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This classroom at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence once housed at least a dozen middle school students who sought homework help and tutoring. The year-round middle school programs are no longer being offered due to funding cuts at the Office of Nassau County Youth Services.

The loss of $400,000 in county funding has shredded the programs and services offered by the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence. more

By Ann Friedman | 8/9/12

From left, Xavier Smith, Kisha Jones, Charles Smith, and president of the Trade School Reunion Comittee, Pat Jones.

Reunited and it feels so good [Photo gallery]

Those who once attended Trade School in Lawrence, now known as the Five Towns Community Center, hosted their annual reunion on July 28. more

8/2/12

The Five Towns Early Learning Center with support from Five Towns Community Chest helps to educates pre-school to kindergarten aged children.

Providing education with a smile

Go back to the days where your parents brought you to school and you cried when they left you with your teacher. more

By Adrish Tewarie | 7/12/12

Nassau County may severely cut funding for youth services. The Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence would lose about $400,000. Above, Peter Levy, president of the Coalition of Nassau County Youth Services Agencies, spoke at a July 6 rally.

Fearing funding cuts at the Five Towns Community Center

Cuts in funding for youth services that are provided by many Nassau County-based, private youth, mental-health and addiction-treatment agencies, including the Five Towns Community Center, would have a drastic impact on the Lawrence-based agency’s infrastructure and the community it serves, Executive Director Bertha Pruitt says. more

By Ann Friedman | 7/12/12

In May, more than 25 women came together in an effort to revive women’s soccer in Inwood. Above, the women with their children and coaches Juan Zepeda, far left, and Felipe Plaza, far right, at the Five Towns Community Center soccer field.

‘Everything is soccer; it’s our whole world’

Not having the required field permits and a lack of community support two years ago forced a group of Hispanic women soccer players in Inwood to abandon the team they had played on for four years. more

By Ann Friedman | 6/20/12

At the youth focused event, “This Little Light of Mine,” was performed by band members, from left, Shariq Tucker, Darnell Evans, Michael Taylor and singers Cassidy Allen, Marcus Moise, Van Johnson and Quentin Nichols

Collaborating for youth at the Five Towns Community Center

St. John Baptist Church in Inwood collaborated with the Five Towns Community Center Youth Program to present “Waging War on the Battlefield to Save Our Youth” on May 19. more

6/7/12

At the “Teamwork Makes a Dream Work” basketball fundraiser on May 2, HAFTR and Lawrence High School basketball teams faced off. Second from left, Aaron Fruchter of HAFTR goes in for the lay up.

Bridging the culture gap

Two diverse Five Towns communities were united with a common goal to fundraise for new equipment for the Lawrence-based Five Towns Community Center’s youth services’ game room. more

By Ann Friedman | 5/10/12

At the Inwood Senior Center’s birthday celebration, lifelong Lawrence resident and birthday boy Nunzio Olivieri with his wife Theresa.

Creating good memories at the Inwood Senior Center

As guests strolled into the Inwood Senior Center for the member birthday celebrations on April 12, many warmly greeted the birthday boy who was sitting by the entrance with a ‘happy birthday’ crown on top of his blue baseball cap. more

By ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 4/19/12

At the Black History program held by Nassau County Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Annie Reyes talked about segregation.

National Council marks Black History Month [Photo gallery]

On Feb. 17, the Nassau County Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. held their annual Black History Program at the Five Towns Community Center. more

EVELYN JACKSON | 3/1/12

Danny and Patty Vacchio, hold a picture of Nick, who died in October and inspired his brother and mother to start the non-profit, “eNVy.” The capitalized NV is in honor of Nick Vacchio.

Seeking to reach community’s struggling youth

Photographs of Nick Vacchio, who died last October at 24, are everywhere in his family’s Inwood home, but instead of just remembering him through pictures, brother Danny and mother Patty are leading the launching of a non-profit to reach struggling youth in the community. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 3/1/12

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