Queens Chamber Businesses of the Week

Dear Friends of the Queens Chamber of Commerce;

After working hard from the confines of our home offices and fielding so many calls from all over Queens, the Staff of the Queen Chamber decided to choose 5 businesses to feature each week who are all doing great things during this surreal time. If you know of a business going above and beyond that you want considered, kindly email us at info@queenschamber.org for consideration. Thanks!

Waste Management, the continent’s largest environmental services company, has continued to provide essential waste and recycling collection and disposal services while protecting its team members since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic and response.

The company has introduced and places a continuing focus on social distancing and other health and safety guidelines across its operations, equipped thousands of its team members to work from home, and is matching its facilities, equipment, workforce and skills with the needs of our neighbors.

This is what is happening at the company’s Varick Transfer Station where our team has been working with Queens Together to stage and unload shipments of food that is then distributed in the community.

Waste Management’s Greater Mid-Atlantic Area employs more than 2,700 environmental professionals and good neighbors at our locations in New York City, New Jersey, Delaware and eastern and central Pennsylvania.

@wastemanagement / @wm_greaterma

GYNADA - Franchise new car auto dealers in Queens, working through the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association (GNYADA) donated 50,000 face masks to Queens residents to keep safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part of a donation of half a million masks GNYADA is making to the 12 downstate counties, including New York City.

GNYADA delivered the masks to Acting Queens Borough President Sharon Lee’s office. The borough president will distribute them to individuals who need them, including seniors, essential workers, and other vulnerable populations.

Auto dealers, which collectively throughout the downstate region contribute over $20 million annually to charitable causes, including community organizations in Queens, are once again racing to the aid of their neighbors.

Maspeth Federal Savings - A proud member of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, Maspeth Federal Savings has always put their customers, communities and employees at the forefront of everything they do. This philosophy has led to their success and has helped them become the "neighborhood bank" you know and trust.

Maspeth Federal Savings Bank recently launched their COVID-19 Giving Campaign to recognize local small businesses and first responders in the Queens and Nassau county area. Learn more about the campaign here and learn more about Maspeth Federal at maspethfederal.com

AT Jiu-Jitsu - AT Jiu-Jitsu NYC opened its doors in 2018 and was built from a dream of bringing the love of Jiu-Jitsu to the community of Jackson Heights. AT Jiu-Jitsu NYC is a family run business who tries to extend that sense of family to not only their members, but to their community as a whole. As such, AT Jiu-Jitsu NYC has opened their online virtual zoom classes to all communities; adults children and toddlers.

Learn more about AT Jiu-Jitsu at https://www.atjiujitsunyc.com/

Candy Twisted Balloons - Balloon artist Candy Brigham, owner of Candy Twisted Balloons, in Glendale, can create life-size balloon columns; numbers denoting a person’s age and any giant outdoor balloon installations. She is determined to help people celebrate special moments like graduations and birthdays during quarantine with her incredible, personalized balloon creations by prioritizing sanitation and social distance.

In order to safely continue the business, Brigham said she did extensive research about how to properly sanitize balloons, which involves wiping down the balloons with Lysol and alcohol. Brigham is careful to wear masks, gloves and take 10 steps back when dropping off the balloons at people’s doorsteps.

Brigham plans to offer driveway and yard social distance fun and magic shows with sanitized balloons for the summer.

For more information,

7133 71st St Glendale, New York 11385

(718) 406-5822 www.candytwistedballoons.com. https://www.facebook.com/candytwistedballoons/