The acute mental health challenges of children and teens, borne out by ballooning rates of anxiety and depression, are a reality universally acknowledged by mental health experts. Girl Scout Alicia … more

Nine-year-old Yusuf Dungas, alongside five other kids, eagerly sat down to a crafts project at the Waldinger Memorial Library’s Children’s Room. At their fingertips were pipe cleaners, … more

The parents of children in the Elmont Union Free School District have a lot of critiques about the previous, and current, Board of Education. more

The crowd of men and children streaming into the Masjid Hamza mosque in Valley Stream gathered along a spot sectioned off for Friday afternoon prayer at the back parking lot on Feb. 24. Without the … more

After years of packing gluten-free lunches for her daughter, who has celiac disease, Kristina Caratelli, of Seaford, is feeling relieved: Gluten-free meals have been added to the Seaford School … more

Sterling Young-Wells, Baldwin High School Class of 2021 graduate, has achieved the designation of Gold Award Girl Scout with her "Operation Body Positivity” project, which she devoted over 100 … more

Girl Scout second cadet Vanessa Herrera, 13, of Girl Scout Troop 2259 delivered about 150 bags of toys that offer sensory stimulation for kids to the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library on January 2. … more

Catherine Farrell made history when she became the first girl in Rockville Centre St. Agnes Troop 163 to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. more

James Lodato left an impact on his classmates with the jokes he told, his love of baseball and the unfettered joy with which he lived the last year of his life. When he started second grade at Forest Lake Elementary School in the fall of 2017, James was diagnosed with a rare soft-tissue cancer called alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. He died the following May. Last month, the Wantagh community dedicated a new baseball field to James at the elementary school, naming it the James Lodato Field of Dreams. The opening coincided with another community project. Isabella and the rest of Girl Scout Troop 3105 dedicated their Bronze Award project to him, naming it James’s Angels. Throughout the school year, they collected toys and gifts that they donated to the John Theissen Children’s Foundation last month.  more

As the cars lined up, four little girls could barely contain their excitement. Wearing bright blue Girl Scout vests, the members of East Meadow Daisy Troop 1119 stood behind a table filled with boxes … more