HANC’s 6th grade girls do chesed

HANC is incredibly proud of the sixth grade girls at its Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, in West Hempstead, for working together to do a chesed project for patients at North Shore University Hospital.

After talking about how difficult it is for people to be in a hospital over Shabbat, the girls packaged Shabbat candles and a copy of the candle lighting bracha, for Jewish patients who will be in the hospital over Shabbat.

The girls had a wonderful time working on the project and we are so proud of them for completing this amazing chesed!

Food allergies is the talk of HANC

Students in kindergarten through fourth grade at HANC’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, in West Hempstead, participated in a week-long Allergy Awareness program to teach students about the dangers of food allergies and to be sensitive to their friends who have food allergies.

The program was designed and run by parents Mrs. Drorit Bench, Mrs. Miryam Holtzman and Mrs. Tova Haironson, who all have children with allergies, dogs with allergies and allergies themselves. The parents went into the classrooms and talked to the students about the potential dangers of food allergies, how to recognize when someone is having an allergic reaction and how to be a caring and sensitive friend to friends with allergies who may not be able to eat the same foods they can. After the classroom session, each student was given an “allergy pal,” a stuffed animal with a designated allergy, to care for. The students needed to make sure that their allergy pal stayed safe and didn’t come near any of the foods that would cause an allergic reaction.

The students also participated in an Allery Awareness Poster Contest. The students were asked to design a poster that expressed the dangers of food allergies and the importance of being aware and sensitive to their friends who have food allergies. All the allergy posters were wonderful and congratulations to Dovi Lowenthal, Dani Meir and Gitty Kahn for winning the contest!