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Eagle hopeful builds an altar Church of the Ascension is thankful beneficiary of Troop 332 scout’s work lot of other things about the church on the outdoors that also needed some fixing up, Thanks to the hard work and such as painting, and there vision of Eagle Scout candi- were some potholes in the ground of the church that we date Christian Carbonaro of figured needed to Oceanside, the be fixed so people Church of the don’t get hurt by Ascension, in Rocktripping in them.” ville Centre, has a After consulting new outdoor stone with the Rev. Kevin altar. Morris, rector of Carbonaro, 15, a Church of the member of Troop Ascension, Carbon332 in East Rockaaro got approval to way, chose to dedimove forward. cate his Eagle projTogether they finalect to his church ized a design for after reflecting on the new altar. But how he could give there was much back to the commumore to do, as Carn i t y. H e h a d tHE REV. KEVIN bonaro needed to noticed that the moRRIS raise funds for the Episcopal church’s Rector, stone altar. outdoor altar and Church of the The altar came g rounds were in Ascension with significant d i s r e p a i r, a n d costs, he said. To decided to take on a project that would improve the cover them, he organized a worship space for years to fundraiser. He created fliers and promoted a GoFundMe come. “We found that the old altar campaign, to which parishiofor our church, that was out- ners contributed generously. He doors for outdoor services, was raised about $10,000, exceeding kind of in disrepair, and it was the $7,000 he originally needed. very outdated,” Carbonaro, a The additional money was sophomore at Oceanside High d i r e c t e d t o o t h e r p a r i s h School, said, “and there were a Continued on page 4
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Volunteers planted flowers on the Schoolhouse green as a symbol of remembrance during the annual overdose awareness event.
SAFE Coalition hosts fifth annual Overdose Awareness Day By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com
In what has become a community tradition, residents gathered at Schoolhouse Green on Aug. 27 for the Oceanside SAFE Coalition’s fifth annual Overdose Awareness Day — an evening of remembrance, outreach and practical training that mixed quiet ritual with urgent calls for drug abuse prevention. The event started with volunteers, and members of the Oceanside Community Warriors — who clean up outdoor spaces around town, among other efforts — planting clusters of purple flowers to commemorate the lives lost to overdoses. Volunteers painted memorial messages on rocks and filled the green with conversation, amid the strains of
live music by Charlie Riecker. Among the attendees were Assemblywoman Judy Griffin and Hempstead Town Councilwoman Laura Ryder. Organizers hosted free Narcan training, led by Dr. David Neubert, of Mount Sinai South Nassau, who told the crowd that the nasal naloxone spray is a simple, lifesaving tool. “I started as an EMT in 1995 — it’s my 30th year as EMS working out through the field, and we do want people using Narcan,” Neubert said. “It’s good that we have access to Narcan. There are lots of other things we’ve got to fix, but at least access to Narcan is not one of them.” In 2023, more than 650 Long Islanders died Continued on page 10
his has led to the beautification of a sacred space that exists within the heart of the village.