Our Lady of Grace/Gravesend Athletic Association

  Pictures from the Event

 

Community Affair Representative 

From Lou Cornacchia

Office 718 336 6832

Address 430 Ave. W Bklyn N.Y. 11223

Regarding : Opening day Parade on April the 28th. 2007

Start time 10: 15 / 10: 30 A.M.

Starting at 430 Ave. W in Brooklyn in front of the Church

Approximate arrival time at Grace field on Gravesend Neck Rd

Between West 1 St. and West St. in Brooklyn noon ( 12 P.M. )

On behalf of the Grace/Gravesend Athletic Association and its President Chris Ruggiero we cordially invite you to march with us and participate in our opening day ceremonies.

On April 28th. besides honoring the Children, we are proud to announce that we will also be honoring the 61st NYPD Precinct and Captain Vincent Stella. Below you will find an outline of day's events. We are presently working with the Community Affairs Officers and the Parade Committee to finalize the details.

a. Leading the parade will be a motorcycle escort

b. The 61st Precinct will be displaying their emergency truck and two scooter patrol cars.

c.  Captain Vincent Stella and other members of the 61st Precinct will be marching along side us.

d.  Bag pipers will be joining us along with two marching bands

e.  Members of our Local Scouting troops , Cubs, Brownies and Girl Scouts will also be marching with us.

f. Special Note : Last Year was the largest Parade in the Grevesend / Coney Island district (1721 Strong) we are hoping for a stronger turn out this year.

An Event to remember

Please be aware that Gravesend Neck Road will be blocked off between West 1st and West Street. Some Community outreach tables will be set up and cover some topics such as “What to do in an accident”, “Highway Safety”. The rescue crew will available to demonstrate some rescue and medical techniques.

Please Note : We are planning to get this message out to the Local Libraries , Schools and Yeshivas so this will truly be a Community event. Please Join us during this event ( mark it on your calendar ) its a good time for everyone to get to know each other.