Maria ‘The Ice Cream Girl’ hosts hurricane fundraiser
A legendary Bensonhurst personality is asking her fellow Brooklyn residents to open their hearts — and their wallets — for the victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
Maria Campanella, a civic do-gooder who has been driving an ice cream truck in Bensonhurst for many years and is known throughout the community as Maria the Ice Cream Girl, is hosting a “We Love Puerto Rico” party to raise money for hurricane victims.
The event, which is being co-sponsored by state Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-Southwest Brooklyn), will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at L&B Spumoni Gardens, 2725 86th St., starting at 7:30 p.m.