Honoring Distinguished Women In Sunnyside

By QNS Editorial Posted on March 28, 2013

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Eighth-graders in the anti-drug awareness program at I.S. 77 affix red ribbons to Ridgewood school’s fence. The ribbons are in honor of Red Ribbon Week

City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer honored several distinguished women for their public service at his third-annual Women’s History Month awards and open house at his Sunnyside office last Saturday, Mar. 23. Pictured are (from top left to bottom right): Lenore Friedlaender, labor solidarity and member engagement, 32BJ/SEIU; Kim Teixeira, member of the Community Emergency Response Team for Community Boards 1 and 2; Meredith Maskara, Troop Leader of the Sunnyside/ Woodside Girls Scouts; Margaret Barnes, head of fundraising for the Astoria/ Long Island City NAACP; Sheila Lewandowski, founder of The Chocolate Factory performing arts center; and Diane Ballek, who accepted the award on behalf of Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan.

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