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Despite temperatures that hovered in the high 40s and low 50s, and a steady, at times hard-blowing wind, the ninth annual Robbie’s Run went off without a hitch on April 27, drawing participants from across Long Island and beyond.
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By Scott Brinton
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4/30/14
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Now that school is over, the action will ramp up at backyard and public pools as well as Long Island’s beaches.
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6/20/13
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To increase awareness of the importance of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and life-saving techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the Robbie Levine Foundation sponsored free AED/CPR certification courses in Bellmore-Merrick recently.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/30/13
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Summer is all about cool swims on sun-drenched days. But without a measure of common sense, swimming — in a backyard pool, at the local public pool or in the ocean — can turn dangerous, even deadly.
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6/21/12
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Last Wednesday morning, I was a mile and half into a 3.1-mile run through south Merrick, where I live, when I was overcome by a side stitch that emanated from the right side of my abdomen and wrapped around my torso to my back.
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3/15/12
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Within six years, every student in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District should know how to save a life with cardiopulmonary resuscitation or an automated external defibrillator.
That’s the hope of Merokean Jill Levine, executive director of Forever Nine: the Robbie Levine Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises funds to equip school ball fields with AEDs and provide CPR/AED training to youth sports organizations.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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3/8/12
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If Kennedy junior Kayla Babbush has her way, local teens will leave high school knowing how to save a life using cardiopulmonary resuscitation and an automated external defibrillator.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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3/2/11
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On Feb. 3, Doug Oggeri suffered a massive heart attack after shovelling snow. Thankfully, his 18-year-old daughter, Colleen had learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation through the Police Athletic League.
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2/24/11
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Kayla Babbush, a sophomore at Kennedy High School in Bellmore, has been working with the Robbie Levine Foundation to bring free CPR/AED training to the Central High School District. The Robbie Levine Foundation was created by Dr. Craig and Jill Levine of Merrick, whose 9-year old son Robbie died suddenly when his heart stopped at a baseball practice in 2005.
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Deirdre Krasula
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6/15/10
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The Forever 9 Robbie Levine Foundation sponsored the first of three free automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training sessions at the North Merrick Firehouse on Jan. 31.
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Sari Zeidler
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2/4/10
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