BAKERS AGAINST FASCISM COMMUNITY BAKE SALE

 

Community Bake Sale

Sunday, December 7th

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Bakers Against Fascism will have a community bake sale this weekend, with all proceeds to go to Kensington-Windsor Terrace Mutual Aid, CAMBA, City Harvest, and American Friends of Jamaica. 

 

The bake sale will take place on Sunday, December 7th, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. or until the goodies are sold out.

 

Bakers Against Fascism is "a rag tag group of Brooklyn bakers fighting fascism through the power of baked goods!"

 

Location

Brooklyn ARTery

1004 Cortelyou Road 

between Coney Island Avenue and Stratford Road

Ditmas Park, Brooklyn (half a block from Kensington)

(map)

347-365-9896

info@brooklynartery.com

https://www.brooklynartery.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynARTery/ 

https://www.instagram.com/thebrooklynartery 

AIR YOUR GARBAGE COMPLAINTS AT THE ANA MEETING

Albemarle Neighborhood Association Community Meeting

Thursday, March 28th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

Two guest speakers are scheduled to appear at next week's meeting of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association (ANA): Michael Garrison from The Bureau of Community Affairs, New York City Department of Sanitation, and Claire M. Harding-Keefe, LMSW, Senior Vice President, Homeless and Family Support Services, CAMBA, Inc. 

All Kensington residents, whether or not they're members of ANA, are invited to attend and participate in this free meeting.

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 28th, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Flatbush Jewish Center.

As usual, Foodtown and ANA will provide free refreshments.

Meeting location
Flatbush and Shaare Torah Jewish Center
Hanid Room
327 E. 5th Street
at the corner of Church Avenue
Kensington, Brooklyn

Enter the synagogue via the ramp on E. 5th Street. Use the stairs or the wheelchair-accessible elevator to go down to the basement to the Hanid Room.

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About Albemarle Neighborhood Association

Albemarle Neighborhood Association (ANA) is the oldest neighborhood association in Brooklyn. Since its founding in 1973, it has worked to advance Kensington's quality of life.

ANA's meetings are free and are open to the public.

Meetings provide a place for Kensington's residents to address safety, security, and quality of life issues. ANA helps create a safe and stable neighborhood by working closely with its members, other neighborhood residents, city agencies, and elected officials to address key issues.

FOOD DONATIONS REQUESTED BY BROWNIES FOR A BROOKLYN FOOD PANTRY

                                          Food Drive
                   Friday, November 18th, 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

CAMBA needs to keep its Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry fully stocked because it feeds 4,300 hungry Brooklynites every month. IHM Brownie Troop #2662 will lend CAMBA a hand by collecting food to donate to the food pantry.

The Brownies will be stationed outside of Foodtown tomorrow (Friday), from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. They'll accept canned tuna, chicken, and salmon, dried milk, beans, fruit, vegetables, and pasta, cereal, peanut butter, and 100% fruit juice.

They can't accepted expired or dented cans.

From CAMBA's website:

CAMBA’s emergency food pantry operates on a client-choice/supermarket-style system, where clients choose individual food items rather than receiving pre-packed bags, as they would at traditional pantries.

The pantry distributes a three-day supply of nutritional food. This is critical for many of our clients who are unable to maintain a healthy diet, including the elderly and those at or below the poverty level. Clients include current CAMBA clients, those referred by other agencies and organizations and people who self-refer.

Foodtown is located at 382 McDonald Avenue, at the corner of Albemarle Road, in Kensington.

FAMILY SHELTER REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE GUEST SPEAKERS AT ANA MEETING (FREE)

Albemarle Neighborhood Association Meeting:

 The Kensington Family Shelter

Thursday, October 20th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

At the next community meeting of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association (ANA), guest speakers Claire Harding-Keefe and Dante Thomas will discuss the operation of The Kensington Family Shelter.

Ms. Harding-Keefe is Senior Vice President for Family Support, Housing at CAMBA, which operates The Kensington Family Shelter. Mr. Thomas is CAMBA's Director of Security and Operations.

The shelter is located on McDonald Avenue, across the street from Foodtown. It opened in December 2015.
 
Foodtown and ANA will provide refreshments, to be served after the meeting. 

Members of ANA as well as non-members are welcome to attend all ANA community meetings. Admission is free.

Meeting location
Flatbush Jewish Center
Hanid Room
327 E. 5th Street
corner of Church Avenue
Kensington

Enter the synagogue via the ramp on E. 5th Street. Use the stairs or the wheelchair-accessible elevator to go downstairs to the Hanid Room.

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About Albemarle Neighborhood Association

Albemarle Neighborhood Association (ANA) is the oldest neighborhood association in Brooklyn. Since its founding in 1973, it has worked to advance Kensington's quality of life. ANA's meetings are free and are open to the public. They provide a place for Kensington's residents to address safety, security, and quality of life issues.

ANA helps create a safe and stable neighborhood by working closely with its members, other neighborhood residents, city agencies, and elected officials to address key issues.

New members are welcome to join. This strengthens ANA's impact. Membership is open to everyone who resides in or owns a business in the geographic area ANA that serves:

• northern border: the north side of Caton Avenue
• southern border: the south side of Beverley Road
• western border: the west side of McDonald Avenue 
• eastern border: the east side of Ocean Parkway

An individual or family membership costs $20 per year. Associate Membership dues for business owners cost $25 per year.

Meetings are held in March, April, May, June, September, October, and November.

SHELTER HAS JOB OPENINGS

The homeless shelter that will open on December 7th on McDonald Avenue across from Foodtown is advertising several job openings. They include

• Senior Program Manager (shelter director),
• Assistant Program Manager (Social Services),
• Assistant Program Manager (Security and Operations),
• Supervisor I,
• Supervisor II (Recreation),
• Administrative Assistant I,
• Case Manager I,
• Client Advocate II (Housing Specialist),
• Driver/Maintenance Worker I,
• Recreation Aide,
• Residential Aide I, and
• Security Guard I.

CAMBA is an equal opportunity employer/program.

Description of the facility:

CAMBA’s new Family Shelter in Central Brooklyn is funded by New York City Department of Homeless Services and offers families a supportive, structured therapeutic, safe, and drug-free facility.

It provides comprehensive case management services to 64 families who are in a transitional residence program for homeless families. The five  story facility has rooms of various sizes, common areas and provides on-site security and social services.

SHELTER FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WILL OPEN ON MCDONALD AVENUE ACROSS FROM FOODTOWN

The Kensington, a shelter for homeless families with children, will open on Monday, December 7th, across the street from Foodtown. The five-story, elevator building at 385 McDonald Avenue--between Albemarle Road and Church Avenue--will be a temporary home to sixty-four families. They will occupy the facility's sixty-four units, each of which contains two bunk beds, one single bed, and a bathroom.

The building was constructed as an assisted living facility (The Savoy at Kensington) and was most recently used as housing for college students (University Place). For a time, it provided refuge for victims of Hurricane Katrina. 

The non-profit organization CAMBA will operate the shelter. The services it provides include "three meals a day, shower and laundry facilities, access to clothing, storage for client belongings, mail and telephone services, case management, recreational activities, medical and mental health services, substance abuse treatment, referrals to rehabilitation facilities and other services."

CAMBA works "in partnership with the Department of Homeless Services and other leaders in government and the private sector." Its goal is to provide emergency housing and supportive services to homeless people to help them transition into permanent housing.

This transitional residence will be one of eight that CAMBA operates, including the Park Slope Women's Shelter in the former armory building on 8th Avenue, between 14th and 15th streets. It will be the first shelter for homeless people within the borders of Community Board 12.

Last night (Monday), local officials, school principals, and the 66th Precinct met at Windsor Terrace Library to discuss placing a shelter for homeless people in Kensington. Several neighborhood residents were in attendance, having learned about the meeting just hours before it began. The city is not required to give notice to anyone prior to opening a shelter, although the current administration does give seven days' notice.

As of September 23, 2015, the vacancy rate in New York City shelters was 0.84 percent for those that accommodate families with children; the vacancy rate for adult family shelters was 0.48 percent. The low vacancy rate triggered an emergency provision, so new shelters are continuously being constructed and existing buildings are being converted for use as shelters.