The new coal bunker. with additions thereto. is scheduled to be dedicated later on this summer. I believe the article written in the Wednesday. June 27 edition of the Bergen Record. quoted below. helps tell the whole story: When the Grand Street Jersey City Boys Club burned down in November 1981. a teen age immigrant from the Dominican Republic "kept the guys together." says Gary Greenberg. director of programming at the club. Aldenys Acosta. who had not known a word of English a year before. was setting up meetings among club members in various borrowed rooms. "He couldnt see (the club) close. even though the building was gone." says Russ Triolo. executive director of the Boys Club of Union. Last week Aldenys was named 1984 New Jersey Youth of the Year by the boys club for his dedication to the club and to the Jersey City community as a whole.
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