Households from New York Metropolis Homeless Companies had been feted on Saturday on the Annual Easter Social gathering hosted by the Household Life Committee at Fenimore Road United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn.
“The get together was an actual deal with, the decorations had been festive, the meals was scrumptious, and the actions stored everybody entertained – a very ‘egg-cellent’ celebration,” Committee Chairperson Marlene Ferguson, a Trinidadian-born retired registered nurse, informed Caribbean Life afterward.
“As we have fun our thirtieth Anniversary of this mission locally, now we have been blessed abundantly with help from our congregation, buddies of Fenimore, local people associations, and sponsors,” she added.
Ferguson stated Nataly Wilson, a Grenadian nationwide and FSUMC member, performed the “Easter Bunny.”
“This was the spotlight of the occasion as everybody took turns smiling for that candid second for an image with the Easter Bunny,“ stated Ferguson, including that “the youngsters liked the video games with prizes, and, most of all, everybody was a winner.”
A registered nurse, Wilson informed Caribbean Life that “working with children is all the time a pleasure.
“I really like their individualized personalities, antics, thought processes, and their understanding and interpretation of life,“ she added. “When children are pleased, I am pleased.”
Ferguson stated the adults additionally participated within the video games and obtained reward playing cards for his or her prizes.
“They had been really a singular group who repeatedly expressed their gratitude for such an fulfilling day and the way nicely they had been obtained by the church household,“ she stated.
“Our DJ (Cheyenne Jack, one other church member, whose dad and mom hail from Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines) was excellent,“ Ferguson added. “She stored the music upbeat for the youngsters, and the adults had been handled with ‘basic oldies rhythm,’ which had them grooving to the music.
“It was an ideal solution to have fun Easter with household, buddies, and, most of all, those that are much less lucky than us,“ she continued.
Ferguson stated the grand finale of the get together was the distribution of Easter Baskets.
“We had baskets in abundance, and everybody obtained a basket,“ she stated. “We additionally acknowledged the youngsters who celebrated their birthday – January by way of April. These youngsters obtained a second basket full of a fluffy Easter Bunny.”
Ferguson stated shoppers who couldn’t attend the celebration due to transportation points weren’t overlooked.
“They weren’t forgotten; we ready their lunches and Easter Baskets and despatched them to their facility for distribution to the youngsters,“ she stated.
Ferguson expressed her “honest gratitude“ to the younger adults at FSUMC, “who took time from their busy schedule to attend and help with buying, decorations, and donations.
“They’re devoted, dedicated, centered, beneficiant, and exhibiting us [that] they’re prepared to steer the subsequent technology,“ she stated. “I’ll help them in each manner, take heed to them, and make manner for them to steer.
“We love them unconditionally,“ she added.
Ferguson additionally thanked the church’s pastor, the Rev. Roger Jackson, the First Woman, Sis. Kim Jackson, and officers and members of the church “who proceed to help this mission.
“I’m already trying ahead to 2026,“ she stated.
