How are kids getting ready for school?

In order to help young students start the 2023-24 school year off on the right foot, Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe hosted her annual “Road to Success” back-to-school event at the Tanglewood Preserve in Rockville Centre on Aug. 20.

The annual event is held in partnership with the Bethpage Federal Credit Union, the Lakeview branch of the NAACP, the West Hempstead-based Moms Who Care, and St. Paul’s AME Church.

“It is tremendously gratifying to collaborate with the Center for Science, Teaching and Learning, Bethpage Federal Credit Union, and many more community partners on an annual tradition that seeks to empower our youth and equip them for academic success,” Bynoe said in a statement. “I wish all of Nassau County’s students a successful and blessed school year filled with great achievements and exciting new experiences.”

Bynoe hosts the annual event every August, before the start of the new school year, to help provide free school supplies to children in the community before they head back to class in September.

The event also features an afternoon full of fun and activities for the kids, including bounce houses and other attractions. The first 100 children in attendance also received free entry to explore the dinosaur exhibit at the Center for Science, Teaching and Learning.

In addition to the event on Sunday, Legislator Bynoe hosted a similar even on Saturday at Martin “Bunky” Reid Park in Westbury in partnership with Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Councilman Robert Troiano, and the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association.

— Daniel Offner