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In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, the Catholic Charities WIC Nutrition program held its fourth annual walk through Freeport on Aug. 4.
Freeport moms walk to advocate breast-feeding awareness
World Breastfeeding Week, WBW, is celebrated worldwide during the first week of August to raise awareness of breastfeeding benefits, encourage and promote the values breastfeeding has in the … more
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The elevator at the Catholic Charities-owned Peternana Terrace, a senior independent living apartment complex broken on June 21 and initially was going to take six to eight weeks to fix. As of Aug. 10 the elevator was repaired and running — three weeks ahead of schedule.
Peterna fixes elevator three weeks early
The senior independent living apartment complex at 45 Wallace St. in Freeport, Peterna Terrace, has had a broken elevator since June 21. The sole elevator in the five-story complex was finally … more
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John Theissen said that the Wantagh center serves as home base for his charity’s annual back-to-school supply and holiday toy drives.
Community saves Theissen Center
The John Theissen Children’s Foundation Family Fun Center isn’t going anywhere.  Theissen said in May that if he did not raise $50,000 by June 30, he would be unable to renew his … more
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A blanket made for the local Odd Fellows by an upstate New York lodge.
‘We really can’t talk about rituals’
“Educate the orphan, bury the dead, visit the sick and relieve the distressed,” said David Ajello, an elementary school teacher and former noble grand of the Odd Fellows of Rockville Centre, … more
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Soccer Director Mike Mara, left, Martin Brostoff of DHL, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, Cathy O'Reilly, Joe Lotz and Pavel Zagaja of DHL, Mike Tighe, CJ Carda, and Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray.
Donated soccer equipment bound for Tanzania
The Rockville Centre Soccer Club ran its annual two-week clinic, Kids Teaching Kids, from July 17 to 27, during which 35 teenagers and young adult players worked with 4- to 8-year-olds on their … more
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The elevator at the Catholic Charities-owned Peternana Terrace, a senior independent living apartment complex, has been broken since June 21. Catholic Charities said it would take six to eight weeks to finalize mechanical repairs.
Broken elevator at senior home might take eight weeks to fix
Residents of Peternana Terrace, a senior independent living apartment complex at 45 Wallace St. in Freeport, have been inconvenienced recently after the sole elevator in the building broke down on … more
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Oceanside Middle School graduate Jeremy Feder is hosting his second annual charity baseball tournament at Wrights Field in Oceanside on Sept. 15. The proceeds from the tournament go directly to America's Vetdogs, a non-profit organization dedicated to supplying service dogs to those in need.
Jeremy Feder All-Star Charity Baseball Tournament set for Sept. 15
Last year, I decided that I wanted to do something that would make a difference in the lives of others. With a love for baseball, which I have played since age 4, and a desire to help the … more
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Autum was most recently recognized for her charitable work at the Town of Hempstead’s Make a Difference Award ceremony on May 23.
O'side middle schooler brings art to sick children nationwide
Sixth grader Autum Blois realized the therapeutic power of art first-hand as a patient in the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Inspired by art therapy programs in the hospital where she was forced … more
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Devamn Alvarez, a Levy-Lakeside sixth-grader, danced with performers from Hart to Hart Entertainment.
Levy-Lakeside dance-a-thon hits 'close to home'
The gymnasium at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick was filled with the sound and excitement of fourth- through sixth-grade students enjoying the school’s annual Dance-a-Thon on March 31. more
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Wantagh Fire Department officials picked up Christine Newins, a 52-year-old Levittown resident and community volunteer in north Wantagh and Seaford, from the airport when she returned from rehabilitation for life-threatening injuries she sustained in a car accident in Carlsbad, Calif.
Wantagh-Seaford residents rally around injured Levittown volunteer
Christine Newins, a 52-year-old Levittown resident, cannot remember Jan. 17 — the day she was hit by a car while jogging on the Pacific Crest Trail in Carlsbad, Calif. Chris Newins, her husband, … more
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