Martin Valk, a past president of the Merrick Kiwanis Club, noticed that the Merrick and North Merrick libraries did not have automated external defibrillators. Thanks to his and other Kiwanians’ actions, that soon will change.
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3/5/15
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Merrick Chamber of Commerce members will celebrate at the organization’s annual gala at Chateau Briand in Carle Place on Jan. 22, and two Merokeans –– Neil Yeoman and Betty Lippai –– will be honored as the organization’s Man and Woman of the Year.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/14/15
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The Merrick Kiwanis Club brought holiday cheer –– and loads of food and toys –– to 43 families in need last Saturday.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/17/14
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Elementary school students from the Progressive School of Long Island and Camp Avenue, Chatterton, Fayette, Levy-Lakeside, and Old Mill Road schools recently participated in a Scrabble tournament on May 27 at the Merrick Library.
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6/12/14
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One of Calhoun High School’s old garages was transformed into a mini-warehouse last Sunday, full of hundreds of jars of spaghetti sauce, cans of soup and vegetables, and bags of sugar.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/18/13
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The Merrick Kiwanis Club will host a special movie morning for families impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
The family-friendly film will be “Escape from Planet Earth” and will be shown at Merrick Cinemas on Monday, Feb. 18. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. show time.
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2/8/13
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The Merrick Kiwanis Club recently hosted a Scrabble Tournament, which was sponsored in part by the Merrick Herald and held at the Merrick Library.
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By David Weingrad
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6/2/11
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Robyn Fruchter, second from left, was recently presented the Kiwanis Club’s “Everyday Hero Award” for her Quarters for Change project at a recent Merrick Kiwanis meeting. Fruchter, who is a social worker at Birch Elementary School, is pictured above with Legislator Dave Denenberg, Kiwanis Club President Arlene Gregory and Nancy Kaplan.
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11/18/10
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Three graduating seniors from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District were honored by the Merrick Kiwanis Club on May 11 at the organization's annual Student Recognition Night.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/3/10
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It was a day of friendly, vocabulary-building, competition in the Merricks last Wednesday at the annual fifth- and sixth-grade Scrabble tournament sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Merrick and the Merrick Herald.
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Sari Zeidler
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6/2/10
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