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CoMMuNity uPDAtE infections as of Dec. 14
1,463
infections as of Dec. 7 1,367
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Community lights the menorah
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DECEMBER 17- 23, 2020
Vol. 27 No. 51
School district prepares for Covid-19 wave siblings, Camhi said. “There’s no overlap at all between contact of those peoAs the coronavirus pandemic ple,” she said. “In every single continues unabated, Baldwin case so far in our Baldwin School District administrators schools, 100 percent of those and Board of Education trustees cases are related back into the met virtually on community. They Dec. 9 to share have gotten it from updates with the family, an event in community, includthe community, a ing that the district family gathering.” has had no recordThat shows, she ed cases of Covidadded, that the dis19 transmission in trict’s contact tracthe schools. ing and safeguards, There were 1,463 including social positive Covid-19 distancing, mask cases in Baldwin as wearing and hand of Dec. 14, accordwashing, are working to Nassau ing. County. “I’m very proud “The positivity to say that, in Baldrate in our commuwin, we have not nity is significantly DR. SHARi CAMHi had to close schools lower than many Schools for a single day this communities s c h o o l y e a r, ” superintendent around us,” SuperCamhi said. “That intendent Dr. Shari should be a point Camhi said. “The positivity rate of pride for everybody in our in our schools is even lower than community.” that.” The school buildings are Of all of the positive cases cleaned at least twice daily, she that the district has seen, when continued, and frequently staff conducted contact tracing, touched surfaces are washed they found that there was no constantly. connection between any two of them, except when they involved Continued on page 4
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Courtesy NASA/Josh Valcarcel
Her shot at the moon Baldwin native Jasmin Moghbeli, of NASA, could become the first woman to set foot on the moon. NASA announced details of its moon program last week, including the astronauts selected for the program, including Moghbeli, who joined the Artemis Team earlier this year. Story, Page 10. Above, Moghbeli at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Baldwin church covers families’ grocery shopping bills By BRiDgEt DowNES bdownes@liherald.com
With many Nassau County residents increasingly experiencing financial troubles and food insecurity, the members of a Baldwin church, in the holiday spirit, gave back to their local community last Sunday. Patrick and Nathalee Francis, the lead pastors of Impact Church, hosted their second annual Supermarket Sunday
event, in which the church covered local families’ grocery shopping bills. “Everyone’s dietary need is different,” Nathalee said, “so we don’t believe in packing a bag of groceries and giving it to someone . . . It came about for us to do this — for them to come with their shopping list, buy whatever they want for their family, and all we do at the end is just swipe that tab.” Dozens of volunteers assist-
ing Impact Church were inside Ideal Food Basket, on Merrick Road in Baldwin, helping families shop, bringing their items to the registers and bagging them. The church, Nathalee said, raised $8,650 this year to cover the bills of nearly 50 local families. Each family was allocated $200, or $250 for larger families. “They can get whatever they need, and there’s no restriction,” she said. “Even though we alloContinued on page 3
e are doing everything in our power to make sure that our schools stay open but that our schools stay open safely.