Bay Ridge looks to help Haiti with Cookie Monster Ball
Giving back to those less fortunate is the goal for Brooklynite John Arroyo and Christian organization Cross to Light.
Arroyo took summer mission trips to Haiti through his church in 2016 and 2017 to aid those in need and saw the lack of resources that kids in most countries take for granted, specifically water. To tackle that, he devised the Cookie Monster Ball, scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 24 at 6 p.m. at the Bay Ridge Manor, 476 76th Street, as a fundraiser for the island.
“Cookie Monster Ball is based on a little girl that I met in Haiti,” said Arroyo, who participated in building a chicken coop for one village during one trip. “It sort of came about as a promise I made to her. There’s no water in her village and the water they have access to, they boil and will drink that. But at times, it’s so bad that they won’t be able to boil the water, so they have to put drops of bleach in it to disinfect the water so they can drink it.”