Building 10 Association
Co-op City Times / May 15, 2021
Greetings, fellow cooperators. New Cooperators – Welcome, all new cooperators. Riverbay Board Election – There is still time to vote for the Riverbay Board. You should have received your orange envelope in the mail. If you did not receive a ballot, please call YesElections at 866-877-3125 for further instructions. You can vote by mail or online by May 21, 2021. Please vote so that we will have a quorum on May 21, 2021. If a quorum is not reached, the voting will be extended and the money comes out of our pocket because we are Riverbay. Make your vote count. NYC Primary Election – The NYC Primary Election will be held on June 22, 2021. You can vote by absentee ballot by applying at: nycabsentee.com/absentee. You can vote early from June 12-June 20. Find your polling place at: findmypollsite.vote.nyc. Or you can vote on June 22. Find your polling place at: findmypollsite.vote.nyc. Mental Health Awareness – May is Mental Health Awareness month. If you or someone you know needs mental health support, please contact NYC Well at 1-888-NYC-WELL or text “WELL” to “65173.” NYC Well is a free and confidential connection to mental health support. Cartons: Please take all shipping cartons, boxes, etc. to the basement and place them in the appropriate area. If You See Something, Say Something – For emergencies, call Co-op City Public Safety at 718-671-3050 and NYPD at 911. For non-emergencies, call 311. COVID-19 – COVID-19 is still spreading. Wear a mask, wash your hands and social distance. Several vaccines are available. We can beat this virus…together. Questions, comments and suggestions – You can contact the Building 10 Association via email at Building10Assoc@gmail.com. We are also on Facebook, “Building 10 “ABC” Association.” Like our page and get notified of all the happenings in and around Building 10. We would like to wish all May “babies” an incredibly happy birthday. To the homebound and sick, we wish you a speedy recovery. To all who have lost a loved one recently, we give our deepest condolences. “Be nice to the environment. Be nice to animals. Be nice to people. If you do that, you will leave a mark on the world.” ―Enock Maregesi Have a great week. —Jewel Crawford-Duncan
Caregivers Outreach Mentorship Empowerment
Heavy Load Caregivers go through more than they will tell you! They give and give, sometimes until it hurts. They give up a lot and rarely have a social life. They can get sick and emotionally drained. Caregivers are often reluctant to express negative feelings for fear they will be judged by others, judge themselves, or don’t want to burden others with their problems. It’s a lot for one person and you will never know until you have walked the road of a caregiver and the demands that this role requires. Caregivers tend to perform daily tasks without asking for help. For example, “I should be able to care for my parent without asking for help, asking for help is a sign of weakness, I do not want anyone in my business, and I got this.” Eventually, the negative emotions that they tend to want to bury or pretend they aren’t feeling begin to wear them down. If you don’t deal with your emotions, they will keep tugging at you until you stop and acknowledge them. Not paying attention to your feelings can lead to poor sleep, illness, trouble coping, stress eating, substance abuse, abusive behavior, etc. When you admit to your feelings, you can then find productive ways to express them and deal with them so that you and the care recipient can cope better in the future. There is a oneness, a connection, a sense of assurance when you are in the presence of other caregivers. Joining a support group is a good environment to express your feelings, emotions, and your concerns. Participation in a support group, talking with friends and family are all ways you can express your emotions. Seeking the advice of a professional allows you to express your emotions and receive therapeutic interventions for the inner heaviness you have failed to manage. Available Resources: New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center (NYPCC) is offering phone sessions with a therapist; they can be reached on 718485-2100. NY State COVID-19 Emotional Support Hotline, 844-863-9313. National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI), 800-900-6264. Please join us for our monthly 45 mins. informational session on Tuesday, May 18, at 7 p.m. Topics: Hospice Care, presented by VNSNY. Learn more about the services hospice offer regarding chronic diseases. You can RSVP online at www.comeoutreach.org to receive the link to join. ––Diane Cooper
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Building 25 Association
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A reminder, please join us this coming Tuesday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. via telephone conference. Keep an eye out for notices that will appear next to the elevators with the telephone number and access code. With all that is going on in our building as far as building projects, I know you must have questions. Well, this is the place to get some answers. We look forward to hearing from you. While still in the COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing remains in effect, we are not allowed to collect names in the lobby as we did in previous years for our graduating children of Building 25. So, a few months ago, we posted an article asking parents to start providing your children’s name(s) via the general email address, building25ca@gmail.com, to be entered in the Co-op City Times in honor of their graduation year, 2021. We wish all neighbors born in May a happy birthday; for those who have been under the weather, we hope you get better soon. Latest update to resuming our building meetings due to COVID-19, Riverbay has not given the official go ahead to resume regular building meetings, but our next conference call will be Tuesday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. Be on the lookout for the telephone number and dial-in code posted near the elevators. Remember, residents of Building 25 can always address any comments or concerns by logging onto our building email address at building25ca@gmail.com. If anyone has problems accessing the building email address, please let us know. Closing with the following quote: “Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.” –Gustave Flaubert —Wanda Bailey
National Council of Negro Women
Membership – NCNW Co-op City Section is celebrating our first 50 years this year! Our next membership meeting will be tomorrow, Sunday, May 16, (meeting is on 3rd Sunday instead of 2nd Sunday in deference to Mothers’ Day) at 3 p.m. Our June meeting on June 20th will be the last meeting as we take a summer break and resume membership meetings in September. Bethune-Height Recognition Program – Because of the Covid-19 coronavirus, the BHRP Program will be a virtual program, today, May 15, at 12:00 noon. At our 46th annual awards program, we will be honoring La-Trina Robinson-Webster, distinguished educator of NYC school system; Nydia D. Southerland, outstanding youth leader, and Sara E. Dennis, New York State honoree and affiliate. Raffle winners will be contacted by phone and their prizes mailed to them. This is a very special program in which National Council of Negro Women sections from all over New York state gather to pay homage to the “mothers” of our organization, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and Dr. Dorothy Irene Height. Across the United States, there will be BHRP Programs memorializing our “sheroes” and honoring other women in our communities who are taking their rightful place as leaders. This is also an opportunity for members of NCNW to become Life Members, Legacy Life Members or Achievers by making substantial donations to our organization for the maintenance of our beautiful headquarters in Washington, D.C. at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW and to continue our service to Black communities in our own country and abroad. On-going fundraising – Members, families and friends of NCNW, remember please, our ongoing fundraising supported by Amazon.com. Whenever you make a purchase from Amazon, they will donate 0.5% of the price of your purchase to Co-op City Section NCNW. All you have to remember is to logon to https:// smile.amazon.com/ch/27-0100098. Thank you for your support. Social Media – Remember you can find us on Facebook: NCNWCoopcityBethune; Twitter: @NCNWCoop City; Instagram: NCNW Co-op City and email: www.ncnwco.opcity@gmail.com. —Joyce Howard
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