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Vol. 36 No. 31
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Rockville Links joins fight against cancer By KElSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
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Local swimmers from the Rockville Links Country Club and beyond swam for a cause at the Links’ Swim Across America fundraiser on July 21.
Dozens of young swimmers from the Rockville Links Country Club gathered to take part in a Swim Across America charity swim, contributing to the national nonprofit’s mission of raising funds for cancer research and support. The Rockville Links Club has participated in Swim Across America events for nearly two decades, according to program coordinator Regina Warren, who has coordinated the event at the Links since 2010. At Rockville Links, the July 21 swim primarily involved members of the club’s undefeated swim team — which competes in the Long Island Swim League— but it was open to all members. Participants ranged in age from six to 17 and contributed by swimming as many laps as they could over the span of the two-hour morning event and collecting donaContinued on pAge 7
Girl Scouts earn Gold Awards for community projects By AlYSSA R. GRIFFIN agriffin@liherald.com
Amy Trani, Kathryn Harding and Amelia Caban, three members of the Rockville Centre Girl Scout Service Unit, earned the prestigious Gold Award — the highest honor in Girl Scouting — in June, completing ambitious communityservice projects focusing on issues close to their hearts. Trani, 17, a member of Troop 885, focused on food allergy awareness in Rockville Centre. As someone who is gluten-free, Trani knew the struggles of finding safe and allergyfriendly options when going
out to eat. One of the biggest concerns with allergies in the food industry is cross contamination — when allergy-friendly foods come into contact with non allergy-friendly foods during preparation. This creates a risk for allergic reactions and other sicknesses. “It’s been hard sometimes to go out to a restaurant and know that they’re going to serve wholesome foods that complement your diet and that you’ll feel comfortable with their allergy procedures with cross-contamination,” Trani said. She par tnered with five
local restaurants, interviewing the owners and mana g ers about their allergy-friendly food options and their crosscontamination procedures, and collected the information on a website and an Instagram page that she created. She also held an allergenfriendly bake sale, and raised over $300 to help fund her project. Trani closed out her project by hosting special meetings with other local Girl Scout troops and groups to discuss the lack of awareness of food allergies in the community. “They didn’t even know how to identify certain allergies,”
she said of her peers and sister scouts, “and I felt empowered to be able to talk to them about what they are and how to identify them.” Harding, 16, a member of Troop 874, took a different approach to her project, which centered on coding and AI for the younger generation. She began with the knowledge that
it’s easier to learn technology at a younger age. “For kids my age, it was introduced too late in their lives,” Harding said. “They’re not sure how to use it the right way. I wanted to teach younger kids how to use AI to prevent that in the future, and to increase knowledge in computContinued on pAge 3