RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 1. Edward Howard III, Retirement Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 2. Individuals honored during the PUSHH’s Jr. Violence Interrupters Program Ceremony Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 3. Alfonso Perez, 95th Birthday Celebration 4. Individuals honored at the Sports and Academic Exchange with Escuela Padre Anibal Belén (Father Anibal Belén School) in Hatillo, Puerto Rico and it’s commitment to academic and athletic excellence 5. Administrators Hilda E. Romero, School Director and Barry Herrera, Basketball Coach, Sports and Academic Exchange with Escuela Padre Anibal Belén (Father Anibal Belén School) in Hatillo, Puerto Rico Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 6. Individuals honored during the Empowher & Empowhim's Winter Wonderland Gala 7. Henry Bladi Pinto - Newark Business Owner, Tech Graphic & Printing, Newark, New Jersey, All Nations International Chaplains Christmas Gala 8. Pastor Edward Acosta, Retirement Celebration 9. Romona Timmons, South Ward Advocate 10. John Henry, Community Servant Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva 11. Marco Carvalho 12. Olga Fátima Couto