Special Events

West Hempstead JCC. Jewish Community Center of West Hempstead, 711 Dogwood Avenue.. Daily Minyan Services: Monday-Thursday: 6:40 a.m.& 8 p.m.; Friday: 6:40 a.m. & candle lighting; Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 8 p.m. Israeli Dance Group: Mondays in June, July and August at 8:15 pm. The instructor is Honey Goldfein-Perry. The fee is $50 for ten sessions.Beginners and intermediates are welcome.

Malverne Jewish Center. 1 Norwood Ave. Call 593-6364 for reservations and information. Services. Beginning on July 1, Friday night services only the last Friday of each month. Collation and discussion immediately following.. Rashi's commentary on Deuteronomy Shabbat afternoons, ongoing. Torah reading/cantillation Sunday mornings following Minyan. Adult Education Summer Conservation Halacha with Rabbi Singer, following Shabbat services. Mets v. Dodgers on Aug. 29 at 1 p.m. $14 ticket, upper tier. Deadline July 15.

Malverne Neighborhood Watch meets every third Wednesday of the month at the Malverne Public Library. The meetings start at 7pm and are open to the community. For additional information contact Joe Lanzetta, president, on 516-599-2343.

Thrift Shop. Malverne Community Presbyterian Church's thrift shop is open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the church hall on Nottingham Road.

Malverne Homemakers meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month at 8 p.m. at the Malverne Community Presbyterian Church on Nottingham Road.

Mothers of Malverne meets the first Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Malverne Public Library. Call (516) 599-8896 for more information.

Library Events

West Hempstead Public Library

252 Chestnut Street

(516) 481-6591

Summer Movie. On Friday, August 27 at 1:30 p.m. In "Osama," a 12-year-old Afghan girl and her mother lose their jobs when the Taliban closes the hospital where they work. Feeling she has no choice, the mother disguises her daughter as a boy. Now called Osama, the girl embarks on a terrifying and confusing journey.

Blood Drive

A Lynbrook community blood drive, in honor of Isabelle Grace Jordan will be held on Saturday, Aug. 28 and Sunday, Aug. 29, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus, St. Mary's Council, 78 Hempstead Avenue, Lynbrook. Call (516) 745-1888 for more information.

Town meeting

A West Hempstead Town meeting has been called for Thursday, August 26 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Echo Park Community Room, 399 Nassau Boulevard in West Hempstead.

Representatives from Town of Hempstead departments will be on hand at the meeting to help address and rectify any problems or concerns that West Hempstead residents may have.