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1. EMPIRE STATE RIDE LONG ISLAND RAISES $10K FOR CANCER
RESEARCH: L. to R.: Dr. Patrick O’Shaughnessy, President and CEO
of Catholic Health Richard LaMarca, Oyster Bay Town Clerk Joseph
Saladino, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor, Laura Maier, Oyster Bay Town
Councilwoman Terry Bourgeois, Founder of the Empire State Ride 2.
PET THERAPY TEAM NAMED 2020 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Stony
Brook Medicine has awarded Pet Therapy Team Doreen Monteleone
and her seven-year-old Labrador partner Molly the 2020 Volunteers
of the Year. 3. SYOSSET TEEN DONATES SPORTS EQUIPMENT FOR
THE UNDERSERVED: Samba 360 collected an SUV full of new and
gently used soccer gear from Syosset High School Sophomore Sawyer
Wayne, an All-Conference member of the Syosset High School Varsity
Soccer Team who started collecting the gear for his Bar-Mitzvah and
now organizes an annual donation drive to give back to those in need.
4. AMERICA'S VETDOGS HOSTS RIBBON CUTTING OF RENOVATED
TRAINING CENTER: America’s VetDogs, a national nonprofit that trains
and places guide and service dogs with veterans and first responders
with disabilities, hosted a ribbon cutting event on July 6 at their campus
in Smithtown to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated, state of
the art, training facility. 5. 75 DONATIONS FOR NON-FOR-PROFITS:
Jaspan Schlesinger LLP, one of the region’s leading full-service law
firms, is commemorating its 75th anniversary by making 75 donations
to not-for-profit organizations serving the New York metropolitan
area. 6. SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES RAISES RECORD $159,000:
Friends of SCO Family of Services’ Madonna Heights programs teed
up for the 40th Annual Madonna Heights Golf Classic at the Woodside
Club in Muttontown. L.-R.: Madonna Heights Golf Classic Committee
Member Augie Hoerrner, Madonna Heights Golf Classic Honoree and
Committee Member Fil Conte, SCO Family of Services President and
CEO Keith Little, and Madonna Heights Golf Classic Committee Chair
Jessica Sweeney. 7. KEEP ISLIP CLEAN ACCEPTS GENEROUS VEST
DONATIONS: Keep Islip Clean (KIC) Director Nancy Cochrane accepted a
donation of safety vests from Northwell Health. The vests will be worn by
KIC volunteers during clean-ups. 8. BHCCRC RECEIVES $100K GRANT
FOR TEACH ME HOW TO FISH PROGRAM: The new workforce training
program at the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, has
been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Long Island Racial Equity
Donor Collaborative (LIREDC) & the Long Island Community Foundation
(LICF). 9. ISLAND HARVEST FOOD BANK RECEIVES $96,500 FROM
STOP & SHOP’S FOOD FOR FRIENDS CAMPAIGN: L.-R.: Dan Grinberg,
Chairman of the Board, Island Harvest Food Bank; Randi Shubin Dresner,
president & CEO, Island Harvest Food Bank; Stop & Shop representatives
Stefanie Shuman, Lina Perrone and Mike Drennan.
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