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Good News: Dentists Raise $15k; Kayaker Saves 2

Some stories put a smile on your face. Here's our wrap-up from around Northern Suffolk and the East End.

As a local news organization, Patch covers stories of all kinds, from heartbreaking tragedies to nitty-gritty breakdowns of government and school district issues. But some stories are simply inspiring, often showing that at the heart of our communities is a desire to do good. Here are some of the touching headlines from the past seven days.

Nesconset Dentists Pull In $15K for Children’s Hospital

A Nesconset dentistry practice has thrown its support behind a 3-year-old boy’s battle against cancer by fundraising for Stony Brook University Hospital.

Adelberg Montalvan Pediatric Dental raised $15,300 of honor of 3-year-old Landen Bohle, a Port Jefferson boy diagnosed with leukemia, that will go to Stony Brook Long Island Children’s Hospital.

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Kayaker Saves The Day

A Shirley man and his 10-year-old daughter were rescued by a Shoreham woman in a kayak Thursday evening after they flipped about a half mile off shore near Wading River Creek.

According to Wading River Fire Department Chief Jim Evans, a call for boaters in distress came in around 6:15 p.m. But before they could make it out to them, Holly Olsen, who took the day off work to go fishing in the creek, had make it out to rescue them.

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Club Collects 1,613 Old Sneakers

The Westhampton Beach Middle School Soccer Club, the Corner Kick Club, has successfully collected 1,613 pairs of old sneakers from community members as part of a fundraising effort.

All of the sneakers collected, according to the 6th graders in the club, will be distributed to those in need around the world through a program, called GreenSneakers.

High Note for Music Teacher

Recognized for his accomplishments as a music instructor, Setauket Elementary band teacher Richard Wiederman has been named a quarter-finalist for the first ever Grammy Music Educator Award.

Hauppauge Woman Takes Her Plays to NYC Stage

When it comes to theater, Hauppauge resident Camile Arnone is a jack-of-all-trades. Her latest work, a series of five short plays that she wrote, produced and directed, will be performed June 29 and 30 at the Abingdon Theatre in New York City.

Each play focuses on life’s lessons including honoring a first love, which draws from Arnone’s experience of losing a friend who killed himself in college, surviving a personal war, which is about six soldiers, a lifelong friendship from the playground to the nursing home. The last play reminds audiences to laugh about the ironic moments in life, in which a woman befriends the man who attempts to rob her house.

Students Help Build a Home

As part of the AMP-1 basketball fundraiser held earlier this year, Rocky Point High School raised $3,000 to assist the victims of Hurricane Sandy. To ensure their donation benefited local residents who were affected by the storm, the school elected to make the donation to Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit that has been restoring and building homes for local victims of the hurricane.

Winning Essays Earn Students Scholarships

Rocky Point High School junior Joseph Russo and senior Serafina Tiranno-Cimisi entered the FealGood organization’s essay competition and were announced as winners this June. The students, who penned essays about the significance of Sept. 11 and the important reasons why it should be remembered were each given a $1,000 scholarship from the foundation.


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