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Pharmacists give back Donation event honors the late Bill Mantell, supports the needy cated the event to Mantell, who was exposed to the virus in March, while working at his When local pharmacy owner pharmacy in Jamaica, Queens, Howard Jacobson heard the and died on April 17, at age 68. news in April that his longtime Mantell and his wife, Carole, friend and colleague Bill Man- lived in Rockville Centre before tell, an 18-year resimoving to East dent of Rockville Meadow in 2016. Centre, had died of At the event, CarCovid-19 complicaole read part of a lettions, Jacobson ter she wrote to Gov. vowed to find a way Andrew Cuomo to honor the dedicatafter her husband’s ed pharmacist. death, describing This summer, as the dire situation the virus continued pharmacists faced, to rage and the econbeing deemed omy suffered, leav“essential” yet lacking many families ing protection from struggling to make the virus. “Not only ends meet, Jacobson did Bill have limited decided to launch a HOWARD product to sell to two-week-long food patients and customJACOBSON drive to benefit local ers,” she read, “but food pantries, which Owner, also there were few culminated with a Ryan Medical supplies to clean the collection Sept. 13 Pharmacy pharmacy with, and outside Ryan Medihe had zero personal cal Phar macy in protective equipRockville Centre, where volun- ment to keep himself and his teers collected 115 boxes contain- employees safe. Bill went above ing more than 7,500 items while and beyond for his patients, his being entertained by live music. family, and his friends.” Jacobson, who owns Ryan Carole told the crowd that she Medical Pharmacy as well as has known Jacobson for many Rockville Centre Pharmacy and West Hempstead Pharmacy, dediCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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Going gold for pediatric cancer Dozens of blocks in Rockville Centre were lit up last weekend with luminarias in recognition of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. Sept. 18 to 20, residents lit the lanterns and placed them on curbs to light up the streets. The initiative raised money for the Mary Ruchalski Foundation, with more than 6,000 lanterns sold to support funding for pediatric cancer research.
RaisingVoicesUSA educates voters on casting ballots By BRIANA BONFIGLIO bbonfiglio@liherald.com
RaisingVoicesUSA, a Rockville Centre-based advocacy group, held a virtual public meeting Sept. 15 to address voting in the November election. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, there have been many questions about how to cast a ballot this presidential election year. The group brought an expert to the Zoom call —
Michael Pernick, a voting rights attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund — in the interest of easing some of voters’ concerns. “One of the things we’ve learned on our RaisingVoices journey is that we don’t know an awful lot of things,” said Codirector Emma Travers, “but we do know how to ask the right people to tell us what we should be doing.” Another co-director, Cindy
Vaupel, said the group came together four years ago “to provide people with opportunities to engage in their communities and to activate informed civic engagement.” The meeting took place as local elections were being held across the state — including a trustee race in Rockville Centre — that were delayed from earlier this year because of the pandemCONTINUED ON PAGE 3
e wanted to do this because we know there are people worse off than we are.