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Five Towns Community Center board President Gwynn Campbell addressed attendees at the 52nd annual meeting on Nov. 10.

Five Towns Community Center celebrates its successes, the future

An institution that has roots in community service and education through previous iterations dating back to 1907, held its 52nd annual meeting on Nov. 10 to celebrate the past year’s successes and plans for moving forward. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/18/21

The Five Towns Community Center’s Head Start program held its moving up ceremony on July 30. From left were teacher, Amber Barrios, graduate Esteban Rivera and teacher Leidys Sunnati.

Five Towns Community Center receives a minor makeover

For the past year and a half-plus, the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence has been a hub of critical community activity from feeding thousands through Gammy’s Pantry and being a Long Island Cares site to now hosting a revitalized Nassau County Police Athletic League program. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/7/21

David Martin Chavez, coordinator of the Health & Welfare Council of Long Island, introduced himself to a potential client at the health fair in Lawrence on June 26.

Five Towns Community Center Health Fair aims to expand awareness

As Guatemalan Fútbol League soccer games played on Sadie E. Scott Recreation Field, a long stretch of small tents dotted the Five Towns Community Center parking lot in Lawrence as the center’s Health & Prevention Services component hosted a health fair on June 26. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/8/21

Inwood resident Sasha Young, left, distributed food to other Five Towns residents at the Community Center in Lawrence on March 27.

Five Towns institutions and oganizations help residents through coronavirus pandemic

Updated March 29 at 11 a.m. With rubber gloves on her hands and a facemask wrapped around her nose and mouth, Inwood resident Sasha Young handed out bleach, dish detergent and muffins to Five Towns residents, along with a diced pineapple snack cup, if they came with children, at the Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lawrence on March 27. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/28/20

Lifelong Inwood resident Helen Hunter has been popular with children throughout her time as an educator at the Five Towns Community Center. Kenneth, 6, also an Inwood resident, showed his appreciation for Hunter with a rose on her birthday.

'Inwood icon' Helen Hunter is greatly appreciated

Shortly after her retirement from teaching at the Five Towns Community Center in July 2011, lifelong Inwood resident Helen Hunter received a phone call asking to fill-in for a day. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 2/6/20

The Five Towns Community Center’s Operation Head Start received a donation of toys from the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation earlier this month. Brodsky is at the far left and behind him on stage is Head Start Program Director Tzijane Morris.

Richard M. Brodsky Foundation donates toys to the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence

The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation, headed by Atlantic Beach residents Richard and Jodi Brodsky, donated $2,000 worth of toys to the Lawrence-based Five Towns Community Center’s Operation Head Start on July 3. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/18/19

Luis Manrique and Angel Jimenez, members of the Inwood United Soccer league, worked on their Christmas puzzles.

Five Towns Community Center celebrates the holiday [Photo gallery]

The Lawrence-based Five Towns Community Center hosted a holiday party at its facility on Lawrence Avenue to benefit is various programs, including Head Start on Dec. 17. more

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The Lawrence-based Five Towns Community Center has a new executive director. Lorenzo Sistrunk, 39, of Hempstead, succeeded Bertha Pruitt on Oct. 1.

A ‘good fit’ takes over

Lorenzo Sistrunk, 39, of Hempstead, has been named the new executive director of the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, and took up his new duties on Oct. 1. more

By Vanessa Parker | 10/8/14

A quick-thinking Five Towns Community Center employee helped evacuate the building after Neil Thompson allegedly nuclear bombs. The facility was evacuated, Thompson was arrested and no bombs were found.

Bomb threat at Five Towns Community Center

Updated Oct. 11 9:40 a.m. The emergency lockdown procedures he learned as a student at Lawrence High School came in handy for Anthony Giglio on Wednesday when Neil Thompson, 33, entered the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence and said he had a bomb and was going to blow up the building. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/10/12

Helen Hunter, a pre-kindergarten teacher, retired from the Five Towns Community Center.

Helen Hunter retires after 43 years

After more than four decades of teaching at the Five Towns Community Center, Inwood resident Helen Hunter has decided to retire, leaving behind a legacy that very few can match. more

JUSTIN SACHS | 9/8/11

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