The winners of the New York Yankees Community Council Leadership Awards for Community Board 7 were announced in April and they are Diana Rosario, Rafael Class, Shaheed Ganie, Christy Nguyen and Amelia Lobo-Jost.

The program provides a number of deserving local youth with the opportunity to receive the Youth Leadership Award, providing a $750 stipend to five youth leaders nominated by each Bronx community board. In addition, the youth leaders are recognized on-field during a pre-game ceremony at Yankee Stadium in 2021 on their respective Bronx Community Board’s Day (where applicable).

One of the council’s objectives is to support and reinforce local decision-making processes. Consequently, the council requested input from Bronx community boards and asked that the following protocol be used in the nominating process of the youth leadership award:

• Youth Leadership nominees are expected to perform 50 hours of leadership/volunteer work as a tutor, mentor, community unity developer, and/or as an advocate against violence and substance abuse in your community.
• The Community Board chairperson will participate in the nomination process and approve each nominee’s completed application and resume before submitting to the New York Yankees Community Council for consideration.

It was originally stipulated that all applications had to be received by Monday, March 15, for consideration by the council. However, the deadline was later moved to March 29.

Completed applications were sent to:

New York Yankees Community Council

Attn:  Brian Smith, Senior Vice President, Corporate/Community Relations

Yankee Stadium

One East 161^st Street

Bronx, NY  10451

Fax:  718-992-2599

community@yankees.com