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ICNA Relief volunteers Umar Chaudry, Addullah Qureshi and Taib Iraqui-Houssain put out the canned goods at the holiday giveaway.
Islamic Council of North American Relief helps everyone
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 … more
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Sasha Young’s twin daughters Alexandra, left, and Alexis Acosta, with Betty Young, their great-grandmother, whom they too call “Gammy.”
Opening up Gammy’s Closet in Lawrence
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 … more
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Elementary school students color a poster for Ms. Young’s Homework Zen Den in Reyna Castillo’s art program, from left, Carlos Navarro, Kayla Hardy, Anna Zeng and Ethan Gonzalez.
Five Towns Community Center offers updated youth-oriented services
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, … more
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A facsimile check was held by Regional Director of External and Legislative Affairs at AT&T Brandon Ray, left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman and Five Towns Community Center Executive Director Lorenzo Sistrunk after addressing the teenagers in the Workforce Readiness Program.
Building up the Workforce Readiness Program at the Five Towns Community Center
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 … more
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The Head Start program at the Five Towns Community Center received a donation of toys valued at $3,000 from the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation. At the far left is Felicia Grandy, behind the banner Lesley-Ann Herard, program educator for the center’s Health and Prevention services, and at the far right Jodi and Richard Brodsky.
Brodsky Foundation donates toys to Head Start
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. more
Veronica Ortiz, of the Five Towns Community Center, worked with Brandon Aboua, of Far Rockaway, on an employment application at the teen center.
Offering support and good advice
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. more
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The Nassau Expressway will undergo improvements in 2019.
$130M roadway overhaul unveiled
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. more
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Mangano offers new budget to NIFA
Nonprofit social-service agencies like the Five Towns Community Center were facing steep funding cuts by Nassau County as late as Monday night. more
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Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
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. more
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Getting the kids ready for school
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. more
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