Longtime Port Washington Community Leader to Be Honored by League of Women Voters

A longtime Port Washington resident and community leader will be honored by for her many years of public service by the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset next week.

Debbie Shichtman has been an active member of the community for the past 46 years. She has served as president of the LWV of Great Neck, co-President of the LWV of Nassau County, on the Board of the LWV of New York State and now serves on the Board of the LWV of Port Washington-Manhasset.

In addition to her involvement with the LWV, Shichtman devotes her time to supporting gifted and disadvantaged children and is an environmental activist. She recently headed a protest that helped prevent the construction of a garbage facility adjacent to the protected marshland in Hempstead Harbor and also helped organize a petition in support of a Water Compact on Long Island.

Shichtman was previously honored for her public service in 2003 by the Town of North Hempstead. She was placed on the Women’s Roll of Honor.

Here are a few of her additional accomplishments:

• Secretary of the Great Neck/Manhasset Community Child Care Partnership
• Member of the National Society of Gifted and Talented Children
• Helped institute programs for gifted children in Nassau and Suffolk schools.

Shichtman will be honored at 5:30 p.m. at the Swan Club on Sunday, May 31. For reservations, call 516-767-1897.

Image via The League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset

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