BP Adams honors soft-hearted baker, inspiring teacher, as Brooklyn’s Heroes of the Month
On Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams honored two local heroes — a baker who organizes birthday celebrations each month for children at a Brownsville homeless shelter, and an educator in East Flatbush who has inspired generations of students and their parents for more than 30 years.
Baker Maria Nitti of Isabella’s Creations in Bensonhurst was declared May’s “Hero of the Month,” and P.S. 399 Stanley Eugene Clarke School Vice Principal Rose Graham won the honor for the month of June. The two “she-roes,” as Adams called them, were accompanied by friends and family to accept a proclamation from Adams.
Nitti “sweetens” life for homeless kids at the CAMBA Flagstone Family Center in Brownsville by organizing local vendors who supply goody bags, cotton candy, birthday cake, gifts and a DJ or magician for birthday parties for the kids at the shelter.