Kids & Family

Oct. 17: Presidential Debate Volunteers, Tutor for a Cure

  1. Lemon Tree on Jerusalem Avenue in North Bellmore is donating proceeds from the sales of pink hair extensions to breast cancer awareness. Click this link for more information. 
  2. Five Bellmore-Merrick students who attend Hofstra University volunteered in some sort at Tuesday’s Presidential Debate. Patch caught up with two of them beforehand. Click here for that story.
  3. Tutors for a Cure, helmed by co-presidents Natalie Giovino and Rachel Kessler, both John F. Kennedy High School seniors, is looking to make a difference in people’s lives in two very distinct ways. Click here for more.
  4. Not only did the Calhoun Girls Volleyball team raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Monday, but they fought off a persistent Oceanside Team to remain undefeated (25-15, 14-25, 25-8, 21-25, 25-19). Click here for details.
  5. At 7 p.m. on October 27, Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors) will host the first-ever screening of the new documentary-short, “Standing Against the Tide, the Story of Operation SPLASH.” Click here for more on this documentary.
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