Good News

Paws for a Cause, which raises money for the Long Island Against Domestic Violence nonprofit, invites families to bring their costumed pets and compete for awards.

The Long Island Native Plant Initiative celebrated the completion of a new nursery and seed production facility at the Sisters of St. Joseph campus in Brentwood this week.

The lifeguards were honored for their rescue of a 4-year-old boy at the Syosset-Woodbury Park pool earlier this month.

The matching grant for the maintenance facility is part of Nassau’s efforts to ensure the county’s museums and cultural institutions rebound from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The EOC will use the money to assist Suffolk County residents who lost income during the COVID-19 pandemic and were left out of various federal relief programs, including unemployment and pandemic benefits.

Canine Companions provides trained service dogs for adults, children and veterans with a variety of disabilities, free of charge to its clients.

The program, called Double Up Food Bucks, doubles the value of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that is spent at participating farmers markets, mobile markets, corner stores, small retail locations, farm stands and grocery stores.

The grant will be used to expand the FREEdom Garden, which provides a work readiness program that gives individuals hands-on agricultural skills that can prepare them for a variety of employment opportunities.

Since 2013, the effort has added up to more than 10,000 new and gently used sports gear items donated to the nonprofit.