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PAL program begins in Elmont Classes to start next week which many found too far to travel to every week. As a result, Raymond Ramos, a secuWhen Elmont students were rity guard at Elmont Memorial producing a video advocating High School, said, he often sees more police presence at com- students hanging around the munity events last November, school building after hours, or several residents were already spending their free time at working with Nassau County McDonald’s. police officials to increase their “They don’t have much to do participation in the community wh e n t h e y l e ave, ” R a m o s by bringing a Police Activity explained. “There’s no place for League back to Elmont. them to unwind.” They announced the creSo, as thousands of people ation of the league, which across the nation were protestseeks to prevent ing police brutalij u ve n i l e d e l i n ty and systemic quency and build racism in the positive relationwake of the policeships between involved killing of police officers and George Floyd in the children in the Minneapolis last community, that summer, Johnson month, and regisand Ramos were tration for its arts speaking with and spor ts pro- Jon JoHnson Nassau County g r a m s , w h i c h President, Police Department begin next week, of ficials about Elmont Cardinals is now under way. revitalizing the “It’s a win-win PAL program in situation for the residents and Elmont, a majority-minority the kids of Elmont,” said Jon c o m m u n i t y. B y d o i n g s o, Johnson, president of the Ramos, who is also a retired Elmont Cardinals Sports Club, New York City police officer, noting that the PAL program is said, Elmont residents would “not just about sports; it’s feel that the police really are about bringing resources to the part of the community, and community.” would therefore have more Elmont has not had such a faith in them. program in about 25 years, It would also help the NCPD Johnson said, since its PAL moved to Franklin Square, Continued on page 3
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Courtesy Jennifer Loughlin
RiLEy AnD HAiLEy Loughlin, 10 and 4, hand out toiletries, cleaning supplies and nonperishable food at their family’s Sharing Table on Poppy Street every weekend.
In F.S., sharing is caring
Residents set up tables for those in need By MELissA KoEniG mkoenig@liherald.com
After Mary Kate Tischler, of Seaford, saw an article in a magazine about ways to help community members during the coronavirus pandemic, she decided to buy canned goods, other non-perishable food items and toiletries, put them on a standard six-foot by three-and-a-halffoot folding table outside her home and offer them free for the taking.
Star ting last Nov. 22, Tischler kept the table outside day and night for community members to take advantage of — or add to — and within days, word of her Sharing Table spread on social media, inspiring others across Long Island, in Queens and even in Poughkeepsie to start their own. There are now some 16 Sharing Tables throughout the New York State, including two in Franklin Square. The first one in the ham-
let was set up by Jennifer Loughlin shortly after Thanksgiving, when she saw a post about Tischler’s table on a community Facebook page and thought, “‘Wow, great idea,’” she said. Loughlin recruited her two children to go door to door in their neighborhood, explaining to people that they were collecting goods for those in need. Then they laid the supplies out on a table on their Poppy Avenue driveway. “That’s how we started Continued on page 11
t’s a win-win situation for the residents and the kids of Elmont.