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Kiwanis Club gives ‘back’ to students in need By JoSEPH D’AlESSANDRo jdalessandro@liherald.com
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The East Meadow Kiwanis Club and school district staff collected supplies to distribute to local schools, which will be given to children in need this school year.
The Kiwanis Club of East Meadow gathered backpacks, notebooks, folders and other school supplies and delivered them to the East Meadow Union Free School District on Aug. 28. The club has served underprivileged community members for 73 years. The nonprofit, part of the larger international organization, helps children by connecting them and their parents with supplies that improve their quality of life. “Family is very important here at the East Middle School District,” Anthony Velazquez, the district’s director of facilities, told the ConTinuEd on pagE 2
Walk to End Alzheimer’s coming to Eisenhower Park By JoSEPH D’AlESSANDRo jdalessandro@liherald.com
T h e 2 0 2 4 Wa l k t o E n d Alzheimer’s — the Alzheimer’s Association’s largest annual fundraiser — will retur n to East Meadow to support breakthrough research and qualityof-life care for people with dementia on Oct 6. The walk in Eisenhower Park is one of about 600 happening nationwide. Last year’s walk involved 1,000 participants divided into 175 teams. Together, the Long Island community raised over $330,000. The Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter provides a
community and support system for people with Alzheimer’s, their families, friends and caretakers, while raising awareness of the importance of brain health, said Community Educator Francesca Todaro. “I feel like a lot of people that have Alzheimer’s or are confused about Alzheimer’s and other dementias, really could use the education and resources that the association can help them with,” said Todaro. Before the walk, a Promise Garden ceremony is held, displaying solidarity where walkers carry color coordinated flowers that represent how
Alzheimer’s affected their lives and the people around them. “It is very touching to hear the stories of how people are personally affected by this disease,” Nassau Walk Committee Member Michele Targovnik said in a news release. “The Promise Garden Ceremony is special because when you see everyone around you holding different color flowers it makes you feel so supported and wonderful to be standing next to the person next to you.” Ed Miller, the vice chair for the Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter Board of Directors, has a leading role in making the past two year’s
walk a success in Nassau County. Miller joined the Long Island chapter after his father was diagnosed with dementia in 2019. Miller, his sister, and mother faced challenges in providing the care an individual with dementia requires, so he began to participate in fundraisers like the Walk to End
Alzheimer’s. “I did my first walk in 2022 — it moved me, and it kept moving me,” Miller said. “It’s an absolute honor to come together at Eisenhower Park for this event, and to walk together and to see a sea of purple.” There are 426,500 people in ConTinuEd on pagE 3