We Can Help Our Children

family love. Plus, you’re creating great memories that your children will remember forever. And, your children will not be home all day long stuck on a boring video game on a cellphone.

Now, unfortunately, some of our neighbors might have issues. So, yes, they might decide to take an object and make outrageous noises during the apartment so that they can hear the noise. Then, if to that cooperator. and carrying on with our neighbors. Therefore, let’s see if we can do our part to avoid making a lot of noise in our apartments.

Young Adults and Smoking every 7 high school students reported that they had the CDC reports that: “Each day in the U.S., about

In some cases, some young adults were getting

“irreversible lung damage and lung disease.”

Bottom line: Please take some time out of your schedule and talk to your family about the dangers of smoking, taking illegal substances, and hanging out with the wrong people. Thank you.

Our History Cannot Become a Mystery

As a family community, we must sit down and educate our children about many things. And, some of our discussions can be about math, computers, perhaps another language, art, science, history, etc. Then, they can use this knowledge to get good grades and to have intelligent conversations with dren to advance in life from the many things that we taught them.

And, the best thing about this is that no one can take this knowledge away from them. However, that doesn’t mean that some people and some schools won’t try to distort the way that our children should think. For instance, there’s a horrible controversy about slavery. And, it seems like some people want folks.

But, how can this insane nonsense be true when Black folks were horribly tortured and then sold to many people? So, will we accept these evil concepts dren about the past. And, let’s help them to see how we can bring good things like God, love, peace, and other good things into the world today. Close

Children can learn a lot of good things that can help them to grow in a positive way. Therefore, please, let’s sit down and teach them many good things.

Thank you.

Contact Information you would like to have a brief discussion with me. And, please hang up your phone immediately if son or is associated with me and asks you for money or anything else. ful week. And, may God bless you and your family. Thank you.

Please send a letter to: Board Director Daryl email account: djohnson@riverbayboard.com.

Therefore, please do not respond to any message, with my name on it, that requests money, money thing from you. And, please do not ever send money or anything to anyone because you saw my name on a false message.

Rivers Run Community Garden

Tomorrow, we begin our writing series, “Perfect Peace by the Waterfront.” Come out and cultivate your writing skills while in nature’s embrace.

So many wonderful events will be happening at the garden. We hope you can participate and be present for the wonderful fruits, veggies and herbs giveaway throughout the summer. These public events are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Council on the Arts.

Rivers Run Community Garden is a place where we grow fruits, vegetables, knowledge, and friendships. Rivers Run Community Garden is a movement towards improved mental and physical health for all who come. We provide workshops on nutrition, meditation, edible and medicinal wilds

So, please use this column to check on upcoming events. Rivers Run is an outdoor classroom for the local schools, daycares and residents of different abilities. We are a place of beauty and peace. Visit. Stay. Experience us.

Upcoming Events at the Garden:

Sunday, July 30 – Writing Workshop, 3 p.m.

Sunday, August 6 – Writing Workshop, 3 p.m.

Saturday, 1 p.m.

Saturday, August 19

Rivers Run is open:

Tuesdays and Thursdays – 4 p.m. to dusk

Wednesdays and Fridays – 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Membership requirements: hours of volunteer work requirement are moved up on the waiting list. Volunteers are welcome. Please mail your dues to Gail Sharbaan at 100 Casals Pl., us at or call Denise Shel671-3801.

Please continue to stay safe.

––Gail Sharbaan

Building 25 Association

Our New York summer weather has had constant high temperatures, bad air quality from put our health at risk. Those mostly affected are the elderly, very young and people with respiratory health issues. We are reminded again to take this opportunity to check on one another.

Thank goodness for home health aides who take care of basic needs, but think about the loneliness one may feel if living alone. Some may enjoy their privacy, so we are not asking you to barge into anyone’s life in the name of caring, but there are some who will welcome a phone call or a social visit.

Also, we want to revisit the Department of Public Safety’s RUOK (Are You OK) program that provides daily check-up phone calls and emergency assistance when needed. There is an application you can complete and return to our

718-671-3050 and inquire.

Wishing all neighbors born in July a happy birthday, and for those of you who are under the weather, we hope you get better soon. For our neighbors who continue to lose loved ones, our heartfelt prayers go out to you.

Association meeting will be held Tuesday, September 19, at 7:30 p.m. Look out for detailed information posted near elevators as we get closer to the meeting date. Remember, residents of or concerns by logging onto our building email has problems accessing the building email address, please let us know.

We will close with the following: “Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” –Russell Baker

––Wanda Bailey