Barbara Eisenstadt (1938 – 2007) a resident of Neponsit in Rockaway, was an early supporter of the Rockaway Music and Art Council, founding its annual Fall Festival as well as its summer Sunset Picnic Concert series. She was the former president of the National Council of Jewish Women and the Friends of Rock Hall Museum. Eisenstadt was instrumental in many school programs, including the “Music Memory” elementary school program that she brought to Rockaway schools. In addition, she was an officer of the Neponsit Property Owners Association, the Peninsula Hospital Center Auxiliary, the Belle Harbor Garden Club and the historic Cornell Cemetery Corporation. She has been honored by such diverse groups as the City Council, the Rockaway Chamber of Commerce, the 100 Precinct Community Council and the Queens Borough President.