The Peninsula and South Shore sections of the National Council of Jewish Women hosted their second annual Back 2 School Store at Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook. Joanna Levitt of Oceanside helped kindergartner-to-be Cheyne Shin pick out a new pair of sneakers.
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Young shoppers at the NCJW’s Back to School store had plenty of “kicks” in a variety of sizes to choose from.
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At the National Council of Jewish Women’s Back 2 School Store at Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook, kids shopped for clothes and school supplies. Above, kindergartner Melvin Beltran and his personal shopper, Jeff Cohn, got acquainted.
More than 460 children from Cedarhurst, Inwood, Lawrence, Woodmere, Valley Stream, Rockville Centre, Island Park, Long Beach, Elmont, Freeport, Uniondale, Hempstead and Roosevelt shopped for clothes and school supplies at the second annual Back 2 School Store sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women, Peninsula and South Shore sections.
Held at Temple Am Echad in Lynbrook on July 27, the kids, with the help of an adult personal shopper — more than 250 volunteers helped — got to choose a new winter coat, hat, gloves, sneakers, underwear, socks, shirts, pants, toiletries, backpacks and other school related items.