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Church helps those in need with food drive thinking less about charity than they do during the holiday season. They can donate directly to Every season is giving season Our Lady of Peace or at centers for Our Lady of Peace Roman at Lynbrook Village Hall or the Catholic Church. Its parish Police Department. In addition social ministry, along with the to nonperishables, the church’s Lynbrook Community Chest, is food pantry also provides gift running a food cards donated by drive to help those organizations like in need in the comthe Community munity. Chest, which allow Jesus said, people to shop for “Always love God, their individual love your neighbor,” needs. said Sister Barbara The pantry has Faber, who has been been serving the with Our Lady of community for Peace for over 20 decades, providing years and is the support for individdirector of the paruals and families ish social ministry. who don’t have the “A n d h e w a s resources to put always reaching food on the table. out, especially to Our Lady of Peace the vulnerable, the works with Temple sick, the needy. So Am Echad and that’s very impor- sIsTER other places of wortant to us.” h i p t o p rov i d e BARBARA FABER smeals This summer’s — both nonfood drive is espe- director, Our Lady of perishable and cially important. Peace parish social homemade — to Family needs often ministry those in need. The increase when their church also offers children, who rely the Meal in a Minon school lunches, are home dur- ute program, in which homeing the day, while the volume of made meals are available for donations often drops as people pickup. Recipients regularly go on vacation or perhaps are Continued on page 24
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Seniors Sarah Riordan, far left, Lorelei Dillon, Caitlin Flanagan and Jillian Schaefer.
East Rockaway graduates celebrate East Rockaway High School honored its Class of 2023 last Friday night at the annual commencement ceremony. Officials, family and friends gathered to congratulate the graduates and offer them words of wisdom for the future. Stories, more photos, pages 12, 14.
MARC CIRIllo CoNgRATUlATEs class Valedictorian Clare Acuti.
hat I think is beautiful is the fact that Lynbrook helps us, too. It’s all of us, the whole community, that becomes involved.