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Co-op City Times / April 20, 2019
Baychester Visual Arts Association
Painting classes resumed at BVA on Tues., April 9. Art classes are held on Tuesdays in room 5, Dreiser Community Center. You can choose from the two class schedules which are 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Since this session will be 5 weeks, the cost will be $30. This is the best bargain in the Bronx – maybe even the city – given the quality of instruction offered. Mr. Moses Groves, BVA’s own art instructor, will be the artistic guide for these classes. Mr. Groves is an accomplished artist who has studied at the Art Students League and NYU. He has exhibited work in the New York and New Jersey area and has won awards for his artwork. You can call M. Groves at 201-926-6896 or S. Lochansky at 718-379-1049 for more information. We would like to invite artists interested in giving a paid demonstration to our class members and to people in the community. Many people are artistically talented and it would be great to share their ability with our artists. You can call Moses Groves at 201-926-6896. If you would like to take art classes, you can come to rm. 5 on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. or register by mail indicating the class time desired. Tuition can be sent to Baychester Visual Arts, P.O. Box 678, Co-op City Station, Bronx, NY 10475. BVA is a non-profit, self-supporting organization that needs your support to continue offering high level art instruction at these bargain prices. So, come join BVA on this fabulous artistic trek, take a class, make a tax deductible donation, and feel the satisfaction of being a creator and/or patron of the arts. All checks should be made out as indicated above. Science is for the body and art is for the soul. —Sylvia Lochansky
Coalition of African American Churches & Community Organizations
The Coalition of African-American Churches & Community Organizations of Co-op City, Inc.’s next general membership meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 5, at noon in the Dreiser Community Center, room 15. We are requesting all members to please attend. Please watch this column for further information. It is important that two representatives are sent from each organization to attend all Coalition meetings. Please inform the Coalition of any suggestions that you may have. Ms. Virginia Stewart is the president of the Coalition. Phone number (718) 671-4506. The Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and improving the quality of life of cooperators while providing educational and culturally enriching programs for the community. We also act as one voice for all Coalition members where there are issues of common concern and human
rights. We also sponsor the Friends & Family Day Celebration, and the Annual Kwanzaa Celebration events, both events are free for the community. Members of the Coalition include the following: AfricanAmerican Association; Co-op City Baptist Church; Retirees of Dreiser Loop; Harriet Tubman Independent Democratic Club; NAACP, Co-op City Branch; and St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church. Churches and organizations that desire to join the Coalition may apply for membership by calling (718) 671-4506 or (718) 671-9610 for membership application, which should be returned with a letter on your church/organization’s letterhead and signed by the minister/president. Read the Coalition’s weekly column for information about events and issues. Remember the Coalition’s Motto is, “Coming Together is the Beginning, Keeping Together is Progress, & Working Together is Success.” —Harman T. Leacock
Building 12 Cooperators Civic Association
Wishing all of you a Joyous Easter and Happy Passover. Our Bake Sale was a success on behalf of the Velocity Track Team. Thank you to Sonia, Donald, George, Stella, Mr. Plummer, Doris, Mrs. Anderson, Winston and Tanya and to all the bakers who filled our table with goodies. A special thank you to Building 12 who showed that we can accomplish almost anything by supporting each other. Next week, Tuesday, April 23, 3 p.m.-5 p.m., is our Building 12 Kids Movie Afternoon for ages 6-10, accompanied by a parent. Arrive around 2:45 p.m. in our activity room.
Donizetti Bldg. 4 Association
Hello and Happy Saturday. Today is our Annual Easter Celebration from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in our association room in the rear lobby of 120 Donizetti Pl., aka Bldg. 4B. It’s open to all children from ages 1–10 who live in either 4A, 4B & 4C. Upon entering, each child will receive a FREE raffle ticket giving them an opportunity to win one of three Easter baskets filled with toys and fun educational activities. We will also watch the movie, “HOP,” an animated movie about the Easter Bunny’s teenage son E.B. who heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock ‘n’ roll band. In LA, he’s taken in by Fred after the out-ofwork slacker hits E.B. with his car. The movie is rated PG and running time is 1 hour and 35 minutes. Goodie bags will be handed out to children at the end of the event as they leave. If any shareholders who haven’t paid their membership dues want to attend the Egg Celebration, they may do so and pay their $5 membership dues upon signing in at the event. Come one, come all; its guaranteed to be an Egg-citing time. See you there. At our last meeting, Mr. Persaud did an excellent job in explaining about the planting of new shrubs to cover the existing gaps and how in some areas there is cement under the ground and in those areas shrubs will not be planted. Mr. Persaud also informed us of the tree pruning and the two trees that will be removed and replaced. I am doing my part as your president and representative to help maintain and improve our buildings & grounds and I ask the shareholders who live here to help me in doing so by calling in and writing letters to the various department heads regarding your concerns. After all, it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the oil. On another note, Family Fun Day is still accepting volunteers. Anyone who would like to do so, please contact Adelaide Martinez at aellie49@optimum.net. We’d like to congratulate everyone celebrating a joyous occasion this weekend/ week and wish everyone a happy, safe Easter. It is when we act with compassion that our life is brought into accord with the universal life force and we manifest our inherent wisdom. The action of encouraging and sharing hope with others awakens us to a larger, freer identity beyond the narrow confines of our ego. Wisdom and compassion are thus inseparable. – Dr. Daisaku Ikeda —Steven Vega
AVOID ACCIDENTS: Please Drive Slowly in Co-op City’s Parking Facilities and Follow Posted Signs!
Reminder that our Annual Summer Fun Day is Saturday, June 22 (rain date is Saturday, June 29). If you can spare a couple of hours to assist us that afternoon, please call 718-379-7841 or MLSAH@aol.com. Congratulations to all who are celebrating a special day this month. Our heartfelt sympathy to everyone who suffered a lost and our thoughts and prayers to all who are sick and shut-in. If you see something, say something by calling 91-1 or CCPD 718-671-3050. We can be reached at 718-379-7841 or MLSAH @aol.com. —Sonja Maxwell