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In 2019, resolve to help save a life by giving blood
Last year I learned of an extraordinary young boy from Long Island, Brandon VonBargen. Brandon, then a third-grader at Bayville School, was diagnosed in January with APML, a form of leukemia. more
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Students from Covert’s two fifth grade classes gathered on Jan. 16 to send off the shoes they collected in a three-month shoe drive.
Covert Elementary School students wrap up shoe drive
Fifth-graders at William S. Covert Elementary School donated more than 100 bags of shoes to help countries struggling with the aftermath of natural disasters. more
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Volunteers keep the food assembly line humming.
'Fill-the-Bag' effort in RVC feeds families
Hundreds of vehicles lined up on Lakeview Avenue and around the block onto Langdon Street to pick up food donations at the annual Fill-the-Bag event in Rockville Centre from Monday, Nov. 19 to Wednesday, Nov. 21. more
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Eighth-graders loaded supplies, which they collected for veterans in need, into a truck on Nov. 9.
St. Agnes students collect supplies for veterans in need
Members of St. Agnes Cathedral School’s service club loaded bags of toiletries, clothing and other supplies into the back of a pick-up truck on the afternoon of Nov. 9 to be sent to veterans in need. more
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Over the span of more than a month, Rich McQuillan and his family transformed their Cedar Avenue home into a holiday spectacle, with a display that includes nearly 300,000 lights.
Toy drive lights up Rockville Centre with holiday cheer
Most passers-by moseying along Cedar Avenue slow down in front of the same house, entranced by the nearly 300,000 bulbs that awaken holiday spirit in a way that only few things can. Another source of that cheer is generosity. more
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Ashley Favata, 9, from Rockville Centre Troop 828, added canned corn to one of the many bags that she and her fellow Girl Scouts packed while they volunteered at Mid Island Collision’s Fill-the-Bag event on Monday, which collected Thanksgiving meals for those in need.
Food drive collects Thanksgiving meals
Volunteers gathered at one of the largest food charity events in the tri-state area on Nov. 20 and 21 to fill more than 15,000 bags of non-perishable food items to create Thanksgiving meals for those in need. more
State should upgrade texting-and-driving laws
Twenty and 30 years ago, we worried about drunken drivers plowing their vehicles into other cars or trucks and killing innocent men, women and children. Then along came the cellphone . . . more
Let’s keep our schoolchildren safe
It’s a message we emphasize every year, because it is so important: School is almost back in session, so it’s time for drivers to slow down and use extra caution. more
Giving blood is easy and relatively painless, and can help save someone’s life. There are many upcoming blood drives this summer where you can donate.
Donate blood this summer
Summer is a good time to relax — it’s also a good time to give blood. There is a blood shortage, and local hospitals and blood banks need donations now. “Summer is one of the most … more
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Lift the restrictions on gay men donating blood
In the aftermath of the massacre in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, Central Floridians rushed to local blood banks to help those in need. Unfortunately, many of them were turned away because of their sexual orientation. more
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