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Freeport Fire Lt. Gatha Ballard was recognized at the Village Hall meeting on May 22 for saving four Freeport residents from a house fire while off duty on March 26. Freeport Village Mayor Robert Kennedy presented Ballard with the award.
Freeport firefighter honored for off-duty bravery
A Freeport volunteer firefighter was honored last week for his bravery, quick thinking and heroic efforts in his response to a house fire while off duty on the morning of March 26. The Freeport … more
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Oceanside resident Jane Reinert, who has logged more than 17,500 hours as a volunteer at South Nassau Communities Hospital, was honored with a cake at a special luncheon on April 26.
Local volunteers lauded for South Nassau service
Oceanside resident Jane Reinert has spent more hours volunteering at South Nassau Communities Hospital than a two-year-old toddler has spent being alive. When she began serving, John F. Kennedy was working in the Oval Office. more
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About 120 people help teens in need shop at the Long Island Volunteer Center Prom Boutique annually.
Making magic for teens in need
Andrea Stottler has found prom ball gowns on the stoop of her Wantagh home nearly everyday since February. After she posted on the Wantagh Mommas Facebook page that she and other members of the Lions Club were collecting dresses so that teens in need had something to wear to their proms, she began finding dozens of colorful garments hung over her doorway when she got home from work. more
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Three RVC stores collecting prom dress donations
Three Rockville Centre stores will on be participating in the Long Island Volunteer Center’s 23rd annual Prom Boutique, which helps girls from less fortunate families realize their dream of going … more
Shane Monaghan escorted Christina McCabe at Oceanside High School’s Dawn Delirium Fashion Show on March 2, which featured about 160 students and raised money for the senior class’s post-prom celebration.
Dawn Delirium Fashion Show a community effort
Nearly 200 Oceanside students, faculty and staff took to the runway on March 2 for the 25th annual Dawn Delirium Fashion Show, which raises money for the high school’s heralded post-prom party. more
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South Side Hose Company No. 2’s firehouse in Oceanside has been under construction since Hurricane Sandy.
A long road to recovery
For 90 years, volunteer firefighters have operated out of Oceanside’s South Side Hose Company No. 2 firehouse on Alice Avenue. But for the last four, they have been working out of a trailer in a … more
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Last Hope Animal Rescue supporters and volunteers were all smiles at the nonprofit’s bowl-a-thon at Levittown Lanes on Feb. 4.
Last Hope strikes again
Local folks said that they had fun bowling for a cause at on Feb. 4. Families flocked to Levittown Lanes for a charity bowl-a-thon benefitting Last Hope Animal Rescue. more
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Oceanside Jews volunteer for Christmas
Volunteers from Oceanside’s Temple Avodah helped out their Christian peers this holiday season by standing in for workers at Mercy Medical Center on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. more
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Mother and son defend Israel as volunteers for Israel Defense Forces
It was 2012, and longtime East Meadow resident Andrew Alderman was in Israel, in a school courtyard five miles from the border with the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory. The then 22-year-old was traveling with the Israel Premier Lacrosse League as a volunteer, which introduces children to the game. more
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Last Hope to celebrate 35 years
Volunteers and supporters of Last Hope Animal Rescue will be celebrating the nonprofit’s 35th anniversary at a gala . The event will be held at the Coral House in Baldwin at 6 p.m. on Oct. 27. more
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