Events

2012 Fundraiser Journal Ads

noreply@blogger.com (Andy) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:58:00 +0000

Support the Woodhaven community with an advertisement in the Journal for the Block Association's 2012 Annual Fundraiser.

An advertisement in our annual Journal supports us and the community. It’s a small price to pay for great exposure and publicity. Our Journal and your ad will debut at our dinner dance, will be distributed to our members, and will be placed on community websites where thousands of potential customers will view it. Send us your advertisement or ask us for help creating one.

Full page (color): $100
Half page (color): $75
Half page (black and white): $65
Partial page (black and white): $50
Gold page (full): $125

You can purchase an ad with your credit or debit card below.

If you have purchased an ad, you can provide us with the information by calling Ed Wendell, the WRBA president, at (718) 805-2002, or by e-mailing the WRBA at info@woodhaven-nyc.org.

Journals will premier at our fundraiser but will also be distributed to our members and will be posted online for additional exposure.

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Christmas Parade Watching Party

noreply@blogger.com (Woodhaven Residents Block Association) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:31:00 +0000

The WRBA will host its first Christmas Parade Watching Party at our office (84-20 Jamaica Avenue) on Saturday, December 3, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There will be coffee and cake and cookies -- and we want you to bring a noisemaker. Every year, Woodhaven's Christmas parade marches down Jamaica Avenue. When the marchers walk past, we'll go out and cheer them on and make some noise!

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2011 Fundraiser

noreply@blogger.com (Woodhaven Residents Block Association) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:43:00 +0000

The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association will celebrate its 40th anniversary with its annual fundraiser on September 23, 2011. The event will be held at Joe Abbracciamento Restaurant. The honorees will include:

Man of the Year: Assemblyman Mike Miller;
Woman of the Year: District Leader Eleanor Errante;
Business of the Year: The Leader-Observer; and
WRBA Hall of Fame Inductee: the Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

The fundraiser will kick off at 7:3o p.m. Joe Abbracciamento Restaurant is located at 62-96 Woodhaven Boulevard, in Rego Park.

Information about purchasing an advertisement in the Fundraiser Journal is available here.

Each ticket to the fundraiser is $65 and includes a four-course dinner with wine and beer.

For more information or to purchase tickets, e-mail info@woodhaven-nyc.org or call the WRBA office at 718-296-3735.

You can also purchase tickets by stopping by or mailing a check to the WRBA office, or by cash or check at one of the upcoming Town Hall meetings. Checks should be made out to the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association.

Or you can use PayPal to purchase tickets online securely with your debit or credit card. See below.

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2010 Dinner Dance

noreply@blogger.com (Woodhaven Residents Block Association) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:01:00 +0000

The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association will hold its 39th Annual Dinner Dance and Fundraiser on November 19, 2010. The event will be held at Joe Abbracciamento Restaurant. The honorees will include:

Resident of the Year: Leonora Lavan, president of the Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society;
Business of the Year: Neir's Tavern; and
WRBA Hall of Fame Inductees: Roger and Josephine Hennin.

Each ticket is $65 for non-members, and $60 for members. (To become a member, click here.)

For more information, please see our flier here. You can also click here to view our press release announcing the Dinner Dance.

Information about purchasing an advertisement in the Dinner Dance Journal is available here.

You can purchase tickets by stopping by or mailing a check to the WRBA office. Checks should be made out to the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association.

You can also pay online using your debit or credit card.

WRBA Holds Successful Writers & Pints Night

noreply@blogger.com (Woodhaven Residents Block Association) — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:23:00 +0000

The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association welcomed Paolo Javier, the Poet Laureate of Queens, to its "Writers and Pints" night on Thursday, September 23.

The WRBA regularly showcases local talent by providing residents the opportunity to read their writing publicly in the friendly confines of Neir's Tavern, Queens's oldest bar. This latest installment of Writers and Pints also featured several other wordsmiths.

"Woodhaven has so many talented writers of both prose and poetry," said WRBA Director Vance Barbour. "By providing them with a platform to share their work with the rest of Woodhaven, we hope to enhance the neighborhood's status as one of the city's most vibrant and creative communities."

Paolo Javier, the evening's special guest, has been a resident of Queens for over 10 years. His appointment as the borough's poet laureate was announced in June by Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Queens College President James Muyskens. His award-winning poetry is only one facet of his artistic contributions; he is also a playwright, film director, professor, editor, and publisher.

"What an honor it is for me to be invited to your series," Javier said. "As the new Queens Poet Laureate, I am excited most of all by the opportunity to discover long-standing and vital poetry communities such as Woodhaven's. I look forward to hearing your poetry, and to sharing my own."

The excitement was felt on both sides.

"We are tremendously pleased to welcome Paolo to Woodhaven and are eagerly looking forward to Thursday night," Barbour said before the event. "We expect that his work will inspire the scores of writers and enthusiasts of the written word who live in our neighborhood."

All were welcome to the free event, either to share their work or to listen to others' readings.

The Queens Tribune and Queens Chronicle both wrote about the writer's night before it happened, and the Queens Chronicle published an article after the event, which you can read here.

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WRBA To Sponsor Writer's Night

noreply@blogger.com (Woodhaven Residents Block Association) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:15:00 +0000

The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association will sponsor a writer's night on Thursday, April 29, at 8:00 p.m. The event, Writers & Pints, will occur at Historic Neir's Tavern. Participants will be able to share or listen to many genres of writing, while enjoying a drink in a great setting. The event will also be sponsored by ProjectWoodhaven.com and Neir's. For more information, please see our flier here.

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Jimmy Young Day

noreply@blogger.com (Andy) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:31:00 +0000

The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association along with St. Thomas the Apostle Church led a commemoration of Woodhaven resident and New York City Firefighter Jimmy Young, who died in a blaze sixteen years ago this month.

Dozens of people, including some of Jimmy's relatives, turned out for "Jimmy Young Day" on Saturday, March 27. The commemoration included the hanging of a wreath at the corner of 87th Street and 88th Avenue after the 4:30 Mass.

"His was a loss that was, obviously, devastating to his family, and one admires the class and dignity in which they carry on," said WRBA President Edward K. Wendell. "One can only imagine the contributions he would have made to Woodhaven -- as a resident, a business leader, and a friend."

Father Frank Tumino, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle, led the gathering in a prayer. Next, Allison and Jaclyn, Jimmy's nieces, hung the wreath. Jimmy's sister, Maureen, then thanked those in attendance for remembering her brother. "Jimmy was an amazing person. He touched so many people's lives, and it's great that he's still remembered and honored," she said.

WRBA Director Maria Thomson then read from the statement she made at City Hall the day a bill was signed renaming a stretch of 87th Street -- including the intersection where this ceremony was held -- Jimmy Young Place. "Jimmy, you were taken too soon, and we miss you. But with your name proudly displayed on Jimmy Young Place, the legacy of your winning life and your heroic death will always live on," Thomson read to the crowd.

Jimmy Young died on March 28, 1994, while searching for people in a burning building in SoHo, in Manhattan. The blaze also claimed the lives of Captain John Drennan and Firefighter Chris Siedenburg.

The Woodhaven Residents' Block Association intends to continue commemorating Jimmy Young Day each year.

The event received coverage from several media outlets:

Queens Chronicle
The Queens Courier
Leader-Observer

Information about the photos above:

Photo 1 - The crowd observes a moment of silence. Photo by Joe Virgona.
Photo 2 - Jimmy Young's brother Kenny and family; Jimmy's sister Maureen and family; Edward K. Wendell, President of the Woodhaven Residents' Block Association; and WRBA Director Maria Thomson stand by the wreath. Kenny is holding the helmet Jimmy wore during his fatal last call. Photo by Joe Virgona.

A video recording of the ceremony and more photos are available at Project Woodhaven: http://www.projectwoodhaven.com/2010/March/jimmy-young.html.