Cruise-through Toy Drive benefits children in need

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Senator Rhoads was joined by Supervisor Saladino, Councilman Labriola, Legislator Walker, United States Marines, Nassau County Chairman of Toys for Tots Major Chuck Kilbride, Joe LaPadula, Jon Holzer, King Singh (the founder of King Fights Cancer Foundation), Seth Breland (representing Assemblyman Blumencranz), as well as Boy Scout Troop 291 from Hicksville.

On Saturday, July 15, New York State Senator Steve Rhoads hosted his Inaugural CruiseThrough Christmas in July Toy Drive at the Hicksville Train Station to benefit local children in need. New York State Senator Steve Rhoads teamed up with Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, the Oyster Bay Town Board, Legislator Rose Walker, and Assemblyman

Jake Blumencranz in hopes of spreading holiday cheer all throughout the year by collecting toys for the USMC Toys for Tots and King Fights Cancer. Toys for Tots is an organization that specializes in providing less fortunate children with books and toys, and King Fights Cancer is a volunteer based non-profit organization that specializes in supporting families that have a child diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Community members were able to give back to those in need in a simple and easy way by driving up, dropping off their toy donations, and driving away. Martino Auto Concepts from Glen Gove brought a colorful Ferrari for the community to enjoy and Boy Scout Troop 291 from Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church as well as United States Marines were on hand to help collect the toys. Hundreds of toys were collected and will be donated to children at Cohen’s Children

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BY RIKKI MASSAND

At the Board of Education meeting held on Thursday, July 6, members of the Syosset Central School District community held a public hearing on the adoption of the District Wide Schools Safety Plan.

Safety Plans were established to provide for the health, safety and security of parents and staff and receive input from the entire school district community. The major change for the coming school year (2023-2024) is that Syosset CSD will have social workers employed at each of the seven elementary schools, with at least one stationed at all 10 of the district’s school buildings.

The District Wide Schools Safety Plan is currently posted on the district’s website, www.SyossetSchools.org, for a period of 30 days and is available for public comments.

The board and audience heard updates on the Schools Safety Plan from Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Ed Escobar. He noted that school districts are required to review their schools safety plan annually, and make them available for public comments.

“Schools Safety Plans address prevention, response and recovery with respect to potential emergencies that may occur in the school district. With support from the board of education we will begin the 2023-2024 school year with full time social workers present in

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