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CPC Brooklyn Community Services Hosts the 13th Annual Health and Family Resource Fair

On September 16th, CPC Brooklyn Community Services brought together over 1000 community members of all ages at Leif Ericson Park for the 13th Annual Health and Family Resource Fair. The event featured cultural performances and offered essential health services and family resources, including screenings, flu vaccinations, and cardio demonstrations.

Samuels Foundation Grant Supports Older Adult Wellness and Safe Housing at CPC Residences

CPC was recently awarded a $190,000 grant from The Fax Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation to provide supportive resources and holistic community programming for over 300 residents of two older adult affordable housing communities. The project, Older Adult Health and Wellness Resource Link @ Norfolk Street, will connect our services at our existing Hong Ning Housing building at 50 Norfolk Street with our new Norfolk Senior Housing building at 64 Norfolk Street.

State Senator Kavanagh Joins CPC Open Door Senior Center's Table Tennis Awards Ceremony

On September 6th, CPC Open Door Senior Center hosted the 13th Table Tennis Awards Ceremony. New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh joined the festivities and engaged in friendly matches with the men's and women's champions and runners-up. The event concluded a week of competition with performances by the Open Door Singing Group and the Open Door Dance Troupe.

CPC Co-Sponsors Universal Hip-Hop Parade for Social Justice to Celebrate Hip-Hop's Anniversary

On August 26th, CPC celebrated Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary at the annual Universal Hip-Hop Parade for Social Justice in Brooklyn. As a co-sponsoring AAPI organization, CPC came together with a diverse range of communities, including African American, Caribbean, Arab, Muslim, LatinX communities, and others, to pay tribute to Hip-Hop's core elements: deejaying, rapping, graffiti painting, and break dancing. The event kicked off with a parade from Robert Fulton Park, showcasing an array of floats, marching bands, live performances, food and drinks, exhibitions, community resources, and more.