The gymnasium in the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence was filled with people, tables were covered with blankets, winter coats, sweaters, gloves, socks, canned food and cooking oil, and …
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By Jeff Bessen
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11/29/18
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When Sasha Young needed anything as a youngster, she said, she could count on her “Gammy,” Betty Young, to provide it. While Sasha, now 41 and an Inwood resident, now lives nearly 500 …
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By Tyler Marko
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11/21/18
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Since September, the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence began a new youth services program for groups of students from pre-K through high school that include programs in STEM (science, …
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By Tyler Marko
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10/4/18
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The Workforce Readiness Program at the Five Towns Community Center operates with the purpose of preparing local students for future employment opportunities or to help them apply to college. A $5,000 …
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By Tyler Marko
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8/16/18
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The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation donated $3,000 in toys to the Five Towns Community Center and Felicia Grandy’s Operation Head Start Program in Lawrence on July 2.
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7/12/18
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A year and a half after it started, the Five Towns Community Center Teen Center is providing a pretty cool space for a total of 25 high school students where they can watch television, play games, do homework and mingle with friends.
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By Diana Colapietro
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3/8/17
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s familiarity with the roads around southeast Queens and the Five Towns may have helped him understand why State Sen. Todd Kaminsky kept bringing up repairing the Nassau Expressway every time the Long Beach Democrat saw the governor.
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By Jeff Bessen
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3/1/17
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Nonprofit social-service agencies like the Five Towns Community Center were facing steep funding cuts by Nassau County as late as Monday night.
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By Erik Hawkins and Mary Malloy
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12/7/16
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Far Rockaway resident and Five Towns Community Center youth advocacy counselor and youth employment coordinator Veronica Ortiz was among the eight people the Town of Hempstead recognized for their contributions to the local Hispanic community at National Hispanic Heritage Month ceremony at town hall on Oct. 4.
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By Diana Colapietro
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10/12/16
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Backpacks filled with schools supplies were handed out to 400 children and families ate a barbecue lunch supplied by Applebee’s and listened to the mixes of DJKIDD at the Inwood/Back to School Day Backpack Giveaway at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence last Saturday.
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8/31/16
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