The winner was from Hewlett, the third place finisher from Woodmere and Atlantic Beach played host as the annual Community Chest South Shore 5K and Family Walk began by Sunny Atlantic Beach Club on Sept. 1.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/12/19
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Since Memorial Day, the Five Towns Community Center bottle and can drive fundraiser has taught children the importance of recycling while at the same time raising roughly $500.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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9/12/19
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A crowd of more than 2,500 is expected at Citi Field on Sept. 22, but not for a baseball game. Instead, the indoor space at the home of the Mets will be transformed into a Hebrew school for a day of studying the Torah and addressing the issues facing Jewish people today.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/12/19
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Gittel Siegel, of Woodmere, acted on the words of writer Steve Maraboli — “A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal” — when she visited South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside on Aug. 21.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/12/19
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Community Chest South Shore’s Youth Board, made up of high school students, who help with the group’s events and is looking for members. Community Chest is also sponsoring a night of volunteerism with David Sussman at Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst.
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By Jeff Bessen
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9/5/19
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The Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, once called the Inwood Community Center, was the place to be on Aug. 18, as Inwood Day was celebrated.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/29/19
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Secrecy can be fun and beneficial, and one of the best examples of that is the third annual Le Dîner en Blanc with an expected 2,500 people, all dressed in white, who will gather in an undisclosed place on Long Island on Sept. 15 to benefit the Nassau Community College Scholarship Foundation as well a local food pantry.
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By Rachel Gottesman
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8/29/19
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There were backpacks, clothes and heath screenings inside the gymnasium of the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence on July 27 at the 10th annual mega One Nation, One Cause Back 2 School event sponsored by the Islamic Council of North America and Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages, a Democrat who represents Inwood.
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8/22/19
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Right here in my corner of the universe, a feel-good, do-good project has been sending children back to school every year for the past seven years, with new books and backpacks, sneakers and clothes and even toiletries — and it’s all free.
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8/9/19
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Be an early registrant for the Community Chest South Shore 5K Run & Family Walk on Sunday, Sept. 1 at Sunny Atlantic Beach Club at 2035 Ocean Blvd. in Atlantic Beach.
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Compiled by Jeffrey Bessen and Rachel Gottesman
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8/8/19
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