SFP Senior Earns Presidential Service Award

Bellerose resident, Timothy Quinn, 17, was honored for his exemplary volunteer service with a President’s Volunteer Service Award.

The award is issued by the Presidential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation to recognize the best in American spirit, and to encourage all Americans to improve their communities through volunteer service and civic participation. The award recognizes individuals of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country.

Quinn, a parishioner at St. Gergory the Great, Bellerose, participated in the Spirit of Community program this year as a representative of his high school, St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows.

He earned his award by volunteering at: Ozanam Hall, a home for the sick and elderly; Bible Summer School in his parish; a soup kitchen with St. Gregory’s Youth Group; and the Franciscan Youth Movement.

He is also a lector, an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and a retreat leader at St. Francis Prep.
On behalf of the Prep community, Principal Brother Leonard Conway, O.S.F., congratulates Quinn on being a wonderful example of the high caliber of young people in the nation’s schools today.

St. Margaret’s Girls Care for St. Jude’s Kids

Earlier this year, sixth-graders Theresa Armano, Shannon Barrett, Gabriella Gangone, Jasmine Hoxha, Kristen Maurer and Jessica Menna from St. Margaret’s School, Middle Village, worked with their principal, Sister Bridget Olwell, O.S.U., to organize and hold a bake sale, which raised over $500 for the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Way to go!

Michael Gordon Grant Gets Smiles at St. Saviour

These seven young ladies from St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, are all smiles because Thomas Tillander, chairman of The Michael Gordon Foundation, presented their principal, Sister Valeria Belanger SSND, with a $20,000 grant from the Foundation this year.

Displaying their grant certificates are, back row, from left, Margaret Coughlin, Gabriella DiGiacomo, Margaret Caffrey and Elizabeth Miller. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Mary O’Neill, Jessica Pacitto and Kerryn Reives.

Youth Views

Are you concerned about the economy?

Do you think the U.S. is heading toward a recession?

Alexis Febles Nazareth R.H.S. Senior Yes. The price of everything is going up and there’s not a lot of money to pay for things. It concerns me because I’m afraid my generation will have to work harder than this one just to buy necessities as prices go up.	Simeon Daniels Nazareth R.H.S. Junior I think the U.S. is heading toward a recession and I’m concerned because it could cause a lot of people to lose their jobs. The value of our money is going down and people will eventually have to work harder.

Jordan Edwards Nazareth R.H.S. Freshman Yes. This does concern me and should concern everyone else in this country. Taxes and prices of things are going up. It’s hard for people to find jobs these days. Soon everyone might have to stretch their money to survive.	Amber Joubert Nazareth R.H.S. Freshman I do think the U.S. is heading toward a recession and I’m concerned because my mother doesn’t have a job right now.

Kareena McNeill Nazareth R.H.S. Senior No, I don’t think we’re heading toward a recession. However, if we did have one, I’d be concerned because life is difficult enough without also having to worry about extreme financial problems.

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