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Virtual 5K raising funds for families in need Participants are encouraged to walk, run, jog, bike, swim or paddle 3.1 miles, privately or Members of the St. Vincent w i t h f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l y, de Paul Society in Oceanside throughout the week of the virare asking the community to tual event. Once a participant take part virtually in its largest signs up, others can sponsor fundraiser, the annual Friends and donate to support the Sociof the Poor Walk and 5K, Sept. ety’s Oceanside conference. 26 to Oct. 3. Youth participants The virtual can receive three walk and 5K are hours of commubeing hosted by nity service credit. the St. Vincent de The Oceanside Paul Society of conference is a Long Island, which major source of is based in Bethcommunity aid, page and has sevand the 5K is its eral conferences, largest fundraiser one of which is St. of the year. The Anthony’s in c h a r i t y g r o u p, O c e a n s i d e. T h e which conducts event will also take outreach at St. place across the Anthony’s Parish, country around also receives funds the same dates. from church dona“Because of the JaNET CaldERoN tions. Members vet pandemic, we don’t requests from local Chairwoman, Friends h ave t h e s a m e families in need capabilities we had of the Poor Walk and give monetary in the past to raise and 5K donations to help funds to help the those whose recommunity,” said quests are acceptJanet Calderon, chairwoman of ed. this year’s local 5K. “But we can Calderon noted that because still walk independently, swim, of the pandemic, which has jog — do whatever it is you do caused illness and unemployto contribute to this fundrais- ment for many, the committee ing.” Continued on page 5
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a masked return to school New kindergartners, from left, Kyle, Mason and Anthony waited for their first school bus ride to School No. 6 on Sept. 8 as Oceanside students returned to school. Story, more photos, Page 4.
‘We promised we would never forget’ Phil Alvarez continues honoring brother’s legacy By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
As Phil Alvarez prepared to speak at the Town of Hempstead’s beachside memorial to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, his mind flashed back to the experiences his brother had at Point Lookout. “I said yes to speaking here because this is where my brother went to the beach with his
kids,” Phil told the Herald before the ceremony. “It’s where he loved to go fishing. It’s a town that has always honored the original 9/11 victims, and those that have died so many years later, and we promised we would never forget.” On June 29, 2019, former NYPD Detective Luis Alvarez, 54, died of colorectal cancer brought on by his work at ground zero after the attacks. He rose to national acclaim in his
dying days for fighting to keep the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund alive, and his brother is now continuing the battle by advocating for those who qualify for it. Last Friday, Phil Alvarez spoke at the town’s remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. Though the 19th anniversary of the attacks was different from the previous ones because Continued on page 2
ecause of the pandemic, we don’t have the same capabilities we had in the past to raise funds to help the community.