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From YouTube: BCYF Golden Age Center Renaming 6/8/2023
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Mayor Wu joins community members in Charlestown to rename the BCYF center as the Beverly Gibbons Community Center for Older Adults. Beverly Gibbons was a devoted public servant to her beloved Charlestown neighborhood. This event celebrates her memory.
A
All
right
good
morning,
thank
you,
everyone
for
being
here,
and
this
is
unbelievable
and
obviously
should
be
a
testament
to
Beverly
and
what
she
is
the
program
she
had
here
for
36
years
and
what
she
did
with
this
place.
There's
not
enough
words
to
really
describe
the
impact
that
Beverly
made
in
Charlestown.
There's
not
enough
words.
I
took
the
position
over
in
2019
again,
my
name
is
Megan
Murray
I'm,
the
director
here
at
the
the
previously
the
Golden
Age
center,
that
is
now
the
Beverly
Gibbons
Community
Center
for
older
adults,.
A
So
amazing,
so
amazing,
and
we
have
obviously
the
our
commissioner
for
bcyf-
was
not
able
to
make
it
today,
so
I'm
gonna
get
up
here
and
and
start
the
in
b
m
c,
which
is
with
my
ladies
I'm
very
comfortable
with
this.
This
is
this
is
a
whole
different
experience
and
obviously
it's
such
a
special
day
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
family
just
have
a
an
amazing
I
mean
they
can
see.
The
turnout
right
now
I
mean
those
people
outside
there's
people
in
the
back
room.
A
B
Thank
you
Megan
good
morning,
everyone
I'm,
really
I,
just
have
so
many
mixed
feelings
standing
here
today.
We
you,
we
can
all
feel
Bev
here
with
us
and
I
know.
If
she
were
here
right
now,
she
wouldn't
be
in
this
room.
She
would
be
outside
and
we'd
all
have
to
drag
her
in
because
she'd
be
saying
this
is
way
too
big
of
a
fuss
and-
and
you
know,
put
the
attention
on
someone
else,
and
it's
not
about
me,
and
she
did
that
for
so
many
years
taking
care
of
so
many
people.
B
So
big
in
here
I
have
memories
of
bringing
my
my
boys
here.
This
is
where
they
would
come
to
get
the
orange
soda
that
they
were
not
allowed
to
have
at
home
from
and
whatever
snacks
they
wanted
and
just
have
them
on
your
laps
and
they
were.
They
were
pros
at
the
bingo
with
everyone,
and
it
wasn't
just
about
this
building.
B
You
couldn't
help
but
love
her
for
it
and
I
I
know
all
my
colleagues
here
I
see
Sheriff
Tompkins
here
who's
such
a
good
friend
and
a
mentor
to
me
and
someone
who
was
very
dear
to
Bev.
We
have
all
of
our,
of
course,
all
of
your
electives
here
who
knew
and
loved
her,
so
well.
Dg
Coletta,
your
District
City
councilor
City
councilor
at
large
Aaron,
Murphy,
where's,
Danny,
Ryan
kind
of
takes.
B
B
What
the
instructions
were
that
we
would
do
you're
going
to
hear
shortly
from
another
former
elected
official
who
took
lots
of
those
calls
and
was
always
happy
to
make
sure
that
he
could
deliver
for
this
community
as
well
and
just
to
to
Danny
and
Donnie
and
Michelle,
and
to
the
grandkids
I
mean
I.
Remember
having
so
many
conversations
with
Bev
in
that
side
room
about
how
proud
she
was
about
the
grandkids
and
her
love
for
people,
her
just
natural
fighting
instinct
to
take
care
of
people.
B
She
cared
about
that
started
from
a
really
young
age.
She
and
I
had
a
lot
of
conversations
also
about
how
we
both
grew
up,
taking
care
of
our
moms
from
a
way
younger
age
than
we
had
ever
expected
and
what
that
means
in
terms
of
who
you
grow
into
and
how
you
learn
to
fight
and
how
you
learn
to
really
see
everyone
as
your
family.
B
If
you've,
if
you've
had
to
go
through
seeing
from
your
family's
eyes
how
hard
it
can
be,
and
she
brought
that
with
her
to
every
space
that
she
was
in
and
I'm
just
I
wish.
You
were
here
to
see
this
moment
with
everyone
here,
but
I
know
she's
looking
down
on
us
now
and
that
her
name
is
Always
Forever,
going
to
be
remembered
here
and
cherished
here
with
many
many
more
people
who
are
carrying
on
her
Legacy.
So.
A
D
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
today,
as
we
celebrate
Beverly,
and
this
is
what
we're
doing
today
we're
celebrating
Beverly
mayor.
Thank
you
for
naming
this
building
after
Beverly,
because
I
know
it
means
a
lot
to
the
people
from
Charlestown
and
particularly
the
seniors
and
to
the
family
and
so
on
behalf
of
the
family.
Thank
you.
We
really
appreciate
it.
Megan
thank
you
for
giving
the
opportunity
to
say
a
few
words.
D
So
it
really
is
fitting
to
be
celebrating
Beverly
this
week
on
Charlestown
Pride
week,
because
Beverly
loved
this
town.
She
was
a
true
Tony
and
she
really
cared
for
the
people
that
live
in
this
town,
particularly
the
seniors.
Is
it
all
right
to
say
seniors,
I,
don't
know
older
adults,
I
I,
don't
know
every
time
like
it's
changing,
but
amazing,
but
I
would
say
my
seniors
because
I
always
said
my
seniors.
My
police
has
always
loved
my
police,
I
love
my
seniors,
but
anyways.
D
She
really
was
a
true
Advocate
for
the
seniors
in
this
town
and
I
still
remember
her
always
doing
something.
Taking
someone
to
the
doctors.
Picking
up
medication
going
shopping,
always
doing
something
for
our
seniors
here
and
and
I
know
you
all
out
there,
as
we
did,
but
I
still
remember
the
first
time
meeting
Beverly.
It
was
after
the
election,
my
first
election
against
Dan
Ryan,
because
because
I
I
could
have
come
here
because
Beverly
was
supporting
Dan
Ryan
at
that
time,
so
I
was
not
allowed
Dan.
Where
are
you?
D
E
D
Anyways
so
I
came
in
after
the
election.
It
was
over
to
meet
Beverly
because
I
heard
so
much
from
Judy
Evers,
who
told
me
what
a
great
person
she
was
and
that
particular
day
she
was
making
American
chop
suey
and
I'm
like
American
chop
suey
like
what
is
that
and-
and
she
had
like
this
sauce
and
macaroni
and
mixing
it
together,
and
that
was
the
meal
of
the
day
and
I
said
you
can't
be
serving
this
to
my
seniors.
D
I
did
come
back
and
I
brought
trays
or
bolognese
sauce
made
from
Reno's
the
best
Italian
restaurant
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
I
still
remember.
There
was
one
woman
who
never
smiled
and-
and
we
gave
her
the
plate
of
Bolognese
and
guess
what
see
smile
she
smiled,
but
I
had
so
many
good
times
in
this
room
here
with
Beverly
and
my
seniors,
and
we
have
fun,
we
would
dance
and
we
would
sing
she
loved
doing
frankfurts
and
beans
days
and
anything
Beverly
wanted.
D
As
you
know,
she
would
call
me
up
and
we're
gonna
have
a
party
and
she
had
more
parties
and
parties.
Every
single
holiday
there
was
a
party
and
every
single
holiday
I
would
come
with
a
big
cake
or
something
whatever
she
wanted.
She
got,
but
I
had
really
fun
with
Beverly
and
a
lot
of
good
memories,
and
we
became
really
really
good
friends
so
to
Donnie,
Michelle
and
Danny.
I.
D
Just
hope
that
when
you
pass
this
building
that
you
smile
when
you
see
this
building,
because
she
would
want
that
she
would
not
have
for
you
and-
and
we
are
all
here
lucky
to
have
known
Beverly
and
she
will
always
be
a
piece
to
stay
in
my
heart.
So
thank
you
all
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
today,
I
really
enjoyed
it.
Thank
you.
A
G
That's
a
good
one
good
morning:
everybody
I,
don't
think
I
need
a
microphone.
They
intimidate
me
as
you
tall
people
anyway,
I
am
not
a
public
speaker,
so
I
had
to
write
things
down
to
follow
otherwise
I'd
blab
on
forever.
So
this
is
it.
I
have
known
Beverly
Gibbons
for
30
plus
years
I
have
been
asked
to
say
a
few
words
about
her
and
that's
difficult
because
she
was
well.
She
was
beveling.
Well,
how
do
you
say
a
few
words?
We
belong
to
a
club
and
the
club
is
right
here.
G
It's
a
TLC
club
and
it
is
the
tough
Street
Ladies
club
that
was
started
by
father
coin
many
years
ago
and
we
are
in
existence.
To
this
day
we've
been
getting
together
every
Wednesday
night
for
over
30
years.
Will
we
go
for
coffee,
a
movie
or
we
would
go
out
to
eat?
Beverly
was
always
the
last
one
to
be
seated,
because
whether
we
were
here
in
Charlestown
or
in
Chelsea
Malden
Medford,
she
always
met
somebody
and
it
was
usually
a
family
member
of
the
seniors
that
she
advocated
for
Beverly
was
had
more
hats
literally.
G
G
Seniors
as
she
called
them
asked
to
help
them
Way
Beyond
the
work
hours
she
would
shop
for
them.
She
would
pick
up
medicine.
She
would
talk
to
family
members
about
situations
that
they
were
concerned
about.
She
also
attended
more
wakes,
unfortunately
than
anyone
I
know.
There
was
a
particular
funeral
that
she
attended
at
one
time
that
she
was
the
only
one
there
considering
her
clientele.
G
That
was
the
only
downside
to
the
job
losing
so
many
of
her
friends,
but
she
was
a
comfort
also
to
so
many
families.
Beverly
had
two
families.
She
had
her
husband,
Johnny,
the
daughter
Michelle
and
her
son
Danny
and
her
three
grandchildren
that
she
adored
Reagan
Danny
and
then
little
Danny,
slash
Giacomo.
F
G
Other
family
was
here
with
382
Main
Street.
She
loved
her
work.
She
loved
the
trips
to
Foxwoods,
Atlantic
City
Gavin's
in
New
York
and
her
walking
Club.
It
is
very
fitting
that
they
renamed
this
site
in
her
honor,
the
woman
who
worked
tirelessly
for
those
who
needed
it,
the
most
so
to
end
this
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
quote
from
Abraham
Lincoln.
In
the
end,
it's
not
the
years
in
your
life
that
count
it's
the
life
in
your
Years.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
Before
we
do,
the
official
sign
on
Bailey
I
do
want
to.
It
was
absolutely
absolutely
beautiful.
Thank
you
so
much
Mary.
If
any
of
my
elected
colleagues
Monica
up
and
share
a
brief
work,
you
know
we
can
all
hear
Beverly
saying
wrap
it
up
now,
but
I
want
to
give
you
a
chance
to
say
hello
and
Sheriff.
Where
did
rep
Ryan
go
and
and
any
of
the
colleagues
from
the
council.
H
Good
morning
come
on
good
morning,
you
know
real
quick,
so
this
building
really
is
special
and
the
thing
about
Bev
that
will
always
resonate
with
me
is
two
things.
One
is
walking
with
her
in
the
Bunker
Hill
parade.
Okay
I
mean
this
woman
had
more
energy
than
all
of
us
collectively
and
it's
like
kind
of
up
and
down
and
around
blah
blah,
and
she
looked
at
me
and
she
said
kid:
kid
come
on,
keep
up
kid,
get
and
she's
darting
back
and
forth.
You
got
to
meet
this
one.
You
got
to
meet
that
one!
H
H
Right
I
think
men
and
she
stick
a
hot
dog
in
my
face
and
say:
eat
it
kid.
What's
this
Bingo
okay,
so
she
would
invite
me
down
to
call
numbers
and
the
whole
thing
and
I
would
come
down
and
I'd
say
you
know,
number
12
or
number
14.
and
inevitably
somebody
from
the
background.
Holler
I
can't
hear
you
what's
the
number
what's
the
number
and
then,
if
I
went
too
slow
hurry
up
hurry.
E
H
Hurry
up
it
was
it
was.
It
was
great,
but
Bev
had
such
a
big
heart,
as
you
all
know,
and
it
was
just
so
endearing
to
be
in
her
orbit
because
she
really
didn't
make
you
feel
like
family,
and
so
every
time
we
came
down
and
even
when
we
weren't
here
she'd
call
occasionally
just
out
of
the
blue
just
to
have
conversation,
I'd
call
her
and
it
was
great
and
I
must
say
I'm,
not
sure
I,
don't
think
I
met
Mr
Gibbons,
but
Danny
good
friend,
good
guy
knows
a
ton.
H
H
It
works
for
you
right
yeah,
but
she
was
awesome.
You
know,
and
so
I
am
so
honored
to
be
here
and
stand
in
front
of
you.
I
love
Beverly.
We
all
love
Beverly.
We
will
miss
her,
but
as
long
as
we
remember
who
she
is,
she
will
always
live
in
our
hearts
and
before
I'd,
step
away
from
the
mic.
I
understand
that
Miss
Brazil
is
here.
Is
that
hey
Miss
Brazil?
How
are
you,
okay?
My
husband
worked
at
the
sheriff's
department
for
years.
H
I
Thank
you
all
great
crowd
right
I
mean
this
is
why
I
was
sitting
out
in
the
alleyway.
Couldn't
get
him
couldn't
get
in
the
door
been
summed
up,
I
just
say
a
lot
of
the
Sullivan
in
in
the
Gibbons
families.
Thank
you
for
sharing
Beverly
with
us
all
these
years,
Sal
in
the
Chevrolet.
She
was
fun
just
plain
old
fun,
but
I
was
also
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
her.
The
fun
was
the
way
she
brought
people
in,
but
it's
the
serious
work
that
really
kept
this
place
going.
I
People
trusted
her
with
their
social
security
cases.
Housing
cases
working
in
my
Capuano's
office
I
got
to
see
that
side
of
Beverly,
too
tenacious,
tenacious
worker
making
sure
people
got
what
they
needed,
but
before
we
get
all
too
emotional
and
stuff,
we'll
tell
another
to
me
and
sell
to
so
many
stories
talking
about
Bev
last
night,
so
Bev
worked
here
with
the
elderly.
You
brought
up
my
mother,
very
independent.
I
She
wouldn't
come
to
the
center,
but
Beverly
would
always
stop
on
the
steps.
Maybe
have
a
glass
of
wine.
Maybe
she
might
have
also
been
dropping
off
some
signature
sheets.
Who
knows
and
she'd
always
try
to
recruit
my
mom
and
then
she
finally
got
my
mom
to
go
to
Foxwoods
and
she
said,
but
I'm
going
to
follow
you
in
my
car
in
Beverly.
Why
are
you
going
to
do?
I
C
I
got
I,
feel
so
honored
to
be
here
and
just
humbled
to
be
with
her
friends,
her
loved
ones
and
people
of
Charlestown
I
got
a
chance
to
know
Beverly
briefly,
as
an
aide
to
my
predecessor,
Lydia
Edwards.
We
would
come
in
here
and
what
I
remember
of
her
is
that,
as
it's
been
mentioned,
she
was
a
tough
cookie.
C
She
told
you
exactly
what
she
was
thinking.
She
didn't
hold
anything
back
and
at
the
same
time
she
was
so
warm
and
welcoming
no
matter
who
you
were,
who
you
are
where
you
came
from,
and
it
is
only
fitting
during
Charlestown
Pride
week
that
we
immortalize
her
in
this
way
and
we
put
her
name
up
on
this
building.
She
was
a
caretaker
of
this
building
and
she
was
a
caretaker
of
so
many
of
us
all
of
us.
C
She
brought
food,
she
bought
supplies,
she
drove
people
places
she
drove
them
to
Foxwoods
the
casino
and
she
she
gave
us
camaraderie
too.
I
know
that
she
was
a
friend
to
many
and,
and
she
will
be
missed,
I
know
that
she's
still
deeply
missed
and
again
I'm,
just
very
honored
and
humbled
to
be
here
to
honor
her
Legacy.
Thank
you
so
much
everybody.
J
Hi
everyone,
Erin,
Murphy
and
I,
see
so
many
familiar
faces
and
I
have
to
say
that
Dougie
McDonald
said
when
I
was
running.
You
have
to
come
to
Charlestown,
but
you
have
to
come,
see
Megan
and
play
Bingo.
So
when
you
talk
about
Bingo,
this
is
where
I
met
your
mom
Danny.
But
just
thank
you
so
much
for
sharing
your
mom.
J
This
plaque
will
go
on
forever,
but
it's
the
years
that
led
up
to
this,
and
just
thank
you
so
much
seniors
you're,
always
so
welcoming
when
I
come
to
Charlestown
and
your
mom
was
just
such
a
role
model
if
I
can
support
and
advocate
for
what
you
earned
and
deserve.
Just
remember
that
you
deserve
us
as
a
city
to
make
sure
we
give
back
to
you.
You
seniors
amazing
and
wonderful
and
I,
look
forward
to
spending
the
weekend
with
all
of
you
at
Charlestown
Pride.
So
thank
you.
E
E
E
B
B
K
An
honor
to
be
here,
I,
wouldn't
miss
it
just
coming
from
an
event
in
East
Boston
Bev
Givens
was
community
centers
Bev
Gibbons
was
about
our
seniors,
and
one
thing
I
noticed
about
Bev
would
have
events
across
the
city
that
the
Mayors
would
sponsor
and
somehow
someway
Charlestown
would
always
have
like
three
or
four
tables,
and
everybody
else
would
only
have
like
one
table
right.
They've
found
a
way
to
get
extra
tickets
for
her
seniors.
She
loved
you
guys.
She
fought
for
you
guys.
K
It
was
a
pleasure
to
work
alongside
of
her
I
love,
bib,
Gibbons,
I,
missed
bib
Gibbons,
and
all
of
us
here
do
that
so
into
Danny
and
to
miss
together
the
whole
family.
Everybody
knew
bib
across
the
city
and
I
was
introduced
to
Bev
Gibbons
by
my
former
Chief
of
Staff
Billy
Doherty,
who
started
in
the
back
in
the
Flint
Administration
with
community
centers,
and
he
said
this
is
a
special
person.
K
You
got
to
get
to
know
Bev
Gibbons
when
you
were
running
city-wide
and
she
was
one
of
the
first
folks
that
I
met
over
here
in
Charlestown,
and
it
was
a
pleasure
to
to
get
to
know
her
and
see
her
in
action.
So
we
miss
her,
but
you
guys
were
blessed
to
have
her
as
you
are
Pioneer
in
your
fighter
so
great
to
be
here.