BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.abodealliance.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10/ / CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:d187039f-4516-4807-a660-16994e727b82 X-WR-CALDESC:Our partner agency\, AAFE will be hosting a Back to School eve nt in Flushing\, Queens August 19\, featuring free backpacks for hundreds of students\, free school supplies\, information about essential community programs and a raffle. \n\nCo-sponsors include the Korean American Family Service Center (KSFSC)\, Korean Community Services (KCS)\, New York Presb yterian Hospital\, The Child Center of NY\, Undo Poverty Flushing\, Garden of Hope\, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng\, State Sen. John Liu\, State Assemblymemb er Ron Kim and City Council member Sandra Ung. \n\nThe event will take pla ce at AAFE’s One Flushing Community Center\, 133-29 41st Avenue\, from noo n to 4PM. Parents of school-aged children (K-12) are encouraged to sign up in advance for a free backpack by RSVPing here: https://calendly.com/aafe -youth/aafe-back-to-school-giveaway?month=2023-08 or by calling 718-961-08 88 (flyers accompany this press advisory). Supplies are limited!\n\nOn the same day\, August 19\, AAFE will also be hosting a backpack giveaway in J ackson Heights. A similar back to school event is taking place at AAFE’s o ffices in Manhattan’s Chinatown August 16. The Jackson Heights and Chinato wn giveaways are already fully booked. More details about these and other events can be found on AAFE’s community calendar: https://www.aafe.org/eve nts/ \n\n“Our back to school events are meant to provide a helping hand to struggling families throughout New York City who need a little extra supp ort to ensure that their children are well prepared to start the school ye ar\,” said Emily Rios\, managing director of AAFE Community Services. “We are excited to be partnering with our elected officials and so many incred ible non-profit organizations to share critical community resources.” \n\n AAFE has served the Flushing community for more than 25 years\, offering m ultilingual community services and affordable housing. From the One Flushi ng Community Center\, AAFE provides access to government entitlement progr ams\, immigration assistance\, housing counseling and a popular after scho ol program for immigrant high school students. AAFE Flushing also offers f ree bi-monthly legal clinics in partnership with the Asian American Bar As sociation of New York. X-WR-RELCALID:313c788546c801dda8ba6a3745e863d2 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20231105T020000 RDATE:20241103T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20240310T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2d6d36b5-1aa3-4cb9-873e-0f4e056330b3 DTSTAMP:20260522T163542Z DESCRIPTION:Our partner agency\, AAFE will be hosting a Back to School even t in Flushing\, Queens August 19\, featuring free backpacks for hundreds o f students\, free school supplies\, information about essential community programs and a raffle. \n\nCo-sponsors include the Korean American Family Service Center (KSFSC)\, Korean Community Services (KCS)\, New York Presby terian Hospital\, The Child Center of NY\, Undo Poverty Flushing\, Garden of Hope\, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng\, State Sen. John Liu\, State Assemblymembe r Ron Kim and City Council member Sandra Ung. \n\nThe event will take plac e at AAFE’s One Flushing Community Center\, 133-29 41st Avenue\, from noon to 4PM. Parents of school-aged children (K-12) are encouraged to sign up in advance for a free backpack by RSVPing here: https://calendly.com/aafe- youth/aafe-back-to-school-giveaway?month=2023-08 or by calling 718-961-088 8 (flyers accompany this press advisory). Supplies are limited!\n\nOn the same day\, August 19\, AAFE will also be hosting a backpack giveaway in Ja ckson Heights. A similar back to school event is taking place at AAFE’s of fices in Manhattan’s Chinatown August 16. The Jackson Heights and Chinatow n giveaways are already fully booked. More details about these and other e vents can be found on AAFE’s community calendar: https://www.aafe.org/even ts/ \n\n“Our back to school events are meant to provide a helping hand to struggling families throughout New York City who need a little extra suppo rt to ensure that their children are well prepared to start the school yea r\,” said Emily Rios\, managing director of AAFE Community Services. “We a re excited to be partnering with our elected officials and so many incredi ble non-profit organizations to share critical community resources.” \n\nA AFE has served the Flushing community for more than 25 years\, offering mu ltilingual community services and affordable housing. From the One Flushin g Community Center\, AAFE provides access to government entitlement progra ms\, immigration assistance\, housing counseling and a popular after schoo l program for immigrant high school students. AAFE Flushing also offers fr ee bi-monthly legal clinics in partnership with the Asian American Bar Ass ociation of New York. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T160000 LOCATION:One Flushing Community Center\, 133-29 41st Avenue\, Flushing Quee ns\, NY 11355 US SUMMARY:AAFE Back to School Giveaway END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR