8 The Courier sun • september 18, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com NYFAC hosts elected officials BY SALVATORE LICATA slicata@queenscourier.com/@Sal_Licata1 New York Families for Autistic Children (NYFAC) hosted a group of local elected officials to show them how badly the organization’s Cross Bay Boulevard headquarters had been damaged by Superstorm Sandy — and how well the organization recovered. The officials, including Assembly members Nily Rozic, Phil Goldfeder, David Weprin and Mike Miller, saw a video outlining the damage and then took a tour of the restored state-of-the-art facility and saw firsthand some of the work NYFAC is doing. “I’m in this to do whatever we can to help children, to do better for them,” said Andrew Baumann, president and CEO of NYFAC. “This is who we are. This is what we do.” One child in every 68 births in the United States will be put on the autism spectrum, NYFAC said. “We need to make a concerted effort to push legislation to help autistic children,” Goldfeder said. Photo courtesy of NYFAC Andrew Baumann, president and CEO of New York Families for Autistic Children, addresses the Assembly members at the group’s Howard Beach facility. Summer course helps students at Christ the King excel in math For four years now, Christ the King High School has helped its students accelerate in their mathematics education by offering a college credit summer course in pre-calculus. The advanced placement course, taught by faculty member Richard Hartman, is conducted over a six-week period and encompasses over 50 hours of instructional time. Students who successfully complete the course are consequently bumped up directly from algebra II/trigonometry to AP calculus the following year. Photo courtesy of Christ the King High School Students at Christ the King High School excelled in their math education through a summer course offered by the school. RUN FOR A CAUSE People ran, walked or strolled with nonprofits Visions and Shareing & Careing at the Remember Me Run at St. Michael’s Cemetery on Saturday, Sept. 13. Proceeds from the event were divided between the two not-for-profits. The run celebrated cancer survivors and the visually impaired, and after the run, there was a memorial service for 9/11 first responders. Photos by Mike Savitzky First responders on 9/11 Bagpiper Peter Valane Runners participating in the event. Anthony Pappas, vice president of Kiwanis Club Astoria, and wife Jacklyn
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