St. Nicholas Home in Bay Ridge Holds 35th annual Garden Party
On Friday, the St. Nicholas Home, a nonprofit interdenominational residence for seniors in Bay Ridge, hosted a well-attended gala to help raise funds for the home located at 435 Ovington Ave. The beautiful early fall evening brought out a number of elected officials, civic leaders and members of the clergy.
Distinguished attendees included City Councilmember Vincent Gentile; Brooklyn Republican Party Chairman Ted Ghorra; Republican City Council nominee John Quaglione and his wife Kerry; Penny Santo, representing Assemblymember Felix Ortiz; Phillipa Morrish, wife of the late community leader Larry Morrish; Zoe Koutsoupakis, group director and senior vice president of Signature Bank; Ralph Succar, president of the Bay Ridge Community Council; Joe Avignone, president of the Salaam Club of New York; George Jalinos, former president of the Salaam Club; the Rev. Antoine Rizk of the Church of the Virgin Mary; and Rev. Khader El-Yateem of the Salam Arabic Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge.