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Vol. 23 No. 17
APRIl 23 - 29, 2020
Robbie’s Run postponed amid pandemic cantly impact funding. However, because schools and other businesses are closed, the AED Robbie’s Run, the largest trainings that the foundation fundraiser for the Forever 9 sponsors have been canceled Robbie Levine Foundation, has until further notice. been postponed “We’ve already indefinitely becanceled four cause of the corotrainings alone,” navirus pandemic, Levine said. She according to coadded that if the founder Jill r u n we r e p o s t Levine, of Merponed until June rick. 2021, the foundaThe 5K run has tion would need to been held for the “look more carepast 14 years at the fully at who we Levy-Lakeside could give AEDs School in Merrick to.” around the first Levine considweekend of June. ered the prospect It is a highly anticof a virtual run, ipated event each but said she would year in the Bell- JIll leVINe prefer to hold it in m o r e - M e r r i c k Co-founder, person this fall. c o m m u n i t y, a t - Forever 9 Foundation “Our run is much tracting thoumore than a run,” sands of particishe said. “The pants and raising nearly $50,000 community looks forward to it, annually for the nonprofit. but at the same time I don’t The money goes to purchase want to ask for an $18 donation and donate automated external when people are losing their defibrillators, or AEDs, to jobs. schools around the world. “If it looks feasible to plan Levine said that postponing the for the fall,” she said, “we’ll do run until the fall — or even that. I don’t want to wait until next year — would not signifi- next year.”
By AlyssA seIdmAN aseidman@liherald.com
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Courtesy John Moore’s Deli
JustIN HeAtH, owNeR of John Moore’s Deli in Bellmore, and his wife, Megan, dropped off protein-packed snacks to the overnight workers at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip.
Deli makes special deliveries for overnight hospital workers By AlyssA seIdmAN aseidman@liherald.com
John Moore’s Deli has teamed up with Kilwins Confections in Suffolk County to deliver food to doctors and nurses working the overnight shifts at hospitals across Long Island during the coronavirus pandemic. Owner Justin Heath said he could have closed his Bellmore deli until the pandemic waned — business is down more than 65 percent, he said.
But, he noted, “An idle mind is the devil’s playground.” “I have a full staff that relies on an income,” Heath said, “so rather than close the doors, I wanted to be able to provide some business.” Kilwins’ owner, John Murray III, began making deliveries to a couple of hospitals in Suffolk after he learned his sister-in-law was eating ice cream sandwiches for breakfast during her overnight shifts. “I knew I had to do something,” he said.
Murray connected with Heath through a mutual Facebook friend, and they teamed up to expand the effort into Nassau. Together, the businesses have served nearly 20 area hospitals (see box, Page 3). Hospital personnel receive protein bars and shakes, fresh produce, sandwiches and other snack items to stay fueled through the long nights. Volunteers use their own vehicles and gas money to make the nightly deliveries, Continued on page 3
he community looks forward to it, but at the same time I don’t want to ask for an $18 donation when people are losing their jobs.