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Bronx CB 7 District Manager Ischia Bravo (center) and Jacqueline Acevedo-Villanueva (far right) are joined by other volunteers to help hand out bags of face masks, gloves and hand sanitizers at a Food and Mask Giveaway in Poe Park on Saturday, Jun. 6, 2020. Photo by Miriam Quinones

Bronx Community Board 7 in conjunction with MAS Productions held a Mask, Gloves and Hand Sanitizer Giveaway at Poe Park on Saturday, Jun. 13, 2020.

 

In addition to receiving a goodie bag filled with these items, there was also fresh produce available from NYBG’s Edible Garden.

(L to R) Sylvia Casares, Victoria Ruiz and Shanequa Charles, Executive Director at Miss Abbie’s Kids Inc., attend a Food and Mask Giveaway in Poe Park on Saturday, Jun. 6, 2020. Victoria tells Shanequa that she loves her hair, before Shanequa tell Victoria returns the compliment, admiring her green hair. They both laugh before Mom Sylvia jumps in for a photo. <br/> Photo by Miriam Quinones

Bronx CB 7 District Manager Ischia Bravo, Jacqueline Acevedo-Villanueva from MAS Production, Shanequa Charles, Executive Director at Miss Abbie’s Kids Inc. and other volunteers spent the afternoon handing out goodie bags at the event which kicked off at 2:00 p.m.

 

As reported previously by Norwood News, Jacqueline Acevedo-Villanueva made a special trip to North Central Bronx Hospital (NCB) last month to donate 100 care packages to front line essential workers as a pampering treat.

 

Bronx Community Board 7 District Manager Ischia Bravo hands out masks at a Food and Mask Giveaway in Poe Park on Saturday, Jun. 6, 2020.
Photo by Miriam Quinones

Acevedo-Villanueva, who was born and raised in the Bronx, donated the care packages at that time on behalf of her company, Mary Kay, as a thank you gesture to NCB nurses, and to all who she described as “the heroes on the front lines”.

 

During the event, Victoria Ruiz told Shanequa Charles how she loved her hair, before Charles returned the compliment, admiring Ruiz’s green hair. They both laughed before Mom, Sylvia Casares jumped in for a photo.

 

Shanequa Charles hands a can of Red Bull to a customer during a Bronx Community Board 7 Food and Mask Giveaway in Poe Park on Saturday, Jun. 6, 2020 as District Manager Ischia Bravo hands out bags of masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. 
Photo by Miriam Quinones

Supplies of masks and hand sanitizers are needed even more than before since the City began Phase I of its reopening plan last Monday, Jun. 8, 2020, after being shut down since mid March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

There were about 20 people in line just after 2 p.m. when the event kicked off, and most went away very happy to have received the bag of goodies.

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