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At the Merrick Lions Club’s third annual “Taste of Merrick” dinner on April 17, about a dozen Merrick restaurants and stores offered samples of their menus to roughly 200 guests, according to event organizer Mitchell Barber.
Eateries offer ‘Taste of Merrick’
Attendees of the Merrick Lions Club’s April 17 fundraiser were met with a smorgasbord of delicacies, ranging from seafood to Spanish tapas, fine chocolates and more — all of it from Merrick. more
Runners took off from the starting line at the 2013 Robbie’s Run. The annual Merrick 5K raises money for automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment and training. This year’s Robbie Run will take place Sunday, April 26, at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School.
Robbie’s Run is set for April 26
The 10th Annual Robbie’s Run — the Merrick 5K fundraiser for Forever 9: The Robbie Levine Foundation, which funds automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment and training — will take place Sunday, April 26, at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School. more
“Phantom of the Opera” performers Elizabeth Welch, Satomi Hofmann and Kelly Grant entertained at a fundraiser for the Freeport Trailer on March 22 at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall in Wantagh. The trailer is a work-hiring center for low-wage workers and immigrants that also provides hot meals, English language classes, ID cards and pro bono legal help.
Hundreds turn out for CoLoKi fundraiser
The Freeport Trailer, a work-hiring center for low-wage workers and immigrants, had its most successful fundraiser to date last Sunday, according to Liz O’Shaughnessy, a Merrick resident and executive director of CoLoKi, Inc., which runs the trailer. more
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Erin Metzger, 16, gave a buzz cut to Anthony Lunha, 11, at Calhoun High School’s March 17 fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Participants had their hair cut or shaved in solidarity with children with cancer, raising $48,000 for childhood cancer research.
Calhoun goes bald to fight cancer
Since 2007, Calhoun High School has raised more than $500,000 for childhood cancer research, according to Calhoun English teacher Peter Magnuson. The Merrick school passed the milestone on March 17 at its ninth annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser. more
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Peter Holms, the owner of the Mobil station at 329 Merrick Ave. in Merrick, posed last week outside his business. Holms is donating a portion of his profits throughout March to Camp Avenue Elementary School in North Merrick.
Businessman raises money for Camp Avenue
This is the third consecutive year in which Peter Holms, proprietor of the Mobil station at 329 Merrick Ave. in Merrick, will donate a cent for every gallon of gasoline he sells in March to Camp Avenue Elementary School. He said that totals about $2,000 each year. more
Matthew Chicco, a Merrick Avenue Middle School social teacher and coach, had his head shaved at Calhoun High School’s St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser last year.
Calhoun and Mepham to host St. Baldrick’s fundraisers
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which raises funds for childhood cancer research, will host two of its signature head-shaving events at Calhoun and Mepham high schools on March 17 and 18, respectively. more
Volunteers, founders and award recipients of Circle of Hope – a Merrick-based nonprofit organization that aims to help individuals and their families coping with the effects of breast cancer and other illnesses – gathered to celebrate one another’s strength and service in the face of disease at the group’s “Journey for a Purpose” benefit on Dec. 9.
Benefit helps spread cancer awareness
Folks from throughout Bellmore-Merrick celebrated stories of survival and service at Circle of Hope’s “Journey for a Purpose” benefit for individuals coping with breast cancer and other … more
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In 2013, Circle of Hope honored Andie Ofsink, Jill Levine, Cindy Knoll and Lisa Fessler.
Circle of Hope to host third fundraiser dinner
A Bellmore-Merrick breast cancer charity will hold its largest fundraiser of the year next week.On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Circle of Hope will host “Journey for a Purpose” at 7 p.m. at the … more
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The Mepham High School senior class pulled its way to a championship in the school’s Battle of the Classes on Nov. 12.
Mepham High classes battle for a good cause
Mepham High School students came ready for an evening of good-natured competition at the sixth annual Battle of the Classes at the Brookside School on Nov. 12. more
Triathlete Jenn Sommermann survived Stage III ovarian cancer and went on to raise more than $107,000 through her 50 Triathlons in 50 States to Raise $100,000 for Ovarian Cancer Research campaign.To celebrate the successful completion of the campaign, Sommermann and her husband, Don Harris, trekked 600 miles by bicycle across Vietnam and Cambodia in March.
Triathlete beats cancer, then raises $107K for research
The sting seemed innocuous. A bee nipped Jenn Sommermann in the leg as she entered the water at the River Cities Triathlon, contested around the Cypress Black Bayou, near Shreveport, La., in August 2011. more
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