BAY RIDGE — The Dyker Heights/Borough Park Kiwanis Club held its annual Christmas Party at the Greenhouse Café Dec. 12. 

The gala, which accommodated more than 60 spectators, honored newly-minted Kiwanis member Barbara Howe, a former real estate broker and school teacher, in addition to the Bradley Family, who tragically lost their son, Jim Jr., a Bay Ridge local and Navy man, in 2019 at the age of 22.  

Jim Bradley Sr. explained that while this is a tough time of year for his family, “The Dyker Heights/Borough Park Kiwanis Club — especially Penny [Santo, vice president] and Dominick [Santo, president] — were all in from the very beginning, and that’s what is incredibly impressive to us.” 

Dominick Santo told the Brooklyn Eagle that giving back is what it’s all about — and looking ahead into 2025, he said he expects to keep doing what he has been doing —  supporting local organizations, people and trying to spread good will in any way he can.