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New memorial honors veterans
Guided walk in the forest
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G.C. Hospital focuses on caregivers entrance, was part of a larger $750,000, 2,600-square-foot project, which also includes a renoHospital patients are often vated lobby, reception area, gift not the only ones who need sup- shop and café. The center proport — many times vides emotional and their caregivers do psychosocial supalso. To help proport, as well as a vide for their emoplace for caregivers tional needs, Northto take a break, well Glen Cove Hoswhether their loved pital last week ones are at the hosopened a new Carepital or in the comgiver Center for munity. Volunteer patients’ families. coaches throughout Glen Cove Hospithe hospital help tal Executive Direcidentify caregivers tor Kerri Scanlon who need support. advocated for the Social workers staff center and said she the center. is happy to see it “Being a caregivopen. The center, er is stressful on a she noted, is availg o o d d ay, ” s a i d able to caregivers Susan Rassekh, the of those receiving SUSAN hospital’s director inpatient or ambu- RASSEKH of patient and cuslatory-care servictomer experience, es, as well as hospi- Director of patient “but when the loved tal s t a f f e r s , and customer one is in the hospipatients, visitors experience, Glen tal on top of it, and and community you’re trying to live Cove Hospital members. your life outside of “We’re looking here while still takforward to seeing this center be ing care of that person, there’s a destination that can help pro- a lot more to it. The level of vide resources,” Scanlon said. stress increases exponentially.” The Caregiver Center, near the hospital’s first-floor main CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
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Courtesy Rob Rich/Society Allure.com
Barbecue benefit in Sea Cliff Alison Sabo Prudente, Pete Prudente, Karen Rich Erlwein and Matty Greife attended the 16th annual Memorial Pancreatic Cancer Barbecue at Tappen Beach in honor of Dieter Erlwein, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2007. Story, more photos, Page 12.
County offers Girls Rising $10,000 in grant funding BY ANNEMARIE DURKIN adurkin@liherald.com
Girls Rising, a Sea Cliff-based nonprofit, recently secured a $10,000 grant, approved by the Nassau County Legislature on Sept. 27. The grant is funded by the county’s Hotel-Motel Occupancy Tax fund. Girls Rising was created by Sea Cliff natives Nini Camps and Kristen Ellis-Henderson,
and Cathy Henderson, of Glen Cove, members of the all-female rock band Antigone Rising, to empower and inspire girls and LGBTQ kids to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, the arts and math. “I am in awe of how [Girls Rising] inspires girls and women in America and all over the world,” County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, who secured
the grant for the group, said. “As a mom of three daughters, I realize how important their message is and deeply admire how they encourage everyone to find their voice and use it to express themselves through their philanthropy.” The organization frequently partners with school districts and youth centers to create innoCONTINUED ON PAGE 11
hat we’re really doing is shining a light on the fact that you are a caregiver, and you need to also have some self-care.