Friday, October 7, 2016
Vol. 76, No. 39
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Pink bagels raise breast cancer awareness
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS
BY GARY SIMEONE
Oyster Bay Town Councilwoman Rebecca M. Alesia (fourth from right) recently visited the Mid-Island Y Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Plainview to join in celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Mid-Island Y JCC. Over the last six decades, the Mid-Island Y JCC has provided vital services and fostered Jewish identity, personal growth, family strength and community. The Mid-Island Y JCC is open to everyone in the community serving individuals of all ages, abilities and challenges. The unique and collective partnership between the leadership and the members has furthered a special bond between the Mid-Island Y JCC and the community and solidified its well-deserved status as a focal point of life in the local area. On hand for the Mid-Island Y JCC 60th Anniversary with Councilwoman Alesia were Water Commissioner Andrew Bader (left), Mid-Island Y JCC CEO Rick Lewis (fourth from left), New York Assemblyman Charles Levine (center), Sponsor from the ShopRite of Plainview Jon Greenfield and the several Mid-Island Y JCC Board members who have helped continue the Mid-Island Y JCC’s beneficial services as they move on to the next sixty years.
Leaving the scene charge Nassau County Police arrested a 37 year old Levittown for allegedly leaving the scene of an accident in which a dog was killed. According to detectives, a 66 year old female victim was walking her Yorkie, Peanut with an
extender leash northbound on Center Lane, when Peanut wandered into the roadway and was struck and killed. Police released a video of the accident to the media. Police say Ana Rodriguez, while driving a Chrysler Pacifica
minivan, stopped the vehicle for only a moment after hitting the dog and then left the scene without rendering aid or identifying herself. She was charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident with an Injury to an Animal.
October will be a special month for certain Panera Bread franchises across Long Island and in the five boroughs. The bakery-cafe/restaurant will be doling out pink colored bagels to customers as part of their Pink Ribbon Bagel campaign to help raise awareness for breast cancer and funds for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. “We are pleased to announce the return of the Pink Ribbon Bagel campaign at Panera Bread,” said Greg George, Vice President of Operations for Doherty Enterprises, Inc., the Panera Bread franchisee for Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. “Charitable giving is at the core of Panera Bread and we encourage our guests to support the fight against breast cancer in October. We look forward to partnering with Memorial Sloan Kettering to help raise money for their work to treat women and eradicate the disease.” The unique cherry-vanilla bagel is twisted into a ribbon shape and features a combination of cherry chips, dried cherries and cranberries, vanilla, honey and brown sugar. It will be sold to customers at both Panera Bread stores in Hicksville and in Plainview. Marilyn Sussman, a Plainview resident, said that she looks forward to October because she enjoys eating the pink ribbon bagels and knows by purchasing them she is helping out a good cause. “A friend of mine was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago and she had to go through the chemo and the whole bit,” said Sussman. “Thank goodness she is in remission now but every time I buy one of these great bagels I think of her.” She said she is happy to know the money she spends will be going to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to help in the fight of breast cancer. The Pink Ribbon Bagel campaign started on October 1st which Panera has dubbed ‘Power of Pink Day.’ All proceeds from the day will be donated to three local breast cancer charities: Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition and The Breast Cancer Research Program at Cold Spring Harbor Research Laboratory. During the remainder of the month Panera Bread will donate a portion of the proceeds from its sales to MSK, whose mission is the progressive care, control, and cure of cancer and its allied diseases. Additionally, on Friday, October 7, Panera Bread will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from sales of its Pink Ribbon Bagel to the cause.
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