• BHC Counselor:
  Taaquiya Smith, Lino Mano, Anansa Persuad, Kristina Beekee, Jihan Dempster, Alexander Reynolds, Ryan Parchment, Aangelica Mahbeer, Lana Priestley, Catherine Woolley.
• Students:
  Allyssa Acevedo, Elianny Alicea, Samantha Arias, Abdur Atiq, Alicia Avila, Taliyah Barry, Carl Billington Jr, Breana Brown, Brian Brown, Alexis Casado-Morales, Eric Chen, Sally Chen, Quincy Chester, Sydni Chester, Emily Choi, Kelly Choi, Ashley Coopersmith, Dylan Coopersmith, Jazmyne Daniel, Chelcey Davis, Melany De La Vega, Jasmine Deloatch, Natalie Diaz, Grace Don, Joyce Don, Amaechi Ejim, Onyinyechi Ejim, Nadia Ferguson, Dana Figueroa, Jordyn Fueller, Michael Galindo, Mary Abigail Garcia, Neima Gerami, Deokie Girdhari, Victor Gomez, Victoria Gomez, Emily Greenberg, Jason Greenberg, Nicholas Gutierrez, Gabriella Guzman, Tiara Hall, Theordore Hao, Kiara Hicks, Christopher Hutchinson, Elvin Hawang, Maryam Ibrahim, Katherine Inoa-Reyes, David Kim, Joy Kim, Sarah Kim, Sharon Kim, Jin Justin Koo, Jessica Kreisler, Jake Lee, Justin Lee, Latricia Lee, Megan Lee, Dante Little, Simon Liu, Jason Madamba, Tanisha Madera, Anushka Malik, Giana Maniti, Giordan Maniti, Hakeem Masond, Clarisse Matro, Gianna Milfort, Fatema Mohamedali, Rukeya Mohamedali, Aalaa Mohammed, Shymaa Mohammed, Samantha Mones, Tony Myers Jr, Anthony O’Hara, Keymalh Osias, Eric Pang, Danielle Pazmino, Sharon Pinkhasov, Alyssa Quinones, Maisey Rachminov, Rachel Rachminova, Deavante Reid, Ethan Rhabb, Justin Rivera, Antonio Rosalez, Sade Rowe, Ariel Ssalkey, Rithik Sharma, Alexander Siva, Gloria Suh, Samia Tamazi, Eric Tong, Stephanie Torres, Zaire Turner, Lamar Varlack, Jaiden Vincent, Meika Watson, Narumi Watson, Tatsumi Watson

• School Name:P.S. 26
• CBO/Program Name: YMCA of Greater New York
• Location:Fresh Meadows, NY
• Grades:1-5

How was your year?
Among activities this year, a speaker from the YMCA Health and Wellness department who spoke to us about why we should exercise, eat right and make healthy life choices. The BHC students hosted a Healthy Kids Week where they learned how to meditate and the art of self discipline. Parents were invited to participate in our events and they gladly donated fruits and vegetables for our healthy kids’ week. In addition, the 4th and 5th graders did a two day community project which included clean up the park and surrounding areas. Our final project is a beautification project with planted flowers outside the school in conjunction with a healthy kids’ day selling fruit smoothies, salads, healthy snacks and all proceeds will be donated to a children’s hospital.
Special Thanks
Thanks to the very creative staff, parents and students in making this program a success. Thanks also to community partners Mr. Sue, Ms. Silva, Mr. Little, Ms Avilla and YMCA Health and Wellness Staff.