Sheepshead Bay
The generous students, staff, alumni, parents, and grandparents at St. Edmund Prep rolled up their sleeves and donated more than 162 units of blood to help out the American Red Cross — and that was only for the Spring drive. Whew! Since 2013, more than 2,100 units were collected from St. Edmund. Now that’s a Standing O if ever there was one.
The school was also the winner — for the second year in a row — of the Bob’s Discount Furniture High School Heroes Scholarship Program, which gives a grand prize of $1,000 to worthy seniors. Stay tuned to Standing O for the names of the winners, who will be announced on June 5.
Bob’s knows its heroes, and so does registered nurse Kathy DeMelllo who said, “I am so proud and grateful to everyone who donated.” She added, “They are true heroes!”
Standing O totally agrees — these giving seniors get a heroes’ Standing O too!
“What an amazing accomplishment,” Kathy said. It certainly is.
St. Edmund Preparatory High School [2474 Ocean Ave. at Avenue T in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 743–6100].
East New York
Welcome
Hooray! The folks living in East New York and Starrett City have reason to celebrate — Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center has opened a brand-new state-of-the-art Family Care Center.
The new location will provide high-quality primary care and enhanced services, boasting more than 5,500 square feet of the most up-to-date, state-of-the-art services in internal medicine, OB/Gyn, podiatry, cardiology, and gastroenterology.
Mark Toney, chief executive officer and president of Brookdale said, “We are very pleased to be able to improve and expand care in this community and to offer services. We have a great physician and staff team and are looking forward to serving our existing and new patients.”
If you need a doc, the center is open five days a week from 9 am and to 5 pm, and offers scheduled appointments and walk-ins. The center also has an on-site retail pharmacy.
Family Care Center, (1110 Pennsylvania Ave., between Flatlands and Cozine avenues in East New York).
Midwood
A jolly good Fellow!
Mazel tov to Ayalaon Eliach, an alum of Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School, and current rabbinical student at Hebrew College, for being chosen as a Fellow at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. The rabbi-to-be will be participating in a two-week program this summer and will travel to Germany and Poland.
Our pal Ayalaon is one of 12 students to be chosen for this program, which explores the history of the Holocaust and offers first-hand experience at Auschwitz.
“By educating students about the causes of the Holocaust and the power of their chosen professions, the program seeks to instill a sense of professional responsibility for the ethical and moral choices that the Fellows will make in their careers and in their professional relationships,” explained C. David Goldman, founder of the center.
Over the course of 12 days, our Standing O Fellow Ayalaon will participate in seminars run by leading scholars and attend lectures with a range of guest speakers. He shared his excitement with Standing O and said, “I want to do everything in my power to make sure that I never stand idly by while others suffer gravely.”
Standing O wishes Ayalaon and the other Fellows a safe journey!
Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School [1609 Avenue J and E. 16th Street in Midwood, (718) 377–1100].
