Wendy Hersh cut the ribbon at a dedication ceremony yesterday for the FDR Hope Memorial. And New York State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright cited the Roosevelt Island Disabled Association for service to the community.
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[…] Association President Wendy Hersh cut the ribbon, opening the FDR Hope Memorial, last summer. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright were on […]
[…] a decade of devotion and hard work, the late Jim Bates dream of a Hope Memorial came true: July 16th, […]