Throgs Neck Little League’s Opening Day Parade
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The Throgs Neck Little League’s
67th Annual Opening Day ceremonies
will be held on Saturday, April 6, starting
at noon with a parade from Lafayette Avenue,
down E. Tremont Avenue, to the little
league fi eld.
For more information visit www.throgsnecklittleleague.
com.
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Do you know someone in the Bronx between
the ages of 12 and 21 who can’t wait
for summer? NYC Parks/GreenThumb
is recruiting youth between the ages of 12
to 21 who would like to volunteer in a local
community garden from now until July. The
GreenThumb Youth Leadership Council
(YLC) is a great way to beautify a neighborhood,
earn service hours, learn new skills,
and have fun! Youth participants will be required
to volunteer at a garden at least twice
a month and accumulate at least 20 service
hours. There are fi ve Bronx gardens participating
in this program—list below.
Applications are being accepted until
April 19, so apply now. To apply, visit http://
bit.ly/YLCParticipantApplication. For more
information, please contact YLC Coordinator
Amber Qureshi at Amber.Qureshi@
parks.nyc.gov or (212) 603-5389.
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The second 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, April 9 beginning
at 9 a.m. The second workshop is
entitled ‘Hydration and Fall Risk.’
This event will focus on how falls are the
leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries
among older Americans, threatening seniors’
safety and independence. Dehydration
plays a leading role in many of these
falls. Clinical specialists will discuss what
people need to know about proper fl uid intake
and how hydration can affect them.
Future workshops will be on physical activities
and bone health, and managing medical
conditions and medication.
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 for the workshop, call Wilma
Diaz, RN, at (718) 960-8988. Seating is limited.
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Do you need help getting to and from
your medical appointments? Transportation
services are available to seniors Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in
community districts 9, 10, 11 and 12. The
program provides door-to-door service for
all medical appointments. Their drivers are
courteous and professional; and their vehicles
are clean and handicap accessible,
including wheelchair lifts.
For further information, contact Mildred
Cardona, program director of the R.A.I.N.
Transportation Program, at (718) 882-
8513.
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Stop by the PSS City Island Center, located
at 116 City Island Avenue, Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Experience
their exercise classes from gentle
yoga stretch, balance class, arthritis workshop
and tai chi as well as the fi t for life and
cardio fi t. They also offer acrylic painting,
calligraphy, canasta, health presentations,
singing group, and parties. Lunch is served
from noon to 1 p.m., suggested donation
$2. The center participants go on shopping
trips every day; i.e. Shop Rite, Dollar
Tree, Target, Kmart ,as well as theatre excursions,
boat trips, special luncheons and
more. It’s free to become a member but
you must be 60 years or above. For more
information contact Patty at (718) 885-
0727 or email pattis@pssusa.org for their
monthly calendar.
New classes: Swing Dance, Mondays
at 1 p.m.; Mixed Media Art (two times per
week), Mondays at 10 a.m. and Thursdays
at 1 p.m. Upcoming Special Events: Thursday,
April 11 at 12:30 p.m., Nutrition Presentation;
Friday, April 12 at 1:15 p.m., Advance
Planning Presentation.
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The New York City Department of Sanitation
has announced the fi rst fi ve SAFE
Disposal (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables,
and Electronics) events of 2019. The
events provide city residents an easy way to
safely dispose of potentially harmful household
products. Last year, more than 25,000
attendees brought more than two million
pounds of materials for recycling.
Household products such as pesticides,
strong cleaners, mercury-containing
devices, paints, automotive fl uids, and
medications may be brought to the dropoff
events. Residents can also bring electronics,
which may no longer be collected
with trash and other recycling, due to a
New York state law. To identify harmful
products, look for items marked DANGER,
WARNING, POISON, or CAUTION. Only
city residential waste will be accepted.
In 2019, DSNY will hold 10 SAFE Disposal
events, two per borough. All events
are rain or shine, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The spring event in the Bronx will be
held on Saturday, May 4, at Orchard Beach
Parking Lot, follow Park Drive to the end.
Examples of accepted items include:
• Automotive products such as motor
oil, transmission fl uid, and auto batteries
• Personal care items like unwanted
medicines or cosmetics
• Thermometers
• Syringes (clearly labeled and packaged
in a “sharps” container or other leak
proof, puncture-resistant container)
• Household products such as pesticides,
paint, hazardous cleaners, compact
fl uorescent light bulbs
• Electronics, such as computers, televisions,
and printers.
Materials collected are either recycled,
blended for fuel, or sent to licensed hazardous
waste treatment facilities for safe
disposal. Electronics are responsibly recycled
or refurbished for reuse through
ecycleNYC. Unwanted medications are
managed by environmental police and incinerated
to prevent unintentional poisonings
or entry into the water supply.
DSNY relies on several partners and
contractors to make these events a success,
including the NYC Department of
Parks and Recreation, Columbia University,
Teachers College, Covanta Energy,
Electronic Recyclers International, and Veolia
ES Technical Solutions.
For those unable to participate in these
events, visit www.nyc.gov/safedisposal or
contact 311 for other year round options
to handle auto products, batteries, cell
phones, electronics, fl uorescent lamps, latex
paint, mercury devices and syringes.
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On March 19 to 21, the Archdiocese
of New York hosted an AdvancED External
Review Team that reviewed the system
and a cross section of its schools to
evaluate the system’s adherence to the
AdvancED Accreditation Standards and
to make a recommendation for AdvancED
School System Accreditation.
The team found that the Archdiocese of
New York met the requirements for accreditation
and announced that it will be recommending
the system for AdvancED School
System Accreditation. Their recommendation
will be reviewed and acted upon by the
national AdvancED Accreditation Commission
later this month.
To earn AdvancED School System Accreditation,
systems must: 1) meet the AdvancED
Accreditation Standards; 2) implement
a continuous process of improvement;
and 3) host an External Review team once
every fi ve years.
As a part of the accreditation process, a
team of trained professionals from across
the state and nation, reviewed Archdiocese
of New York documents and performance
data; interviewed system, school and community
stakeholders; conducted site reviews
to several schools; and observed
system and school practices in action. The
team offered both recognition of strong
practices as well as areas for improvement
to the system.
Members of the community, that wish
to review the commendations and recommendations
made by the AdvancED External
Review Team, can contact the system
to review the report. Parents and interested
community members also can learn
more about the AdvancED School System
Accreditation Process at www.advanc-ed.
org.
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Almost 300 students will participate in
the 32nd annual Bronx-wide Science
Fair which will take place Thursday March
28, at 4 p.m., at Mt. St. Michael Academy,
4300 Murdock Avenue.
The students from grades kindergarten
through eighth will represent 34 different
schools from the Northeast and Northwest
Bronx Catholic School regions with a total
of 239 projects concentrating on STEM
(Science, Technology Engineering and
Mathematics) education.
Volunteer judges, including school
principals and teachers, will begin assessing
projects at 4 p.m. Winners will be announced
at the awards ceremony slated for
6 p.m.
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Join R.A.I.N. Middletown Senior Center
on Thursday April 11. They will be selling
a variety of antiques, jewelry, collectibles
plus more!
The Flea Market will be open from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3035 Middletown Road.
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