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Hangout One Happy Place serves smiles her students hands-on experience beyond the classroom, Lucas reached out to Lia’s PizStudents from Hangout One zeria to ask whether it would Happy Place, in Baldwin, be open to hosting the group shared a joyful and empower- and teaching them how to make ing experience on Jan. 14, when pizza, and the answer was an they made two large pizzas immediate yes. from scratch in the kitchen at “It was absolutely amazing,” Lia’s Pizzeria in Oceanside. Lucas said. “The owner, Tony, For the eight students who was absolutely so kind to us,” took part, the outing was more she added, referring to Tony than just a fun Vicari. “All of the afternoon — it was staff there is an opportunity to always so kind.” lear n about teamLucas brings the wo rk a n d b u i l d g roup to Lia’s independence and every Wednesday confidence in a realnight, and the staff world setting, surhas made them feel rounded by encourlike they were at agement and suphome. Last week, port. students were welH a n g o u t O n e ANgElA lUcAS comed behind the Happy Place, found- Founder, Hangout counter and treated ed by Baldwin resilike par t of the One Happy Place dent Angela Lucas, team. Each took is a nonprofit dedipart in the process, cated to bringing young adults adding sauce and cheese to the of all abilities together in cre- dough before watching their ative social programming. The pizzas slide into the oven. organization offers a variety of What stood out to Lucas was art, dance, fitness and life-skills the trust the restaurant staff classes six days a week, and showed the students. “He let gives participants a welcoming them be free,” she said of Vicaspace to learn, grow and build ri. “It wasn’t like, ‘Don’t touch meaningful connections. this.’ It was just so free-flowing. One of those offerings is a Continued on page 11 cooking class. Looking to give
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Baldwin unites to raise money for local coach The Irish Pub hosted the “Kidney for a Coach” fundraiser on Saturday to help raise money for Baldwin resident, Chris Morro. Morro, 55, has battled Type 1 diabetes for decades, and the resulting complications have led him to require a life-saving kidney transplant, after undergoing dialysis for about a year. Above, Chris Morro, with his wife, Stacy Morro, and their children, Christopher Morro and Amanda Castillo, at the “Kidney for a Coach” fundraiser on Jan. 17. At right, Baldwin residents Karina and Luis Salazar bought several raffle tickets in support of the cause. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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indness pays it forward, and [Tony] paid it forward big time.