Shop In Our
Classified
Pages
and Save
Money
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, M BTR ARCH 8-14, 2019 73
ANNUAL BRAIN BEE COMPETITION WINNERS
The eighth annual Brain Bee competition, hosted by Burke Rehabilitation Hospital,
was held on Wednesday, February 27. Ambitious high school students who aspire to
careers as brain surgeons or neuroscience researchers showcased their skills at
the event, which Burke hosts as one of its initiatives to foster the next generation
of neuroscientists.
(Above, l-r) The winners of this year’s competition are 1st place, Lori Saxena, a sophomore
at Horace Greeley High School; 2nd place, Bianca Vama, a junior at Bronx High
School of Science and 3rd place, Sonia Seth, a junior at Edgemont High School.
Photo courtesy of Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
SBH Health System
offers free healthy
aging workshops
The fi rst of four free healthy aging
workshops offered by SBH Health System
and catering to individuals 60 and
over, will take place at St. Barnabas
Hospital (4th fl oor, Center for Comprehensive
Care, 4422 Third Avenue) on
Tuesday, March 12 beginning at 9 a.m.
The fi rst workshop is entitled “Ingredients
for Successful Aging.”
The fi rst event will focus on anticipated
changes during the aging process
and how to counteract them with
proper nutrition and proactive behaviors.
Clinical specialists will discuss
such things as healthy eating habits,
weight maintenance, smoking cessation,
and social networking. Future
workshops will be on hydration and
fall risk, physical activities and bone
health, and managing medical conditions
and medication.
“This healthy aging series will
promote healthy behaviors regarding
nutrition, physical activity, smoking
cessation, and infection control,” said
Cecilia Moy, clinical nutrition manager
at SBH. “Our mission is to support
our patients’ wellness, in addition
to caring for them when they are
sick.”
The groundbreaking Health and
Wellness Center at SBH will open in
2020. The 50,000 square foot center,
which is part of a mixed use development
that will include more than 300
units of affordable housing, will also
feature a fi tness center, a teaching
kitchen, a rooftop garden, and an integrative
health center. The goal of
the project is to address such issues
as food and housing insecurities, education,
social support and personal
safety concerns for a county that perennially
ranks in 62nd and last place
in New York State.
To register, call Wilma Diaz, RN, at
718-960-8988. Seating is limited.
Thanks to all who attended the
Throggs Neck Merchants Association
meeting, on Wednesday, February 27
at the Villa Barone Manor located at
737 Throgs Neck Expressway. A special
thank you to Billy Tsibidis from
the Crosstown Diner for supplying the
food for our meeting and to the Villa
Barone Manor and their staff for hosting
us.
Our main discussion of the evening
related to the tragic pedestrian incidents
on East Tremont Avenue and the
missing traffi c light on Lafayette and
East Tremont avenues. Nivardo Lopez,
Borough Commissioner, at the NYC
Department of Transportation was in
attendance and gave us an update regarding
the missing traffi c light. Lopez
has been working with Matthew
Cruz, district manager, of Community
Board 10 and the city to quickly
resolve both the traffi c light matter
and ensuring the safety of pedestrians
along the East Tremont corridor.
We welcome our newest TNMA
members, Brown & Co. Cleaning.
Brown & Co. Cleaning has over 20
years of experience and offer both
commercial and residential services.
Their rates are reasonable and the service
the fi ve boroughs, Long Island,
and Westchester County. Visit their
website at www.brownandcocleaning.
com. We wish Brown & Co Cleaning
much success!
Not a member? Consider becoming
a Throggs Neck merchant member.
Our merchant association is one of the
largest in the Bronx. As a TNMA member,
your business will be featured on
our website, your events and promotions
will be listed in our TNMA column
in the Bronx Times and you can
network with other members at any of
our meetings and events. Join with fellow
merchants to develop special promotions
or projects designed to benefi t
the entire commercial strip, as well as
the surrounding community. Ready
to become a TNMA member? Go to
our website, www.throggsneckmerchants.
com for more info or download
the membership application at www.
throggsneckmerchants.com/member_
application.pdf.
Sponsoring a TNMA meeting is a
great way to promote your business
and get your brand out there. As a
sponsor, you will be allowed to give a
brief presentation to our members the
night of our meeting. We also waive
our dinner fee for sponsors and spotlight
your business in our meeting announcements,
in this column for the
month and via our social media. Our
Facebook page alone, which has over
1,000 friends, is followed by members,
non-members and residents so your
target audience goes further than just
the attendees of our monthly meetings.
If you or another member/merchant
is interested in sponsoring one of our
meetings this year, please ask them to
email info@throggsneckmerchants.
com or call Angela at (646) 657-1312.
Another benefi t of being a TNMA
member is we will announce any upcoming
promotion, sale, product or
service in this column, as well as,
posting it on our TNMA social media.
Please email your information to
info@throggsneckmerchants.com or
call Angela at for further assistance.
This service is at no extra cost to our
TNMA members.
Our colleagues at the Bronx Chamber
of Commerce are having their
Women of Distinction Luncheon on
Friday, March 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 2
p.m., at the Villa Barone Manor honoring
‘Visionary Women — Champions
of Peace and Nonviolence’. The honorees
are Darlene Rodriguez, Anchor,
Today In New York/WNBC; and Dr.
Esther D. Henry, senior pastor, The
House of the Lord Ministries Inc. The
keynote speaker is Bronx District Attorney
Darcel Clark. The Mistress of
Ceremonies is CBS-TV’s Mary Calvi,
will also sign copies of her debut novel,
‘Dear George, Dear Mary’, based on
the true account of the relationship
between George Washington and his
fi rst love, the richest belle of Colonial
America, Mary Eliza Philipse. RSVP
(by Friday, March 21): (718) 828-3900
or events@bronxchamber.org. Tickets
are $70 for chamber members; $80 for
non-chamber members.
/mem-ber_application.pdf
/www.throggsneckmer-chants.com
/www.throggsneckmer-chants.com
/www.throggsneckmer-chants.com
/mem-ber_application.pdf
/mem-ber_application.pdf
/mem-ber_application.pdf
/www.brownandcocleaning
link
link
/www.brownandcocleaning
/throggsneckmerchants.com
link
link
link