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Five Towns Learning Center and Five Towns Community Chest board members and staff held a barbecue to celebrate repairs made to the center after Hurricane Sandy.

Learning center in Inwood celebrates Sandy recovery

Inwood-based Five Towns Early Learning Center and Five Towns Community Chest in Woodmere joined together on July 29, as staff and board members of both civic organizations toured the refurbished premises of the Early Learning Center. The educational facility sustained severe damage during Hurricane Sandy. more

By Yitzchak Carroll | 8/21/13

Adelphi University’s Community Fellows summer internship program connects students with nonprofit organizations. Intern Argyro Pagiavlas, left, with Five Towns Early Learning Center Executive Director Pepper Robinson and kids.

From the classroom to the office

Often students learn just as much, if not more, from work experience as they do in the classroom, and that approach is what propels Adelphi University’s Community Fellows program. more

By Jason Brendler and Dana Pearl | 8/14/13

Peninsula Kiwanis lends a helping hand to several local organizations throughout the year and in emergencies such as Hurricane Sandy. At the Five Towns Early Learning Center in Inwood, Frank Mistero, Dominic Cura, Frank Basile and Kevin Cooney handed out Christmas gifts to the children, along with Center Executive Director Pepper Robinson.

Dedicating themselves to the community

The day after Hurricane Sandy struck Long Island, members of the Peninsula Kiwanis Club were cutting downed trees, coordinating efforts to get generators to the Five Towns and reaching out to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to have food and water sent to the community they cherish. more

By Ann E. Friedman | 1/30/13

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

Salt and Pepper: Dr. Shoshanah Findling and Pepper Rbsinson.

With the current mild winter we are currently encountering, we don’t see any children Grant Park. Children benefit from being outside during all the seasons. They just need to be dressed appropriately.

With the current mild winter we are currently encountering, we don’t see any children Grant Park. Children benefit from being outside during all the seasons. They just need to be dressed appropriately. more

Dr. SHOSHANAH FINDLING and PEPPER ROBINSON | 2/2/12

To keep cool, children at the Five Towns Early Learning Center in Inwood ran through a sprinkler last Friday. At right, teacher Amanda Gopaul, was accompanied by Madelyn Ramos, Isabella Medrano, Christian Pena, Mia Rodriguez, Kelsey Alfaro, Keely Mazariegos and Saaliaah Muhammad.

An oasis of play and education in Inwood

Beyond the doors of a house at 112 Wahl Ave. in Inwood there is an oasis of play and learning for young children that features a passionate manager, a backyard with a gazebo, trellis and a magnolia tree, and 54 youthful minds ready to soak up education. more

JEFF BESSEN | 7/21/11