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A robbery isn’t stopping them Rescuing Families holds charity yard sale after devastating loss of the fundraisers is to help pay for supplies and materials and housing for families when we’re Gina and Vincent Centauro, renovating their homes.” The co-founders of Rescuing Fami- yard sales give local families a lies, a Franklin Square-based chance to buy goods at an affordcharity that renovates the homes able price, and for other families of local families in need, take to clear out space in their house pride in redirecting the money and ensure their cherished raised at the group’s fundraising belongings remain in the comevents to the famimunity. lies they serve. But But this one was the funds from the different, Gina most recent event added. “This weekare being set aside end’s yard sale is for a different purespecially important pose: to help the to our charity right nonprofit recover now, because we from a major blow actually sustained a it suffered on June tremendous loss,” 10, when $25,000 she said. “We’re not worth of its tools going to be able to were stolen over- VINCeNt help any families if night at a home it is we’re not able to CeNtauRo renovating. recoup our tools.” U n d e r w h i t e Co-founder, The couple tents, Rescuing Fam- Rescuing Families emphasiz ed that i l i e s vo l u n t e e r s they wished the helped residents money they raised browsing among an array of could be spent on completing a goods donated by Long Island home the charity is currently residents at a yard sale on Lewis- renovating, and more needy famton Street in Franklin Square ilies’ homes in the future. “We last Saturday and Sunday. The try to get as much money to help donations ranged from clothing others as we can,” said Johnato DVDs to pottery and more. than Pierre-Louis, a Rescuing Under normal circumstances, Vincent said, “The main purpose Continued on page 9
By RoBeRt tRaVeRso rtraverso@liherald.com
Courtesy Elmont Sports Football Club
the elmoNt CaRDINals Sports Club has provided athletic programs for children since 1967.
A ‘safe haven’ for kids
Cardinals Sports Club celebrates 50-plus years By holDeN VelasCo The phrase “Pain is temporary, pride is forever,” has been used by many of the coaches and volunteers for the Elmont Cardinals Sports Club over the past 54 years. Since their beginnings in 1967, the Cardinals have focused on helping youth, using sports as an avenue to help children become wellrounded people. “Our goal,” club President Jon Johnson said, “is to continue to pro-
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vide a safe haven for the kids of Elmont and Nassau County to play youth sports and learn discipline, winning, losing, sportsmanship and how to play as a team.” Johnson also stressed the importance of academics, because the club’s coaches regularly check report cards, and meet with parents to stay updated on each player’s progress in the classroom. “If there’s players who aren’t doing well in school, we applaud the parents to not
bring them to practice,” he said. The club has succeeded, Johnson said, thanks to the efforts of the Cardinals’ coaching staff and the array of sports that kids have had to choose from. However, it took some time for the program to take off. “For the first decade, [the] Cardinals had kids from Elmont play against each other in an inter-squad league until they transferred to playContinued on page 4
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