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Pastor
Vincent Fusco
is the Executive Director of ACTS Community Development and the
Lighthouse Mission. Rev. Fusco is an ordained minister. He
graduated in 1964 with a B.A. from Pace College in NYC. After 1976 he
became involved with a gospel church and began teaching and evangelizing
with Catholic Charismatics. In 1982, with the encouragement of his
pastor Dr. Benjamin Crandall and his son Douglas, Rev. Fusco founded the New
Jerusalem Christian Church (now New Jerusalem City Church) in Gravesend,
Brooklyn. Since then Pastor Vincent has conducted outreach to
the needy and homeless in the greater Coney Island area and worked to combat
racism and unite ministries across the city. He founded the Lighthouse
Mission in Coney Island in 2002 and obtained permanent space for the Mission
at our current location in 2004. Rev. Fusco and his wife
Rev. Susan
Mirti-Fusco continue to lead their congregation in Gravesend and advance
their mission to help the poor in Brooklyn through the Lighthouse Mission
and in both, Brooklyn and the Bronx, thru Rachel’s Joy Maternity Home and
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Denise Robbins
began as a volunteer and continued to do so for over a year when she was
asked to take over the staff position overseeing our after-school program.
In addition, in late 2007 she became our Food Program Coordinator. She
has been the senior staff member for our mission since then. She is
responsible for the daily oversight of the mission’s activities, exercising
authority when necessary, making decisions in the absence of the director,
working directly with clients and overseeing food distributions.
Denise also handles new client sign-ups. She does all this while
raising a family of 4 as a recently widowed single parent. |
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Tikya Devis
began as a volunteer and joined our staff as Associate Food Program
Coordinator in August 2008. She is responsible to receive and store
food deliveries, for weekly food ordering and monthly
reports to agencies. In addition she is responsible for new sign-ups,
and assists with food distributions. Also, she cooks on Fridays and
helps on party days. |
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Wilfredo Morales
is a case worker with St. John's Bread and Life.
He provides free benefits screening
and
housing placement
for clients here every Tuesday and works at our
partner agencies during the rest of the week.
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Paul
Payne
is one of our most important volunteers. He receives many
early-morning food shipments at the Lighthouse and organizes clients during
our busy food distribution hours three times a week. |
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Mark Vega
joined our staff in October 2008.
He takes care of facility (Janitorial needs), Data entry, intake
procedures, receiving
and distributing goods (food, clothes and etc.) to community.
Mark is Angel Food program coordinator. |
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