Just a few days after launching a GoFundMe to help fund the annual Greenpoint Holiday Lights, organizers Bess White and Nick Giannios exceeded their goal of $20,000. Both organizers say they are indebted to each other and their neighbors for the quick success.
Giannios, who initially fundraised for the Greenpoint Lights by soliciting local businesses, was connected to White last year, when White reached out to Joe Lentol’s office to make an individual donation to…
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Fabulous. This is typically American, a celebration of the holiday season for everybody not just Christians or Jews but other religions and people without. religion.
On the other side you have the left wing extremists who say not to have it since it is technically related to Christmas.
Most Americans are sick and tired of extremists on either end.
Enjoy the lights and thanks to all involved in it.
The lights use to start at the corner of Nassau and Lorimer the snowflake what happened to that.
So if the amount raised exceeded the set amount… why are half of them out by December 1st and not being maintained?