St. Nicholas Home board of directors host Christmas banquet
Elected Officials, Clergy and Civic Leaders Attend Celebration for Worthy Institution
On Wednesday, Dec. 14 the St. Nicholas Home, a nonprofit interdenominational residence for elderly individuals in Bay Ridge, hosted its board of directors’ Christmas Banquet. The event brought out several elected officials, civic leaders and members of the clergy to help raise funds to renovate the home located at 425 Ovington Ave.
Attendees included state Sen. Marty Golden, Senior Vice President of Signature Bank Zoe Koutsoupakis, Northfield Bank Vice President Brian Chin, Donna McClellan of Connors and Sullivan, newly elected President of the Salaam Club of New York Joe Avignone and Rev. Khader El-Yateem of the Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge.
The St. Nicholas Home opened its doors in 1982. It was the dream of the late Rt. Rev. Gregory Abboud of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral on State Street to build a residence for elderly people in the Arab-American community. Abboud died in 1978, but not before he signed the contract to purchase the old Bay Ridge Hospital. Along with Richard Zarick and his wife Florence, the property was secured and Abboud’s dream became a reality.