Park Avenue Building and Roofing intern Hussey helps rebuild

According to Park Avenue Building and Roofing, Brian Hussey, a summer intern, provided rebuilding services to the community following Hurricane Sandy. Hussey, a junior at St. Anthony's High School in Huntington, sprang into action when he learned that teachers who worked with his mother had suffered flooding and damage from the hurricane. Moved by the suffering and struggling he saw around him, Hussey decided to reach out to his community to help people in need. On the first day following the storm, he began helping to gut and repair flooded basements in the area. Hussey shares his passion for community service with his family, and gets involved wherever he can. He said that while interning at Park Avenue, he was able to experience the power of giving back to the community through the firm's charitable arm, The Gilbert Rivera Foundation. Over the summer, Hussey was involved with the foundation's golf outing, and was inspired by the people who regularly contribute their time and resources to charity. When asked about his experiences in rebuilding his community, Hussey said, "It was such a good feeling to see people who have suffered smile again." He also credited his internship at Park Avenue with giving him the confidence to walk into a construction site and the technical knowledge of tools and building supplies to help with the construction process. About Park Avenue Building and Roofing Supplies, LLC Park Avenue Building and Roofing Supplies, LLC (Park Avenue) is a Brooklyn-based, family-owned business that is certified by the city and state of New York as a Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE). Serving the tri-state area for over 20 years, Park Avenue is the area's premier certified minority distributor of a wide-range of building materials, and has grown from a small hardware store to two full-service facilities. Park Avenue supplies building materials to many major contractors in New York and New Jersey, as well as to local homeowners and construction firms, offering unsurpassed reliability to each customer, including a full range of environmentally friendly building construction materials. For more information, visit www.parkavebuilding.com. ###