Author Archives: Russ Silberman

Day Four of Camp – Update A silver lining to all this rain: each night, the showers wash away the chalk artwork on the parking lot, giving the kids a clean slate every morning. Many campers love to draw, creating mosaics of their dreams, rainbows, sunsets, stick figures, and family portraits; sometimes, they write words […]

Friends, For the third year in a row, we were blessed with perfect weather for our golf outing at Indian Hills in Northport. A big Thank You to everyone who participated, whether it was golfing, having dinner with us, being a sponsor, or donating as this is our largest fundraiser for summer camp. It was […]

Friends, The one true constant is change. We can all acknowledge that 2024 was a year of significant events, which impacted us all; rising inflation, fires, hurricanes, the election of a new President, the polarization of the country, and the contrasting views on so many issues beginning with immigration. I am proud to say that […]

Friends, Special thanks to Suffolk County Police Officer Yasmin Gallant, Latino Liaison Officer for the Commissioners Office, and First Precinct Inspector Forte for participating and speaking at our two Spanish masses last Sunday. Officer Yasmin explained SCPD Policies; Bishop Romero who celebrated the 9:15 Mass was very pleased with the presentation. Police Officer Dara and […]

Friends, The Outreach Center, in partnership with the Suffolk Y JCC, hosted a really wonderful MLK “Day of Service” on Monday in the Parish Hall. Attending and working the event were the OLMM Round Table, the Islamic Mosque of Wyandanch, and the UJA Federation of New York. Students from our Religious Education Program, the Wyandanch […]

Friends, It takes a village… At 8:30 am Monday, November 16th the Feeding NY truck pulled up to the Parish Hall and six volunteers from Reworld manually unloaded 300 turkeys. This added to the 75 turkeys we received from Winter Brothers ( who have donated many turkeys for the past three years) and the 75 […]

Friends, With the constant increase in new clients,  I am very concerned as to how we can continue to maintain our current level of food distribution.  What started out as a mild concern, is now a big issue.  On a typical Tuesday or Thursday, our busiest days when the clothing room is also open, we […]

Friends,   We are more than halfway through our summer camp, and the kids are having a blast! AMF Babylon Bowling now lets the children use their sneakers instead of renting bowling shoes, one of the positive impacts of Covid. On bowling day, I noticed three campers without sneakers, so I took them aside and […]

Friends, Our Summer Camp Golf Outing was a total success thanks to your overall participation. I just want to personally thank you for your generous sponsorships, donations, participation in golf, or joining us for dinner. Again, the weather cooperated and made for an enjoyable day and night. This fundraiser is for our summer camp where […]