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St. Agnes to remember lost infants parents, raises awareness and advocates for research, prevention and legislation. According When Maggie Goodwin lost to Star Legacy’s website, more her daughter, Emma-Méabh than 26,000 babies are delivered Elizabeth, when she was 29 as stillborns each year in the weeks pregnant in 2017, her U.S., meaning that they died g rief was accompanied by after 20 weeks of pregnancy. shock. Goodwin, who worked as Stillbirth is more common than an emergency medical techni- sudden infant death syndrome, cian, felt unprecommonly known pared for the posas SIDS, which sibility that her takes 2,300 pregnancy would infants’ lives per end in stillbirth. year, according to “I’ve had two the Centers for children, and durDisease Control What: Legacy ing both pregnanand Prevention. Foundation’s cies, it was not “There are Pregnancy and Infant something that many cases of Loss Remembrance was discussed,” stillbirth that are When: Oct. 15, 7 Goodwin said. “I preventable,” p.m. wo rke d i n t h e G o o dw i n s a i d . Where: St. Agnes medical field and “It’s not all of Church knew that stillthem, and in my births could hapcase it wasn’t, but pen, but I didn’t there are a lot of know the statistics and didn’t cases where it is. When you know anybody personally who have a child and you go to the had one. I never came across pediatrician, they talk about one at work.” SIDS, they tell you about all the Since learning how common things to do to prevent it. When her experience is, the Oceanside you’re pregnant, they don’t talk resident has worked to spread about what you can do to preawareness. She got involved in vent negative outcomes. They the Star Legacy Foundation, a just don’t. We’re trying to get Minnesota-based organization [obstetricians] to do that.” that offers support to stillbirth CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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Eating, shopping and rocking The Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce hosted Eat, Shop, Rock on Sunday to promote local businesses and provide a platform for musicians to perform. School of Rock band AllSorts entertained the attendees. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Benefiting kids with special needs
Golf outing raises $10,000 for Mr. B’s Playground By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
After being canceled last year because of the pandemic, the Tim McMullan Memorial Golf Outing returned last Friday to raise money for children with special needs. The outing, at the Clearview Park Golf Course, in remembrance of the South Side High School student who died after an unexpected injury in 2008, when
he was 18, resumed its mission of helping children with special needs thanks to the donations of those who took part. Lauren Falkenhainer, McMullan’s sister, and her husband, Miles, presented a $10,000 check to the RVC Conservancy at the cocktail hour at MacArthur Park after the outing. The money will go toward completing the new inclusive playground at the John A. Anderson Recreation Center’s Mr. B’s Playground in memory of
longtime Recreation Superintendent Anthony Brunetta, who died in 2016, at 85. The playground also received a boost on Sept. 25, when the state released $500,000 in funding for its construction. The money will be complemented by funds raised by the Tim McMullan Memorial Fund the Tommy Brull Foundation, created in memory of a Rockville Centre resident who CONTINUED ON PAGE 15