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SportsetRVC Health & Fitness Club will be holding a fundraiser for Hurricane Sandy relief on Saturday, Nov. 17th, from 11-1 p.m. more

11/14/12

Food stockpiled in the Meadowmere Park chief’s office has helped feed residents displaced by the storm.

Cooking away the storm in Meadowmere Park

The fire chief was at the grill, cooking a larger-than-usual portion of scrambled eggs; children who should have been in school weren’t; and there was enough food collected in an office to stock a supermarket’s shelves. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/14/12

Rockville Centre foundation created for Sandy relief donations

Rockville Centre Mayor Francis Murray and the Board of Trustees have announced the formation of the RVC Foundation, which will accept tax-deductible donations to assist those affected by Hurricane Sandy, according to village spokesman Jeff Kluewer. more

11/29/12

Toiletries, flashlights, batteries, children’s clothing, toys, diapers, cleaning supplies, paper goods, utensils and kosher food are still in high demand in the Five Towns.

In Sandy’s wake, a surge of support

After seeing many people in the community with homes ruined and lives turned upside down in the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, Five Towns Community Chest Board President Steven Spiro said the organization was spurred into action. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/14/12

Island Harvest, Red Cross help during hurricane

Island Harvest and the Red Cross partner to supply shelters with food during hurricane Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest hunger relief organization, today began supplying the American Red … more

joc | 10/30/12

Randi Shubin- Dresner, President of Island Harvest (left); Gwen O’Shea, Health and Welfare Counsel of Long Island; County Executive Mangano; Gail J. McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross; Kevin Law, Long Island Association; John Miller, CEO of the Long Island Red Cross; Josh Lockwood, CEO of the Greater New York Region of the Red Cross; and Jeanne and Tom Gargiulo, Babylon Village residents who lost their home in Hurricane Sandy and who have become Red Cross volunteers.

Magnano meets with red cross

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano attended a meeting at the Red Cross of Long Island at their headquarters Mineola, where he discussed the Red Cross’ Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. … more

4/5/13

Chabad of the Five Towns has assisted nearly 2,000 people in the weeks after Hurricane Sandy. Torah Academy for Girls student Gitti Apperman, left, helped put food in a vehicle as it snowed on Nov. 7.

Providing aid and strength through a crisis

Boys sorted the heated socks, teenage girls played and colored with younger children, the women cooked food and brought it out to families, men moved generators on dollies, and volunteers readied to go out on another run delivering needed items to distressed community members as snow from a nor’easter fell on Nov. 7. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/14/12

Five Towns Community Center counselor Felipe Plaza hands cleaning supplies to Inwood resident Ralph Cancelliere.

Help for decimated Inwood residents

The devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused to residents on Cheshire Road and the surrounding streets in Inwood is still apparent more than two weeks later as many remain busy cleaning out their homes, salvaging what they can and some are still without power. more

By Ann Friedman | 11/14/12

junior volunteer Emily Rosenblum, 9, helped organize pants at the back to school store.

Putting smiles on kids’ faces at Lynbrook temple

Parents and volunteers alike were overwhelmed with joy, gratitude and teary eyes as they watched children from South Shore Nassau County communities affected by Hurricane Sandy benefit from the inaugural National Council of Jewish Women Peninsula and South Shore sections “Back 2 School Store” on July 28. more

By Dana Pearl | 7/31/13

ROK’s co-owners, Mike Hawksby, right, and Bob D’Urso, center, addressed ERHS athletes on Dec. 7 with Craig D’Urso, the executive director of operations, before treating the students to pizza.

A weight off their shoulders

East Rockaway High School suffered extensive damage and lost a lot of equipment in Hurricane Sandy, including in its weight room, where students worked out … more

By Brian Croce | 12/12/12

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