Local leaders honored as “Hidden Treasures of the Community”
The community’s hidden leaders are revealed for another year, as the Bay Ridge Community Council (BRCC) celebrated local leaders as “Hidden Treasures of the Community” for the 14th year.
The awards were presented at Shore Hill Housing, 9000 Shore Road, on February 27.
The honorees were Shirley Chin, a Girl Scout leader at St. Anselm Roman Catholic Church; St. Mary’s Orthodox Church’s John Alexander; Greenhouse Café’s Bobby Daquara; Alice Gibaldi, Mary Coren and Frances Coren, all Columbiettes aligned with Archbishop John Hughes Knights of Columbus; David Matthews of the Owl’s Head Park Horticulture Group of the Shore Road Parks Conservancy; the Guild for Exceptional Children’s Antonio La Fata; the Bay Ridge Center; and BRCC’s own David Whitebook.