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Students receive free school supplies By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
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Members of My Brother’s Keeper from Uniondale’s middle schools and high school spent last Saturday morning handing out free backpacks filled with school supplies to students at four locations across town.
The youth organization My Brother’s Keeper spent last Saturday morning handing out backpacks filled with school supplies to children throughout Uniondale. “We just want to get the kids started back to school, (to) walk back into the buildings with a book bag and supplies, and we feel like that’s an important thing to get the school year started,” Keith Coles, lead adviser for MBK’s Uniondale chapter, said. The district wanted to conContinUed on page 7
Uniondale Little Leaguers join Ducks on baseball field By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
The Uniondale All Stars Little League got a taste of the big leagues last week, hanging out on a professional baseball field with the players for the Long Island Ducks before the Aug. 18 game. “It was great to get them out there and let them experience that,” Ronnie Williams, the Little League president, said. A group of 28 Knights, ages 8 to 15, traveled from Uniondale to Fairfield Properties Ballpark, in Central Islip, to watch the Ducks take on the
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their hands, and Souther n Maryposed for photos. land Blue Crabs. They were supWilliams said he posed to play takes the Knights catch with some to a Ducks g ame of the Ducks as every year, but this well but weren’t year was a special a b l e t o, d u e t o experience. inclement weathWhile at the er, according to g ame, the kids Theudia Chamj u m p e d a t t h e ThEuDIA bers, the public chance to run onto ChAmBERS relations coordithe field and stand Public relations nator for the All a l o n g s i d e t h e coordinator, Stars. minor league Uniondale All Stars The Knights teams’ ballplayers Little League took advantage of as they took the the opportunity to field for the national anthem. The kids met the take the field because of the professional players, shook variety of offerings the Ducks
t was a really nice mixed cultural event for the kids from our community.
have in store for large groups. The Nicolock Dream Team e x p e r i e n c e, s p o n s o r e d by N i c o l o c k P av i n g S t o n e s , allows Little League teams and other groups to stand on the field with Ducks during the national anthem, Michael Polak, the Ducks’ vice president of communications, said. “We always like to of fer some unique experiences to
groups that come out to the ballpark to make their experience that much more special,” Polak said. At the Aug. 18 game, the Ducks also celebrated Jewish Heritage Night, which was presented and sponsored by the Jewish Community Centers of Long Island. To mark the occasion, commemorative ContinUed on page 8