NYFAC’s  annual car wash and car show will be held on Sunday, June 24th, rain date Sunday, July 1st  at the Lindenwood Shopping Center and Queens County Savings Bank located on 153rd Avenue, between 82nd and 83rd streets in Howard Beach,  from 9am-3pm.  For details or sponsorship call 718-641-3441 x 144. To register your car in the car show, please call x 100.   The 2ndAnnual Anthony J. Cirello Memorial Golf Outing will be held on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at Harbor Links Golf Course, 1 Fairway Dr, Port Washington. Registration and brunch begins at 11am. Putting contest starts at noon and  shotgun at...

Autism group offers help, hope to sufferers by AnnMarie Costella, Assistant Editor, Queens Chronicle A father takes his autistic son on a shopping trip to a mall. While there, the child wants to go into a toy store, but the father is in a hurry, so he refuses. The child, knowing no other way to express his frustration, throws himself to the ground and begins screaming “Somebody help me. Help me please.” Shortly thereafter, with other shoppers looking on, three mall security officer appeared on the scene to try and figure out what was going on. Before he knew it, the dad found...

New York Families for Autistic Children will hold its 14th Annual Dinner Dance and Awards Celebration on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Russo’s on the Bay, Cross Bay Boulevard and 163rd Avenue  Howard Beach, New York Cocktail Party begins at 6:30 PM – Dinner to Follow Raffles and Silent Auction Please join us as we honor these very special friends: Guardian Angel Award:  …………………………………… The Honorable Erich Ulrich,                                                                                            ...

On Saturday, December 17th, 2011, Anita Sessa, Executive Assistant to the President of NYFAC, and Jennifer Persaud, MSC Supervisor, assisted NYFAC members create fun crafts to fill their homes for the winter holiday season. See photos below…

This is the final architectural rendering of the new NYFAC Building at 164-14 Crossbay Boulevard. The building is scheduled to open its doors in early 2012, and will host a wide variety of programs and services for the entire family.

NYFAC’s President and CEO Andrew Baumann and Community Affairs Director, Mitch Udowitch, were recently interviewed in the Courier Sun to shed more light on the new building at 164-14 Cross Bay Boulevard.

We at NYFAC hope everyone at our annual Car Wash and Car Show had loads of FUN! Thank you to EVERYONE who helped with your kind donations, time, resources, etc.  We could not have done this without all of our sponsors, volunteers, and participants! Check out the fun from Sunday, July 11, 2010, in the pictures below – enjoy!

NYFAC members attended the BIG APPLE CIRCUS

Sometimes I think that when hearing this people are remarking in the negative. But when they talk about me and how I see the world around me this saying does apply. Is it really such a bad thing to want to see the best in people, in situations, and in life? .