Bharati Dance Academy and the Bharati Foundation at Vishnu Mandir along with several sponsors and donors co-hosted the second annual Sweets and Sweater Season event distribute toys, books, T-shirts and pajamas to over 500 local youth at three locations and two drop-off sites on Tuesday, December 26.
Sweets & Sweaters Season Gives Cheer

(l-r) Police officer Khyume Khan, Guyanese American Law Enforcement Association; Bharati Kemraj, Bharati Dance Academy founder; detective Eric Hernandez and police officer Carmen Cruz, 43rd Precinct Community Affairs; Dorothy Febus, Soundview Reunion Committee member with Phipps Neighborhoods Program members and youth.
Photo courtesy of Bharati Kemraj