Friends, Mike Steffens is a NYC fireman/EMS, helps grow trees in Brooklyn.In case you thought they grew by themselves - nope, trees don't grow on trees in NYC, they need help from volunteers like Mike who helps run a volunteer nursery out next to the Floyd Bennett Field Community Garden and is a great friend of community gardens.
Well, trees don't grow on trees, and neither do people who give a damn about others and their community - they need good examples to follow. Mike writes about one grand gentleman who kept teaching until the end. As Arthur Miller said, "Attention must be paid." Adam Honigman Volunteer, <A HREF="http://www.clintoncommunitygarden.org/";>Clinton Community Garden</A> > Subj: CYBERHARBOR: A sad passing for Greenpoint > Date: 10/31/03 6:37:50 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > Good Day all, > > My Grandfather in Law, Bill Studioso AKA Willie the Barber passed away in > his sleep today at his sons home in Alloway New Jersey at the age of 97 after > a > long fight against cancer. > > Bill was a founding member of the Friends of India Street Pier in > Greenpoint, Brooklyn back in the 1980s and fought tirelessly for nearly 20 > years for > community access to the waterfront, against transfer stations and a whole > host > of other community ill's. He was somewhat infamous for sitting in an elected > officials office and not leaving until he had spoken his mind. > Despite moving to New Jersey he continued to write elected officials on > behalf of his old neighborhood and never minded the various little kids who > he > helped teach the ABC's by letting them copy his letter of the day to the > politicians. > He is survived by his 4 kids, 13 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren > many of whom carry on his legacy of community based environmental activism > throughout NYC, NJ and LI. > > Be well all > > Mike Steffens
