Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association Celebrates Community Day.

 

Sunday was the First Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association Community Day Celebration at Maestros Caterers on Bronxdale Avenue. Community members from throughout Bronx Community Board 11's area came to help celebrate PPNA Community Service awards to Ms. Hazel Miura the Executive Director of Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corp, President of the 49th Precinct Council, Founder of the Bronx Park East Community Association, and Secretary of Bronx Community Board 11. Also honored was Mr. Aleks Nilaj the founder of the Open Hands Association, and Chaplin Major of the Alliance Chaplins and Law Enforcement.

PPNA President Steven Glosser welcomed Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, and 49th Precinct Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Garth Kentish. President Glosser gave Ms. Miura her Community Service Award, while Vice-President Edith Blitzer gave Mr Nilaj his Community Service Award. Rabbi Saadia Pewzner of the Bronx Jewish Center on Pelham Parkway gave the invocation stressing world peace. 

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson speaks to the audience at the PPNA Community Day.

Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark thanked PPNA President Glosser for inviting her, as she spoke to the audience.

Deputy Inspector Garth Kentish of the 49th Precinct said a few words. 

PPNA President Glosser reads from the inscription on the Community Service Award he presented to Ms. Hazel Miura.

PPNA Vice-President Edith Blitzer reads from the inscription on the Community Service Award she presented to Mr. Aleks Nilaj.

(L - R) PPNA President Steven Glosser, Awardee Aleks Nilaj, Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, and Awardee Hazel Miura. 

A group photo of the Executive Board of the PPNA, the awardees, Bronx BP Gibson, Bronx DA Clark, and Deputy Inspector Kentish.