Monday, June 3, 2024 – HARD WORK AND TALENTS CELEBRATED

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Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright

May 30 

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Zuckerman Auditorium

2024 Women of Distinction Honors

Roosevelt Island Women

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2024

ISSUE #1247

ROOSEVELT ISLAND 

WOMEN CELEBRATED

BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE

REBECCA SEAWRIGHT

2024 Women of Distinction Honorees

ISLAND HONOREES

FRANCINE BENJAMIN
GLADYS DIXON
WENDY HERSH
ZIYUE WANG
EMILY ELEUSIZOV

FRANCINE BENJAMIN AND GLADYS DIXON , REPRESENTING COLER LONG TERM CARE FOR THEIR
WORK TO MAKE RESIDENT’S LIVES BETTER. 
(MS. DIXON WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND)

JUDITH BERDY, REP. SEAWRIGHT, FRANCINE BENJAMIN, VERNA FITZPATRICK

ISLANDERS AT THE EVENT: WENDY HERSH, BARBARA PARKER, MILLER PEREZ, JUDITH BERDY, JOVEMAY SANTOS

ON SATURDAY, ISLANDERS WERE INVITED TO TAKE UP TO 7 PIECES OF GENTLY USED EILEEN FISHER CLOTHING.  THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT INVOLVING A DEDICATED GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SORT
THE ITEMS AND WORK AT THE TABLES DURING THE 3 HOUR EVENT.  

FASHION GIVE-AWAY

ON SATURDAY, ISLANDERS WERE INVITED TO TAKE UP TO 7 PIECES OF GENTLY USED EILEEN FISHER CLOTHING.  THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT INVOLVING A DEDICATED GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SORT
THE ITEMS AND WORK AT THE TABLES DURING THE 3 HOUR EVENT.  

5 MINUTES BEFORE THE CROWDS ARRIVE A GROUP PHOTO OF THE VOLUNTEERS LED BY LISA FERNANDEZ, CENTER DIRECTOR

LISA COULD NOT RESIST READY TO PHOTOGRAPH THE SCENE AS THE DOORS OPENED!

PHOTO OF THE DAY

ALL STOP SIGNS THAT WERE MOUNTED IN THE CENTER
OF MAIN STREET ARE GONE, BROKEN AND MISSING, MAKING CROSSING
MORE HAZZARDOUS THEN EVER.

CREDITS:

Judith Berdy
OFFICE OF REBECCA SEAWRIGHT

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