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Masons donate to Faith Mission Food Pantry lied behind the ef fort and helped organize the collection. Members created a flyer and The Valley Stream Lodge No. set up an online donation page 1143 of the Freemasons donat- with a QR code to collect contried 37 boxes of diapers to the butions. Rather than gathering Faith Mission Food Pantry, fol- physical diaper donations, lowing a community diaper lodge members pooled monetary donations and drive organized by used the funds to lodge member purchase diapers in Michael Albert. bulk before the May The donation 15 delivery. effort grew out of The diapers were the lodge’s volundelivered ahead of teer work at the the pantry’s reguMineola pantry lar Saturday distriduring Thanksgivbution hours when ing, when members families visit the helped distribute site for food and meals and necessiother necessities. ties to families in The goal was to need. provide the pantry “I noticed there were a lot of moth- ThOmAs suLLIvAN with a larger, more varied supply than ers asking for dia- Master, had previously pers for their chil- Valley Stream Lodge b e e n av a i l a b l e . dren,” Albert said. No. 1143 of the While lodge mem“They only had a Freemasons bers did not know limited supply how many families there at the time; that’s how the idea came would receive the diapers, the donation was intended to help about.” Albert, recently elected as replenish the pantry’s stock for junior warden of the lodge, future distributions. Thomas Sullivan, the master said the experience prompted him to propose a diaper drive to of Lodge No. 1143, said the fellow members. According to drive reflects one of FreemaAlbert, the lodge quickly ralContinued on page 9
By ANGELINA ZINGARIELLO
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honoring heroes in v.s. Despite the weather, residents lined the streets for Valley Stream’s annual Memorial Day Parade, honoring fallen servicemen and women. Among the marchers was Melissa Maldonado, of the American Legion Post 854 Color Guard, at right. The day concluded with a lively joint barbecue hosted by local veterans organizations, bringing the community together for food, remembrance and celebration. Story, more photos, Page 10.
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