Organizations We Support

​Community Chest is a 90 year-old charitable organization, dedicated to supporting local 501(c)(3)s who aid and help community members. Our “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” program provides financial assistance and support to those who have fallen on hard times in the Five Towns and the surrounding local communities.

CAHAL
CAHAL is a yeshiva-based program of self-contained classes for children with learning differences from Kindergarten through High School. CAHAL was organized by local Rabbis, Principals and community leaders who were concerned with the challenges presented by children who were not succeeding in the mainstream yeshiva class, even with resource room or other support.
https://www.cahal.org/

Chai Lifeline
Fighting Illness With Love. Chai Lifeline restores the light of childhood to children whose innocence ended when cancer, life-threatening, or lifelong illness was diagnosed. Through programs that address the emotional, social, and financial needs of seriously ill children, their families, and communities, Chai Lifeline restores normalcy to family life, and better enables families to withstand the crises and challenges of serious pediatric illness.
https://www.chailifeline.org/

Collective Kindness
Collective Kindness helps Jewish families get back on their feet by assisting them in achieving long-term emotional and financial stability. We provide a hand-up, empowering families to take charge of their lives and their futures. Our professional staff are uniquely positioned to work closely with each family to find solutions tailored to their needs.
www.collectivekindness.net

Five Towns Early Learning Center
The Five Towns Early Learning Center has cared for children of working parents for over 70 years. The center provides a quality early childhood education and care for 54 children ages eighteen months to five years in a full day setting.
​http://fivetownselc.org/

Girl Scouts
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
​https://www.girlscouts.org/

Hatzalah
The beginnings of Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County go back 30 years when a handful of volunteers took it upon themselves to rescue lives in Rockaway and Lawrence. Since then the organization has evolved into an all-volunteer force that is licensed, equipped and ready to respond 24/7 to any and all medical emergencies between Belle Harbor, East Rockaway and North Woodmere.
​https://hatzalah.org/

Inwood Buccaneers
The summer program has had its door open to young boys with an interest in football for over 50 years making it one of the oldest and most historic members of the 16 Nassau County Football League teams. The program has thus expanded to incorporate other sports such as soccer, basketball and even cheerleading.
​http://inwoodbuccaneers.sportssignup.com/site/

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC
The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC is dedicated to enriching the quality of life for the Jewish community and to strengthening the bonds with the State of Israel.
​https://www.guraljcc.org/

The JCC S.H.O.P. offers a state-of-the-art food pantry experience, career services and domestic violence counseling. Walk-ins welcome. Our mission is to enable each individual to reach his or her full potential, empowering each one to become a participating and accepted member of society, with a good quality of life and a hopeful future.
​https://www.guraljcc.org/kosher-food-pantry/

​Jewish Parent Academy (JPA)
The Jewish Parent Academy (JPA) is a groundbreaking grassroots movement dedicated to fostering vibrant, resilient communities through immersive Jewish education tailored for parents, who emigrated from the former Soviet Union, raising the next generation of American Jews.  JPA's flagship initiative is a cohort-based semester-long program of non-denominational Jewish studies taught by the leading teachers and thinkers, as well as alumni classes and one-off programs which expand the notion of Jewish education and promote community building. 
​www.jpacademy.org

LATCP
Let All The Children Play (LATCP) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives and dignity of all children by developing accessible playgrounds and inclusive recreation programs allowing children with disabilities the opportunity to experience play, side-by-side, with their able-bodied peers.

Lev Leytzan
Established in 2004, Lev Leytzan is a non-profit organization 501(c)(3) based in New York. We rely entirely on volunteers and donations to manage our many programs and services. Lev Leytzan is led by a multidisciplinary board of directors that includes representatives from the community, the medical establishment, and the arts, as well as spiritual leaders and program alumni. During months of intensive work, our clowns are given the tools and the confidence they need to deliver joyful, restorative experiences to the sick, mentally challenged, frail and elderly.
​https://www.levleytzan.org/

Nassau County Auxiliary Police
The Nassau County Auxiliary Police Program is part of the Nassau County Police Department’s Community Safety Unit / Auxiliary Police Section. This volunteer program, originally part of Civil Defense, was created by federal law in the 1940’s to protect the residents of the United States during, before and after attack by enemy forces.
​http://ncap116.org/

Rock and Wrap it Up!
Now in its 25th year, Rock and Wrap it Up! (RWU) is an award-winning anti-poverty think tank. We research, discover and nurture potential donors who have renewable assets to share. Our donors include touring bands, educational institutions, the hospitality industry, professional sports teams, hospitals and TV/film shoots throughout North America.
​https://www.rockandwrapitup.org/

SIBSPLACE
SIBSPLACE is a free therapeutic program of South Nassau Communities Hospital. The program serves children aged 5-17, who are living with a sibling with cancer or another devastating illness, or a parent with cancer. SIBSPLACE provides support and attention to the unique experience and needs of the well children as they face the issues and conflicts related to the illness of their loved one.
​https://sibsplace.org/

Tomchei Shabbos
Tomchei Shabbos Yad Yeshaya of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, was founded in 1985 in memory of Yeshaya Alpert z’l to provide food for Shabbos and Yom Tov to our needy neighbors. We currently support approximately 285 families on a weekly basis, with more receiving assistance before Pesach.
​https://www.tomchei5tfr.org/

Kosher Response
Supporting local small businesses while helping those in need and enabling families devastated by COVID-19 to battle food insecurity. Kosher Response has multiple initiatives to help families in need in the greater Five Towns community.
​https://www.kosherresponse.com/

Yachad
Yachad is dedicated to enriching the lives of Jewish individuals with disabilities and their families, by enhancing their communal participation and their connection to Judaism through social and educational programs and support services.
www.yachad.org/

Shalom Task Force, Inc (STF)
The mission of Shalom Task Force, Inc (STF) is to combat and prevent domestic violence and to foster healthy and safe relationships and families. STF focuses its work in the Jewish community, to help those that may not have access to traditional services and need culturally sensitive programming.
​https://shalomtaskforce.org/​

Jewish Education Program (JEP) of Long Island
The Jewish Education Program (JEP) of Long Island offers a wide range of educational and recreational programming aimed at Jewish youth aged 7 to 14 and their families.
https://jepli.org/

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, in partnership with our community, provides exceptional healthcare and education programs in an academic setting across the continuum of care. We deliver high quality, value based services with cultural sensitivity to the faiths and traditions of those we serve.
​https://ehs.org/

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a grassroots organization of volunteers and advocates who turn progressive ideals into action. Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW strives for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms.
​https://www.ncjwpeninsula.org