Politics & Government
Last Chance! Tickets for the FDC Awards Dinner Benefit
Don't miss your chance to be apart of the 37th Annual FDC Awards Dinner Benefit aboard the Amber Jack V Thursday night.

The is this Thursday, May 3. Attendees will board the Amber Jack V in Sheepshead Bay for a night of sightseeing, dinner and dancing.
Tickets are still available for the event and can be ordered online with a credit card or PayPal account by clicking here or calling (718) 859-3800 for alternative payment options. Individual Tickets are $150. Couples Tickets for $275. A table for 10 is $1,400.
Before buying tickets, get to know the dinner's honorees who are being awarded for leadership and service in the community:
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- Lois Jackson, DDS, is being awarded the Community Leadership Award. She is a member of numerous boards within the community, including the FDC Board, Camp Brooklyn Board, East Midwood Jewish Center Board and the NYS Board fro Dentistry.
- Jeffery Ewing is being honored with the Neighborhood Service Award. He has lived in Victorian Flatbush since 1979, when he served as Community Board 14’s District Manager for over two years. Ewing is being honored for his many years of service to Flatbush and West Midwood community as a supporter and activist.
- Jocelyn Lucas- Rosenberg is being honored with the Neighborhood Service Award. She has helped bring back the Good Neighbor Committee in Beverly Square West and created Porch Nights, where a host family welcoming neighbors to share in a pot-luck on their front porch.
- Charlene Forest will also be honored with the Neighborhood Service Award. She moved to Victorian Flatbush in 1990 to own a larger home and for the chance to create a beautiful garden. Forest's block has won an honorable mention in the “Greenest Block in Brooklyn” contest for the last two years.
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