Running club raises funds for senior center

BY GARY SIMEONE

The GLIRC (Greater Long Island Running Club) was recently honored by the Town of Oyster Bay for raising $2,500 in donations for a local senior center. The Plainview-based club raised the funds through one of their annual races and subsequently chose the Life Enrichment Center in Oyster Bay as their beneficiary.

Tracey Epstein, a Plainview resident and board officer of GLIRC, said that the club makes a concerted effort each year to donate proceeds from their events to charities and organizations that are in need.

“We are a nonprofit organization that when we make enough money from our events, we try to give back to the community we serve,” said Epstein. “There are many different community organizations that we have donated to over the years, and we are big proponent of supporting the seniors in our community.”

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Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray (rear, fourth left) congratulated Gardiners Avenue Elementary School students who were named Levittown Kiwanis “Terrific Kids,” including fourth graders Ryan Orlandi, Molly Schmidt, Madeline Roeder, Connor Mulvey, Zoe Zhang, Daniel Mendives, Olivia Pena and Christian Castellani and fifth graders Jai Pipada, Giada Reda, Gabriel Kilduff, Sophia Reyes, Patrick O’Connor, Nicolina Colucci, Alexa Cogan and Braden Tung. Also attending were Levittown Kiwanians Jim and Pat Carney, Terrific Kids Program Advisor Ms. McGann, Kiwanis Club Advisor Scott Hass, Principal Dr. John Jared Vanderbeck, Assistant Principal Dyanne Case, Levittown Superintendent of Schools Todd Winch and Nassau County Legislator John Ferretti.