Bowling for Senior Bus

The teams for the Bocce for Bus tournament assemble. They represented the following local businesses/organizations: Crest Hardware, The Meat Hook, The Alemeda Club/An Honest Living, Two Trees Management/Domino Park/North Brooklyn Neighbors, Basik, Variety Coffee Roasters, and Bitesize Pediatric Dentistry.

This is the sixth year for the annual Bocce for Bus tournament that raises operating funds for the Swinging Sixties Senior Bus.  This year’s goal was to raise $10K and they exceeded it. 

PhilCaponegro (CSBA president and St. Nicks Alliance board), Alirio Guerrero (CSBA board), Frank Citera (CSBA vice president), Lesley Melincoff (CSBA board), Rashida Rouias (Swinging Sixties Older Adult Center, assistant director), Brent Young (CSBA board), Cheryl Kamen (Swinging Sixties Older Adult Center, director), and Saranii Muller (CSBA board).

The event originated in 2017 and is organized by the Conselyea Street Block Association (CSBA). In order to maintain the much-needed service of providing a ride for mobility challenged seniors to the Swinging Sixties Older Adult Center.

Eleven local businesses/organizations formed eight teams and faced off rolling balls on the beautiful bocce courts of Domino Park.  These teams were: Crest Hardware, The Meat Hook, The Alemeda Club/An Honest Living, Two Trees Management/Domino Park/North Brooklyn Neighbors, Basik, Variety Coffee Roasters, and Bitesize Pediatric Dentistry.

Team Crest wins the trophy! This is their fourth victory! Pictured with second place winner The Meat Hook.  (far right) Joe Franquinha (owner of Crest Hardware) and (back row, center) Brent Young (owner of The Meat Hook) have a friendly rivalry so in the end everyone is a winner – especially local seniors.

The winning team of this year’s tournament was Crest Hardware, making this their second victory in a row and their fourth victory overall.  The Meat Hook took second place this year, but won the tournament in 2018.

To donate to the Swinging Sixties Senior Bus go to: Bocceforbus.org

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