Bay Ridge luncheon raises money for scholarships
Kassenbrock program encourages students to perform community service
Hundreds of people turned out at the Bay Ridge Manor catering hall on Sunday to enjoy lunch, enter a raffle to win prizes and raise money for a scholarship fund for local students.
The administrators of the Kassenbrock Brothers Memorial Scholarship Fund held their annual luncheon on March 8, attracting a large crowd of local residents eager to help the organization raise money to be able to continue its 42-year-old tradition of awarding scholarships to college-bound high school seniors.
The fund, which was established in 1973, is named in memory of Vincent and Walter Kassenbrock, the founders of the Bay Ridge Community Council, an umbrella organization representing nearly 100 smaller groups in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton.