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Boy Scouts show leadership through projects By KElSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
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Michael Riomao, a Boy Scout from Troop 40, finished his Eagle Scout project in January with the help of the Rockville Centre Historical Society trustees Debbie Fehringer, left, Mary Bossart and Jim Belling.
Two Boy Scouts from Rockville Centre’s Troop 40, Michael Riomao and Joseph Kozlik, have recently completed significant projects for the Rockville Centre Historical Society as part of their journey to becoming Eagle Scouts. Riomao, a senior at South Side High School, worked with the historical society to enhance the visitor experience at the Phillips House Museum. His project involved creating QR codes for various displays throughout the museum, offering detailed descriptions of items such as a vintage wind-up phone and record players. Riomao collaborated with the trustees at the museum, including historian and co-president Debbie Fehringer, and he enlisted the help of his fellow scouts to write descriptions and produce the QR codes. “[Debbie] had a lot of information on the house that I compiled into easy descriptions,” he said about the projConTinuED on pagE 9
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Pribil Foundation hits new major donation milestone
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coronavirus pandemic, Kevin tion’s eleventh grant donated. Pribil, its president and Ken Angiosarcoma is a rare canJr.’s brother, said that the orga- cer that develops in the inner The Ken Pribil Jr. Founda- nization has returned to in-per- lining of blood and lymph vestion is celebrating a new dona- son fundraising events, bring- sels. It occurs most often in the tion milestone of $100,000 over i n g c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s skin, breast, liver and spleen. nearly two decades of fundrais- together in support of a cause According to the National Caning for cancer research and that remains close to the hearts cer Institute, one of every milcommunity support. The non- of the Pribil family and sup- lion Americans is diagnosed each year, and while the disorprofit was founded in 2006 in porters. The foundation’s primary der is most common in people honor of Ken Pribil Jr., who mission is twofold: to fund over age 70, it can afflict those died that year, at age 19, of angiosarcoma research, and to of any age. angiosarcoma, a rare form of provide an annual $1,000 schol“It’s definitely one of those cancer. The Rockville Centre-based arship to one or two graduating rare cancers that we think foundation has grown from seniors from South Side High doesn’t quite get the funding School. Its most recent cancer or that it could get,” Pribil said, modest beginnings becomeat a mptrg.com/heraldwrap Apply to online call 516.715.1280 significant force in cancer research g rant, $14,500 to “especially considering the research — and local scholar- Memorial Sloan Kettering Can- impact on families and friends ships. After a hiatus during the cer Center, was the organiza- when someone is diagnosed
with it.” The foundation’s main fundraiser is a cocktail event each fall, which it started in 2019 and brought back after the pandemic. Held at Centre Station in the village, the event draws hundreds of local supporters, who take part in raffles and auctions and are treated to live performances. It is made possible
through the support of local businesses, Pribil said, which contribute raffle prizes and make other donations to the evening. The cocktail fundraiser last October drew a crowd of 125 and raised over $15,000. “Every dollar counts in some way,” Pribil said. “If, at
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