Ravenswood, Amalgamated Celebrate Family Day
More than 600 children, teens and adults enjoyed food and music as well as a performance by the "Senior Shakers" from Queensbridge Houses during the Ravenswood Houses' annual summer celebration. The event included the Butch McMichael Tournament for basketball players age 8 to 18. Colleen Hograth (c.), manager of Amalgamated Bank's Flushing branch, gave away backpacks filled with sunglasses, visors, flying discs and personal first aid kits. Artists created caricatures of everyone who attended. The bank will also participate in the Astoria Houses Family Day on Saturday, August 18.