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By Joanna DelBuono
Brooklyn Daily
Bay Ridge
Welcome to the new M Center for Arts and Wellness — an intimate, storefront experience founded by Reiki therapist, actress, singer, designer, and native daughter Mary Micari.
Mary’s facility incorporates spiritual healing with the lively arts, offering classes in acting, vocal work, writing, visual arts, and musical and magic instruction, in addition to a Reiki therapist, herbalist, astrologer, and tarot reader on staff, and a meditation circle.
The center snipped the ribbon last month with a fund-raiser celebrating Jay Michaels’s 35 years in professional theater. Michaels is board president of Genesis Repertory.
The M Center for Arts and Wellness [508 83rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, (347) 492–0534; www.genesis-repertory.org/the-m-center-of-brooklyn].
Bensonhurst
Helping neighbors in need
The good Samaritans at Reaching-Out Community Services made Thanksgiving a day to remember for hundreds of families.
Volunteers made sure there were plenty of marshmallows, sweet potatoes, and yummy stuffing to go along with a juicy bird for folks in need. Reaching-Out also provides toys, food, and refreshments at its Operation Christmas event, and school supplies for children in its Big Backpack Giveaway.
Standing O says, “Thank you Reaching-Out, for reaching out.”
Reaching-Out Community Service [7708 New Utrecht Ave. at 77th Street in Bensonhurst, (917) 509–9055].
Gravesend
Grand motto
Girl Scout Troop 2717, based at IS 228 David A. Boody, sponsored a food drive and collected foods to benefit underprivileged families. Standing O offers a great big “Thank you” to these angels of mercy who delivered the non-perishables to the Salt and Sea Mission in Coney Island in time for T-Day.
IS 228 David A. Boody [228 Avenue S at W. Fourth Street in Gravesend, (718) 375–7635].
BOROUGH WIDE
It’s a Christmas tree
New York City Trees is branching out for Yuletide and donating festive Fraser firs to the poor, complete with installation, stand, and setup.
Harold DeLucia, cofounder of NYCTrees.com, hoped the sparkling timbers would bring good cheer.
“The holidays are truly about helping others,” he said. “For those not able to have a Christmas tree, it is the smallest gesture we can make to make Christmas a little brighter.”
E-mail info@nycgtrees.com to nominate a family or individual in need.
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Toys for Tots
Participate in the US Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots drive at Aviator Sports and Events Center, and give the gift of goodwill. Drop off new, unwrapped toys until Dec. 18. Also, enjoy breakfast with Santa and the Radio Disney road crew on Dec. 15.
Aviator Sports and Events Center [Floyd Bennett Field, Flatbush Avenue in Marine Park, (718) 758–7500, www.aviatorsports.com].
brooklyn heights
Shaking it up
St. Francis College management professor Dr. Barbara Edington found a silver lining in the cloud when she co-authored “The Silver Lining of Project Management” with Dr. Thomas Lechler and Ting Gao. The self-help book focuses on discovering hidden opportunities while addressing business and organizational change, construction, information systems, product and service development, and research and development.
“We know that this research is breaking new ground and shaking up the common belief that uncertainty should be avoided,” the good professor told Standing O. “But maybe project management standards need to be shaken up.”
We’re listening.
Dr. Edington, director of the Center of Excellence in Project Management, said it is critical for project managers to learn how to extract value from their uncertainties.
St. Francis College [180 Remsen St. at Court Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 522–2300].