Postal
Service recognizes Senior Citizens with 'I Love Harlem' Award at
Harlem Week Elders Jubilee
NEW YORK, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ --
The Postal Service recognized four community minded senior citizens
this afternoon with "I Love Harlem" awards at the Harlem Week Elders
Jubilee at the National Black Theatre, located at 5th Avenue and
125th Street. The Postal Service created the award to find
the senior citizen who
best demonstrates their love of Harlem through mentoring,
community involvement, activism, volunteerism or involvement
in beatification projects. Nominations by the general public
were accepted at the Manhattanville Post Office on 125th
Street through August 4. Choosing one winner proved to be
next to impossible. Therefore, instead of picking one
winner, two finalists and two runners-up were selected for
recognition. The four awardees include finalists: Florence
Rice and Stephen Adeyinka, and runner-ups: Leroy Young, and
Orundun DaCosta-Johnson.
Ms. Rice was recognized
for her consumer education efforts, Adeyinka for his decades of involvement
in youth mentoring, Mr. Young for his work with the local food
pantry and delivering food to other seniors and shut-ins, and
DaCosta-Johnson for significant efforts in the field of education.
The "I Love Harlem" finalists and runner-ups were awarded
beautifully framed presentation pieces featuring enlargements of the
Postal Service's stylized swan love stamps, with the inscription: "I
Love Harlem Week", presented by the United States Postal Service,
for the New York City Senior Citizens "Elders Jubilee", Harlem Week
2006.
Harlem Week began in 1974 as
Harlem Day. Over the course of Harlem Week's 32-year history, it has
developed into one of the largest cultural celebrations in the
United States. Each year, Harlem Week attracts millions of attendees
to its many cultural events and activities. The "I Love Harlem"
senior citizen outreach activity illustrates how Postal Service
employees are active members of the communities where they work and
live.
Source:
United
States Postal Service