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| Photo by Neher Siddique |
Two Kensington
Community Board 12 members, Annie Ferdous (at the microphone) and Mamnunul Haq (on her left in the white, open-collared shirt), introduce the Kensington Plaza stewards to
the mela audience at Sunday, August 26’s annual event on McDonald Avenue between
Church Avenue and Avenue C. The stewards are wearing their distinctive—and coveted—lime-green
vests.
The mela,
sponsored by the Church
McDonald (Bangladeshi) Business Association (CMBBA), endorsed her message: If
you enjoy the plaza, then please help
keep it free of cigarette butts, cellophane wrappers, used paper cups, tea bags,
and garbage. Deposit your trash in the
garbage cans when you leave.
The cmbba saluted Ms. Ferdous and Mr. Haq for their dedication to the community by presenting them with an award. In her acknowledgement, Ms. Ferdous introduced the other Kensington Community Board 12 member, Maggie Tobin, as well as Bridget Elder, the Kensington Stewards’ co-chair (in black top, center), and a few of the Kensington Plaza stewards: J.C. Martinez-Sifre, Abdul Karimi, Marie Coons, and Michael Kadish.
The cmbba saluted Ms. Ferdous and Mr. Haq for their dedication to the community by presenting them with an award. In her acknowledgement, Ms. Ferdous introduced the other Kensington Community Board 12 member, Maggie Tobin, as well as Bridget Elder, the Kensington Stewards’ co-chair (in black top, center), and a few of the Kensington Plaza stewards: J.C. Martinez-Sifre, Abdul Karimi, Marie Coons, and Michael Kadish.
The difference
between the Kensington Trash Mob and the Kensington Plaza stewards, she
explained, is that the Trash Mob appears when summoned to pick up the trash
along Church Avenue from Ocean Parkway to the Green Triangle at 36th Street and at the
McDonald Avenue intersection, while the stewards clean the Plaza every day. Anyone can join them, she added.