Baldwin
HERALD local writes children’s book
Baldwinite joins girl scouts board
student’s poem wins contest
Page 5
Page 16
Page 7
Vol. 27 No. 29
JUlY 16 - 22, 2020
First Church organizes pop-up pantry Thinking she had to act fast, Geasor contacted a woman from Halandia Shores and delivered First Church Baldwin United about $75 worth of food. Then Methodist recently launched a she mentioned it to the church. mission to help feed those in “We decided that we wanted need at a local housing develop- to kind of embrace this as an ment in Baldwin. outreach program,” she said, Church member Valerie Gea- “and how great it is that it’s sor and other vollocal.” unteers collected F i r s t C h u rch nonperishable food members are comitems and set up a mitted to charity pop-up pantry at work, and this is Halandia Shores not their first on June 27. effort. In the past, T h e d eve l o p m e m b e r s h av e ment houses a variundertaken misety of residents, sion work in Far including seniors Ro c k aw ay a n d and people with Belize, and have disabilities. More donated gifts to than 30 residents older adults in Nascame to the comsau County at munity room to Christmas. wait on line and “ We, as a select the items church, should be reV. Claire wU they needed, Geadoing more local Pastor sor explained. community work It all star ted for our neighbors because of a Facebook thread. right here in Baldwin,” the Rev. About two months ago, a local Claire Wu, the church’s pastor, woman posted that she had tried wrote in a newsletter. “We need to donate food to Halandia to reach past ourselves to those Shores, Geasor said, but wasn’t God has placed around us by progaining traction. The develop- moting Christ’s love through ment had stopped receiving assistance in the winter. Continued on page 4
By Bridget dowNes bdownes@liherald.com
Bridget Downes/Herald
steVe BUrke, oNe of the founding members of the Baldwin Hot Rod Association, left, and Shawn Sabel, owner of the Irish Pub, hosted a car club meet-up last Sunday.
Baldwin Hot Rod Association, Irish Pub host car enthusiasts Locals show off their classics at meet-up
By Bridget dowNes bdownes@liherald.com
Baldwinites showed off their classic cars at the Baldwin Hot Rod Association’s first car club event of the season last Sunday morning. Dozens of people socially distanced in the parking lot behind the Irish Pub, on Merrick Road, where Shawn Sabel, the pub’s owner, offered drinks and a free buffet. Steve Burke, one of the founding members of the
Baldwin Hot Rod Association, had planned the event since February. The onset of the c o r o n av i r u s p a n d e m i c delayed the meet-up. But many of the eventgoers said it was a great opportunity to see their friends, and to support a local fixture like the Irish Pub. Many local businesses have struggled throughout the pandemic, and Burke said he was happy to partner with someone like Sabel. “To me, it’s all about get-
ting the guys from the car club out doing something positive,” Burke said, especially after everyone has been cooped up inside for so long. “Shawn really cares about this community. And for me to see my friends, you can’t go wrong. We haven’t seen each other in a while.” In May, Burke and other members of the Hot Rod Association, in collaboration with Baldwin American Legion Post 246, organized a Continued on page 3
w
e, as a church, should be doing more local community work for our neighbors right here in Baldwin.