Photo by Dan GuarinoThe snow’s pretty much all gone now. But two weeks ago we were all digging our way out of a blizzard.
For me it brought back a memory. I was displaced for almost a year after Hurricane Sandy. After a heavy snow in South Ozone Park, where I was living in a room in my daughter’s apartment, I went out with my trusty Lowe’s shovel.
When I was done clearing the sidewalk and front steps, I turned and started to help shovel the driveway and sidewalk next door.
The nice Indian couple who were digging out their walk and driveway, trying to get their car out, looked at me strangely. “Why would you do that?” they asked as we shoveled together.When I was done clearing the sidewalk and front steps, I turned and started to help shovel the driveway and sidewalk next door.
“Because that’s what neighbors do,” I said, “where I’m from.”
When I moved away one sunny summer day, back to the Channel, I think they were still looking puzzled.
If you’re reading this paper on Friday, Feb. 5, you may want to get in on the annual By The Sea Card Party over at St. Camillus. Doors open at St. C’s Springman Hall on Beach 100th Street, off Rockaway Beach Boulevard, at 6:30 p.m. The entrance is right off the parking lot facing Shore Front Parkway.
Early Bird Raffle bundles will be sold until they run out. There will be plenty of prizes. This is an adults only event, so please leave the kids at home. Proceeds go to support St. Camillus Catholic Academy. Contact the school at 718-634-5260 for reservations.
This Tuesday, Feb. 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. Christ Presbyterian Church By The Sea will be celebrating Shrove Tuesday with a Pancake Dinner at the church hall just off Noel Road. Enjoy fresh made pancakes, sausage, apple sauce, juice, coffee and cake, and lots of good company. If you need a ride they will come and pick you up. You can get home delivery, too. Call Janet at 917-502-8452 or Joyce at 917-854-2202. Proceeds go to the church.
Christ Presbyterian and St. Virgilius will join together for an Ecumenical Service at 8 p.m. on Feb. 10, Ash Wednesday. The choir will be there and people of all faiths are invited. Ashes will be blessed and distributed in St. Virgilius at 8 a.m. Mass, services at 12 noon and at the evening service.
The choir, by the way, always has room for new members. Rehearsals are generally each Wednesday, we will be performing once per month and will be there for Good Friday, Easter Sunday and, I believe, Palm Sunday. Contact choir director Doris Dady at dorisd459@gmail.com for more info.
The St. Camillus-St. Virgilius Blood Drive is on for Sunday, Feb. 21. Roll up your sleeves and come to Springman Hall, 180 Beach 100th St., between 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Take a loved one out for brunch. The American Legion Auxiliary will hold their annual Valentine’s Day Brunch on Sunday, Feb.14, from 10 a.m. to 1pm.
Forget the flowers and chocolates (at least till later). Come and enjoy fresh cooked eggs, omelets, pancakes, sausage, bacon, ham, coffee, cake, juice and drinks. Meet and greet with family, friends and neighbors and start off your Valentine’s Day in BC style! Coming from out of town? Don’t be shy. The Legion Hall is at 209 Cross Bay Blvd.
If you were invited to the BCAC’s Thank You party, check your email. You should find a message with the new date, Saturday, Feb. 30, from 7:30 to midnight, at the Legion Hall. Make sure to RSVP by Feb. 12 so the hardworking BCAC folks can plan accordingly. The original date was snowed out. Who knows? Maybe we’ll need short shorts and sunscreen for this one.
Get your tickets now for the BCVFD Installation Dinner Dance. That will be on for Saturday, Feb. 28, and also at the Legion. It starts at 8 p.m. Your admission ticket helps support the Volies and includes food, drinks, entertainment and lots of fun. Contact Dan McIntyre at dmcintyre@ broadchannel-vfd.com or call/text 347-678-5857 for tickets. Or contact Jill Spinelli at jspinelli@broadchannelvd.comor call/text 917-995-2390. Or reserve a seat through the BCVFD Facebook page.
The big BCVFD Raffle this year is for a getaway for two with two nights at Manhattan’s Marriott Marquis, show tickets and dinner at a top of the line theatre district restaurant. You get to pick the dates, the show and the restaurant. Total value is $1,500. And it’s only $10 a ticket!
Congrats to Broad Channel Athletic Club’s Shamrocks Football program, which had a great end of season awards brunch at Russo’s on the Bay on Jan. 31.
BCAC Little League registrations are being taken at their clubhouse at Memorial Field on Saturday, Feb. 20 and 27 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 21, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday, March 2, 7 to 9 p.m. CYO covers boys from third grade up, and girls from second grade up. Little League and T-Ball, is for three-year-olds and over. Checks or money orders only please, made out to the BCAC. No cash. Ask about discounts for families of three or more children.
Save the Date: Doo Wop is back in BC at the American Legion Hall on Saturday, April 23. There will be two big shows and dinner. Call Carol Corbett 917-930-0546 for info.
Finally, it might just be a few people doing it, but vandalism in BC makes all of us look bad. The broken tree posts at 17 Road Park and the busted letters over the library are not coming back soon.
So let me ask those few people, how would you feel if somebody else came in and trashed the Channel? It might have seemed like fun at the time, but going forward, please, don’t.
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