Howard Beach Briefs

Cut a rug at the senior center

Howard Beach – The Howard Beach Senior Center will be open on Sunday, September 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will be served at noon, and at 1 p.m. there will be dancing with DJ Rich.

Cost for lunch, dancing and refreshments is $3.

All are invited.

Any questions, call the Center at 718-738-8100.

The Howard Beach Senior Center, located at 156-45 84th Street (use back entrance on 85th Street, between 156th and 157th Avenues), is open to anyone over 60. Funded under contract by the Department for the Aging, they are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Shred docs, keep ID safe

Howard Beach – Assemblymember Audrey Pheffer, in conjunction with Shred-it and the New York State Consumer Protection Board, will be hosting a free public shredding event on Wednesday, September 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 156th Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach.

Pheffer points out that the best defense against the growing problem of identity theft is to make sure your sensitive information is destroyed. The public shredding event is free and all attendees will receive information on additional steps to protect themselves.

For more information, call 718-945-9550.

Senator Addabbo’s upcoming events

Glendale/Howard Beach — On September 19, Senator Joseph Addabbo will be hosting an electronics recycling event at his Glendale office; then, on September 26, there will be a health fair at Nativity BVM from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and on November 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Addabbo will host a job fair at Aqueduct.

For more information, call Addabbo’s Howard Beach office at 718-738-1111.

Help the people of Appalachia

Howard Beach – Deacon Joseph Campisi and a crew of four men will be heading to Kentucky to help the people of Appalachia on October 10 this year.

Campisi, 79, who has been going for 18 years, needs your help in raising money, which will go towards housing and feeding the destitute there.

“There are poor people here in our own country,” he said. “People have no way of making money – and they’re good people.”

So far, the congregation at St. Virgilius, where Campisi is a deacon, has opened its heart.

“And our friends and children are so generous,” he continued.

The volunteers pay their own way, Campisi explained, “so the money goes from our hands to their hands directly.”

“We are so fortunate to help. We get repaid in so much more than money.”

If you’d like to help, send checks to The Courier at 38-15 Bell Boulevard Bayside, NY 11361.

Columbus Day Parade coming up

Howard Beach – The Howard Beach Columbus Day Foundation will present the fifth annual Columbus Day Parade on Sunday, September 26 beginning at noon at 157th Avenue and Cross Bay Boulevard.

This year’s Grand Marshals are Joe Sciame, Tracy Catapano and Joseph Evola.

The parade will feature such names as Angelo Venuto, Joe Causi and Goomba Johnny.