Good News

More than 350 community members and 62 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from five local troops gathered on the Pinelawn grounds to participate.

The annual fundraiser will benefit nonprofits in the field of cancer research and care, including the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and East End Hospice.

Operation Warrior Shield and Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation have formed a partnership to provide companion pets for veterans.

The Long Island walk will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Babylon Town Hall at 200 Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst.

Jericho-based Engel Burman gave the donation in recognition of the opening of The Bristal at Bethpage.

The shelter will waive the usual general adoption fees throughout September.

The food donation event took place at Deer Run Farms in Brookhaven.

The fundraiser, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will take place at Winters Bros. Waste Systems at 120 Nancy St.

The volunteers built planters and made improvements to outdoor flower beds.

Thousands of families will now be eligible for childcare subsidies as part of a $7 billion expansion of childcare funding in the state.