News Briefs

Health Center Honored

The Plainview Community Health Center was recently awarded the prestigious Certificates of Recognition by the Nassau County Department of Health and the New York State Department of Health for its outstanding participation in the immunization initiative program. The program's aim is to have children completely immunized by two years of age.

For information about immunizations and the recommended childhood immunization schedule, please call the Plainview Community Health Center at 571-9500 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Community Chorus Concert

The Plainview Community Chorus performed at the P.O.B. Kennedy High School recently. Choral Director Mr. James Cohen and the forty-two member chorus delighted the audience with a marvelous concert. (Photo by Adele Zweig)

ACLD Offers Support For Caregivers of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities

Adults and Children With Learning and Developmental Disabilities, Inc. (ACLD), a private, not for profit agency in Bethpage, is offering individual and family counseling for the primary caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities. A primary caregiver is anyone who is directly involved with the care and future planning for an individual with a developmental disability. Support groups are available for parents and siblings and new groups are now forming for senior parents, parents of transitioning high school students as well as a group for parents who have a developmental disability.

Offered through ACLD's Family Support Department, the groups will be facilitated by a social worker and held at the Bethpage facility. For further information, please contact Cindy Levchenko at 822-0028, ext. 233.

ACLD provides services to more than 2,000 infants, children and adults in more than 50 locations in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Residential, vocational, recreational, early educational, medical, and family support services are available.

Toy Drive for the Needy

The Fabrikant Chiropractic Health and Wellness Center, located at 573 Woodbury Rd. in Plainview, has begun their annual toy drive to benefit impoverished children at Colonial Youth in Eastern Suffolk County. They would greatly appreciate help from residents in reaching their goal of collecting 300 toys for children between the ages of 3 and 13. Donated toys should be gift wrapped and labeled for age and gender.

Additionally the Center is raising funds to send 75-100 children (on buses they have rented) to see A Christmas Carol. The cost is $15 per child. Any and all contributions will be appreciated.

The Center is donating chiropractic services and nutritional analysis.

For more information call 681-4567.

Plainview Community Unites In the Spirit of Giving

Last Saturday many local residents participated in the "Donate Your Turkey" collection outside of both Greenfield's Shop Rites.

When Leslie Newler presented her idea to Howard Norris of the Plainview/Bethpage Lions, he agreed to coordinate it with the Lions local food drive for needy families.

Newler siezed the opportunity to provide volunteer charity work for her 12 year-old son and his friends. "These kids were thrilled to be able to help. They cheerfully greeted shoppers and offered to carry the turkeys to the registers. Seeing this eager group of friends carrying these heavy birds from shopping carts into vans, and then into freezers, was really heartwarming. I'm so proud of them all." said Newler.

So many turkeys were collected - the response was truly overwhelming. Thanks goes out to those who contributed and helped.

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