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Prom Pop-Up Shop in Woodside will provide
free dresses and suits for Queens students
BY ANGELA MATUA
amatua@qns.com / @angelamatua
A Woodside nonprofi t is looking to
make graduation season easier on parents
and students when it hosts a Prom Pop-
Up Shop on April 21.
Woodside on the Move, an organization
that runs community programs and
advocates for tenants rights, will host the
event at P.S. 361 at 39-07 57th St. Another
organization, We Give Because We Care
365 Days, will help provide clothing and
accessories.
According to Adriana Beltran, the executive
director of Woodside on the Move,
the items will be completely free and available
for eighth-graders and 12th-graders
who are attending prom this year.
“We noticed that this time of year is
very hard nowadays for parents to cover
the expenses of graduation and everything
involved with it so we’re trying
to to help to alleviate that,” she said.
In addition to suits and dresses, the
pop-up shop will include ties, belts, hair
accessories, purses, makeup, barber services,
music and entertainment and food.
We Give Because We Care 365 Days
has hosted these events for the past three
years and has served more than 500 students
in New York City and Westchester
County.
Beltran said community residents can
also donate dresses, suits and other accessories
directly to Woodside on the Move
Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/Salvation Army USA West
by visiting their offi ce at 39-42 59th St.
Beltran said if the event is successful, the
organization will look to make this an
annual event.
“Every program, every activity that we
do during the year is for the benefi t of the
community,” Beltran said. “We always
ask people to support us, to be there.”
Visit Woodside on the Move on
Facebook to register for the event.
Dine at this Jackson Heights restaurant
and help those fi ghting HIV and AIDS
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com / @QNS
For the fi rst time, a Jackson Heights
restaurant will be participating in the
international Dining Out For Life initiative
to raise money for those who have
been aff ected by HIV/AIDS.
On Th ursday, April 26, more than 3,000
restaurants, including six from New York
City, will be donating a portion of their
proceeds to Th e Alliance for Positive
Change, a nonprofi t that helps fund HIV/
AIDS healthcare, prevention, education,
testing, counseling and other essential
services.
Among the participating restaurants
includes Sac’s Place, located at 86-14A
37th Ave. in Jackson Heights. Sac’s Place
will be donating 25 percent of their
proceeds to Th e Alliance for Positive
Change.
Owned by Anthony and Domenico
Sacramone, Sac’s Place in Jackson Heights
opened 28 years aft er they launched the
original Sac’s Place restaurant in Astoria.
Th e old-fashioned pizzeria serves traditional
slices and heroes along with the
fi nest Italian food, made to order and
with love.
“It’s a win-win on so many levels,” said
Sharen Duke, Alliance CEO and executive
director. “Simply by dining out, New
Yorkers can make a diff erence in someone’s
life and, in fact, can help us to reach
even more New Yorkers who are trying
to feel better, live better and do better.
We are extremely excited that the Dining
Out For Life organization selected us –
and New York – to participate in such an
important event that is helping to end the
HIV/AIDS epidemic.”
Over the past 10 years, Dining Out For
Life has raised around $38 million for
the wellness of those aff ected by HIV/
AIDS. Volunteer spokespeople for the
event include Ted Allen, host of Food
Network’s “Chopped,” actor Pam Grier
(“Foxy Brown,” “Jackie Brown”), HIVpositive
designer Mondo Guerra, winner
of Lifetime’s “Project Runway All-
Stars,” and chef Daisy Martinez from
Food Network’s “Viva Daisy.”
“Th e wonderful thing about Dining Out
for Life is you can do it three times a day,
a diff erent restaurant for breakfast, lunch
and dinner,” Mondo Guerra said. “You
can sit down and have a meal with someone
interesting, someone you love, maybe
someone you haven’t seen in a while.
And, it’s an opportunity to have a conversation.
Th e fi ght against this disease
begins with real, honest conversation.”
For more information and to see a full
list of participating NYC restaurants, visit
diningoutforlife.com/newyorkcity.
Photo: Google Maps
There will be a pop-up shop off ering free dresses and suits to students in Woodside.
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