DECEMBER 2018 • LONGISLANDPRESS.COM 95
ACTS OF KINDNESS:
SCNG GIVES BACK
Throughout the year, the members
of Schneps Community News Group
(SCNG), the Bayside-based parent
company of the Long Island Press,
have worked hard to help numerous
local charities in their efforts to assist
residents in need.
Through its fundraising functions
at local events held all year long,
SCNG has raised thousands of dollars
in support of nonprofit groups
focused on everything from helping
veterans to fighting hunger. It’s part
of our company’s belief in giving back
to the community and helping to promote
similar “acts of kindness” from
local residents all year long.
Here are just a few charities for
which SCNG has helped raise funds
this year. We urge all of you this
holiday season to contribute your
talents and your cash to these fine
organizations that are dedicated to
making Long Island a better place!
UNITED VETERANS BEACON
HOUSE
Founded in 1994 by LI native and
Vietnam War veteran Frank Amalfitano,
this Bay Shore-based charity
helps provide services to veterans
across Nassau and Suffolk counties.
Its programs include therapy for
PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury,
homelessness, drug and alcohol
addiction, job training and much
more.
EIHAB HUMAN SERVICES
Eihab Human Services aims to
provide a multicultural, multilingual
experience for children and
adults suffering from developmental
disabilities in underprivileged communities.
The nonprofit features an
experienced, diverse team of social
workers, clinicians and administrators
to assist in vocational training,
transportation, Medicaid service coordination
and afterschool programs.
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA
SOCIETY
The Long Island branch of this
national cancer charity features a
myriad of support programs, such
as peer-to-peer support groups and
patient education programs for patients
suffering from these and other
forms of blood cancer. For the doctors
of those stricken with the disease, the
organization also offers free workshops
for healthcare professionals.
COMMUNITY CHEST SOUTH
SHORE
This 85-year-old nonprofit is
dedicated to providing financial
aid to organizations helping local
communities such as Chai Lifeline,
Five Towns Community Center, Inc.,
the Girl Scouts, the Nassau County
Auxiliary Police, and Hatzalah of the
Rockaways.
THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF
PORT WASHINGTON
Established in 1949 as a means to
distribute funds to LI-based charities,
The Community Chest of Port
Washington aspires to help create a
healthier, tighter-knit community.
Some of the charities supported
include Child Abuse Prevention Services,
the Community Scholarship
Fund of Port Washington, Grassroots
Environmental Education, and the
Helen Keller National Center.
TOURETTE ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICA
The local chapter of this national
charity provides vital assistance and
support services for those suffering
from Tourette syndrome, as well as
raising public awareness, supporting
scientific research and advocating for
public policy changes to better suit
the needs of the community.
PRESS BUZZ
Long Island Press parent company Schneps Communications donated
$3,400 in raffle proceeds to rock CAN roll when Aimee Holtzman was
named a Power Woman of Long Island
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Zoe Monichetti has been a national
AmeriCorps member working
with Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk
since September 2017 and is trained
as a construction crew leader on
Habitat worksites. Her job includes
not only the building of homes,
but the management of volunteer
groups and teaching of individuals
on worksites how to participate in a
safe construction environment.
When Monichetti first started
working for Habitat for Humanity
last year, she had very little
construction knowledge. Because
building homes for families felt like
such an enormous task, she believed
it was only achievable by veteran
construction crews with large machinery.
Hence her surprise when
site supervisors explained that her
team members would be lifting the
walls of a house all by themselves.
The day of the wall raise, Monichetti
walked onto the site and was
greeted by dozens of volunteers.
Wearing their nail aprons and hammers
proudly, they were a group of
people who came from every walk of
life, eager to lend a helping hand. The
future homeowners stood among the
supportive crowd, their smiles wide
as they glanced out over the excited
faces. A whole community had come
out to raise the walls of their house,
for them.
Every stud of each wall had a
person from the community behind
it, and together Monichetti and the
volunteers lifted the first wall. Cheers
echoed across the neighborhood. As
soon as one wall was up, another
quickly followed, and Monichetti
began to see the house form from the
fingertips of volunteers.
That day proved to her that anybody,
from any part of the community,
could build a home for someone in
need — that everyone could do their
part, and should never feel less than
adequate when it comes to lending a
helping hand to others.