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Welcome new class of grads More than 20 children complete Children’s Museum summer program School Bus Driver, one of the top children’s music performers on Long Island. Parents also took the stage, Six-year-olds Feiandi Dai and Brianna Goris, both of singing Katy Perry’s 2010 hit Uniondale, along with 25 of “Firework” and waving pompoms in the air durtheir classmates, ing the chorus. proudly clutched For both Feiandi their diplomas on and Brianna, the July 18, as graduceremony was bitates of Long Island tersweet, sharing Children’s Musetheir happiness to um’s Together to celebrate the mileKindergarten sumstone, but feeling mer program. sad that they will “It was such a miss the friends great turnout, I they made this didn’t know the summer. teachers were so “Graduation is dedicated — I mean the ritual of markI knew, but not this ing the achievemuch,” Feiandi’s ment that they’ve mother, Kewa Luo, come through this said. program,” Erika Before the cereFloreska, the musemony, the graduKAROll JOSEpH um’s president, ates sang, “The Director, said. “Also, to give Good Morning them this kind of a Song,” and recited Together to memory — kids “A is for Apple” Kindergarten summer remember.” poem created by program Together to Kinthe program’s dergarten is the director, Karoll Joseph. In addition, another museum’s four-week summer melody was presented, “We are program for children entering Moving up to Kindergarten,” kindergarten in the fall. Celewith song and lyrics by Joe brating its 20th anniversary, the Guida, known as the Singing Continued on page 5
By STACY DRIKS
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Summer passport initiative program taking off Inspired by the core value book of the week, “ADA Twist, Scientist” by children’s author Andrea Beaty students are playing with smoke during a visit by Mad Science of Long Island. Continued on page 10.
State aid coming to nonprofits $30M state investment to help underserved communities By MOHAMMAD RAFIQ mrafiq@liherald.com
State funding totaling $30 million may go to help non-profit organizations across the state, including those in Freeport, Roosevelt, Baldwin, Hempstead, Lakeview, Uniondale, and West Hempstead. Distribution of these funds is expected to begin sometime next year. The funding was discussed at what was described as a listening session attended by residents, nonprofit leaders and elected officials at the Roosevelt Library on July 24. The meeting was part of a statewide tour aimed at ensuring
that the voices and needs of local communities guide how this civic investment will be allocated. The money that will be distributed by five entities — Elm Core, LISC New York, the National Urban League, United Way of New York State, and the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies — is intended to support community-based organizations in underserved area across the state. The organizations will work with the Department of State to allocate the funding to groups that apply. Over 400 organizations across New York have expressed interest in the money. The initiative was spearheaded by the New Continued on page 7
always tell parents, the program is free to you, but there is absolutely nothing free in America. Somebody is putting in that bill.