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JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Vol. 28 No. 4
3D’s Aftercare to expand to new locale offered sponsorship opportunities to groups and organizations to help ensure a seamless transiA Baldwin-based nonprofit tion for the students. dedicated to caring for teenagers “The purpose of the sponsorand children, especially after ship is so we can partner and colschool while their parents work, laborate with other community 3D’s Aftercare Inc., is expanding. organizations to empower and It’s now housed in the 3D’s affirm our children and famiCommunity Eml i e s, ” Wi l l i a m s powerment Center, said. “When the at 586 Seaman Ave. children and famiThe new location, lies see that we are at 8 8 1 M e r r i ck collaborating with Road, across the other people who street from the also have their best Nassau County interest at heart, Police De par tthey know that, ment’s 1st Precinct, together, we really measures about can make a differ4,400 square feet, ence.” significantly larger Each group than the original sponsored a site. themed room, and Preparations for there are seven the move are under rooms that span way, and a grand the street-level cenopening is schedter. uled for Feb. 12, the The Nassau Sufsame day as 3D’s shARMAiNE folk Association of Aftercare’s 13th BisNAUth Black Social Workanniversary as an President, Iota Theta Zeta ers is sponsoring a organization. sensory calming To build on partroom; Pat’s Dance nerships within the community, Studio, a fixture of the Baldwin Dr. Zodelia Williams, founder community, a dance and gross and executive director of 3D’s Aftercare Inc., said the center Continued on page 3
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Courtesy Allison Rogers
lYNBRook REsiDENt kADEN Rogers collected and donated cleaning supplies and household items to the Hatzilu Rescue organization as part of his mitzvah project.
Lynbrook 12-year-old donates to Baldwin kosher pantry By BRiDgEt DowNEs bdownes@liherald.com
When 12-year-old Kaden Rogers saw that the Covid-19 pandemic left some local families hungry and in need of household supplies, he collected donations to benefit them as part of his mitzvah project, a community-service deed in preparation for his bar mitzvah. K a d e n , o f Ly n b ro o k , planned to bring the donations to the Hatzilu Rescue
organization, a nonprofit that maintains a large kosher food pantry at the South Baldwin Jewish Center. Hatzilu volunteers deliver food and supplies to residents’ homes. Kaden and his parents organized a drive-by collection that lasted two hours on Jan. 10, at which family members, friends and neighbors donated cleaning supplies, paper goods and other household items. He created a flier explaining his goal, posted it on
social media and contacted his friends to spread the word. “People contributed, actually, all week,” his mother, Alison Rogers, said. “The neighborhood was very generous. Once people saw pictures of Kaden and what he had collected on Facebook, more people wanted to donate.” By the end of the week, Kaden and his parents loaded two pickup trucks and another car’s trunk with donations and headed to the South BaldContinued on page 4
e know Zoe will do wonderful and great things for the children of Baldwin, because that’s what she’s been doing, and will continue to do.