MEDIA ADVISORY
COMPTROLLER LIU, PASTORS, BUDDHIST TZU CHI FOUNDATION PROVIDE EMERGENCY THANKSGIVING CASH AID FOR SANDY VICTIMS
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Comptroller John C. Liu and Rev. Dr. Gary V. Simpson of Concord Baptist Church, working with the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and pastors, will provide emergency cash assistance and aid packages on Thanksgiving Day to more than 1,000 families whose own churches and homes were damaged in the Rockaways, Red Hook, and Canarsie neighborhoods by Superstorm Sandy.
The following clergy are assisting: Rev. Michael Sniffen, The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew; Pastor Darren Ferguson, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church; Pastor J.D. Williams, St. John's Baptist Church; Rev. John Credle, Calvary Baptist Church of Red Hook; Rev. Dr. Clive Neil, Bedford Central Presbyterian Church; Rev. Lawrence Aker III, Cornerstone Baptist Church; Rev. Shaun Lee, Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church; Pastor Jeff Thompson, Amity Baptist Church; Rev. Russell Marquis, Shiloh Baptist Church.
Comptroller Liu will have a media availability at 2 p.m.
WHO: New York City Comptroller John C. Liu
WHAT: Emergency cash and aid distribution
WHERE: Concord Baptist Church, 833 Gardner C. Taylor Blvd., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
WHEN: Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, starting at 2 p.m.