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HERALD Vol. 26 No. 32
Island Harvest keeps kids fed
NUMC unveils new clinic
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Nonprofit fashion show empowers youth their hopes, dreams, and inspirations. Many girls want to be scientists, doctors, lawyers, and Girls and boys from all pillars of their community. One across Long Island and Brook- little girl was interested in lyn gathered to express their bugs. Meera Empowerment is a inner confidence and support the community at the fourth nonprofit organization that hosts charity annual Meera events and fundEmpowerment raisers for local Fashion Show on organizations with July 27, help from its Meera Empowambassadors, erment is an young women and Elmont-based orgamen who want to nization that gives give back to their back to the commucommunity. nity through its “Meera helps me ambassadors’ probecause it really gram. It hosts an gives me a lot of a n n u a l f a s h i o n leSHAWN WAlkER confidence through show where girls Fashion show emcee all the events that d i s p l ay eve n i n g we do,” said Anniwear, cultural wear and casual wear. This year’s ah Marajdeen, who modeled event was held at VFW Post during both the evening wear and cultural wear segments of 2718 in Franklin Square. “I like that I can express the fashion show. Some of those charities are myself in my clothes, and when I can wear something from my Ronald McDonald House, Buildculture,” said Kalleen Gayle, ing Homes for Heroes, and who wore a traditional dress in Island Harvest. Selene FerdiAfrican print during the cultur- n a n d , f o u n d e r o f M e e r a al wear segment of the fashion Empowerment and last year’s National Miss Queen for her show. While each model walked up age group, wants to see the and down the runway, emcee organization feed the homeless LeShawn Walker described Continued on page 9
By REI WolFSoHN
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Sewanhaka H.S. musicians jam out this summer Sewanhaka High School jazz band trumpeter Joseph Vandezande and drummer Thomas Small performed at the school’s Music Under the Stars night last weekend. Story, additional photos, Page 3.
love that this organization brings the community together.