HOURS MON-THURS 8AM-7:30PM • FRI 8AM-6PM • SAT 9AM-4PM VISIT US ON THE WEB: WWW.DOCCARENY.COM SAVE THIS NUMBER 718-497-1919 NEW Patients Welcome! Appointments Preferred • PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE • MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED Did you know..... In addition to Primary Care Needs, DocCare provides you with 24 Speciality Care Physicians at our Fresh Pond Road Locations. For your convenience we also have locations in Hauppauge, Merrick and Bellerose, Long Island. 66-55 FRESH POND RD., RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 Across From RiteAid 68-23 FRESH POND RD., RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 1-718-821-1040 1-718-821-1040 58-44 Catalpa Ave. (off Forest Ave.) 58-44 Catalpa Ave. (off Forest Ave.) Hours: Mon. - Fri. 7am-6pm Sat., 7am-5pm Thurs. Christmas Eve. 7am-3pm CHRISTMAS GOOSE, PRIME RIB OF BEEF, PORK CROWN ROAST SPIRAL CUT BONELESS SMOKED HAMS, KIELBASA PICNIC & BAUERN SCHINKEN, SPIRAL CUT BONELESS SMOKED HAMS, KIELBASA PICNIC & BAUERN SCHINKEN, BLACK FOREST BACON, ETC. BLACK FOREST BACON, ETC. EUROPEAN-AMERICAN STYLE SAUSAGES EUROPEAN-AMERICAN STYLE SAUSAGES -FRESH & SMOKED -FRESH & SMOKEDwww. WWW.MORSCHERSPORKSTORE.COM morschersporkstore.com Mark V. Burke, MD, FAAFP 87-47 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale 718-849-8609 Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management *Only $100 for Employment/CDLPhysicals (testing@ add’l cost) No Fault Accepted Drug Testing/Addiction Treatment offered (Counselor Available) Prompt Appointments Available Open until 10pm Thursdays
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