Helping Hands - Travel Size Toiletries for the INN (Community Service Opportunity)

Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to assist the guests of the Interfaith Nutrition Network (The INN) in Hempstead through our new travel size toiletry program. Each participant who brings in a minimum of 3, new and unopened travel size personal hy......More

Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to assist the guests of the Interfaith Nutrition Network (The INN) in Hempstead through our new travel size toiletry program. Each participant who brings in a minimum of 3, new and unopened travel size personal hygiene products in a Ziploc style plastic bag, will earn 1 hour of community service credit.  Items include, but are not limited to, shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash, and lotion.  Participants may donate items purchased at a store or those collected from hotel stays while traveling.  All donations should be brought to Mrs. Greco in the Family Center.

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Cards for Hospitalized Kids (Community Service Opportunity)

Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to make cards, both holiday and all season, for children and teens receiving treatment in hospitals. Please read the card making guidelines below before you begin. The supplies needed will include white drawing pa......More

Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to make cards, both holiday and all season, for children and teens receiving treatment in hospitals. Please read the card making guidelines below before you begin. The supplies needed will include white drawing paper or construction paper, markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils.  Completed cards are to be dropped off to Mrs. Greco in the Family Center.  When dropping off your completed work, please let the Family Center staff member know your first and last name so that you can receive the correct community service credit.  However, only include your first name on the card itself.  Please do not mail the cards directly.  The library will be mailing out batches of cards as needed.  Each card will earn the participant 1 hour of community service credit, with a maximum of 5 hours per month.  Please take your time and create cards that you are proud to give to someone else.  Click here for the card making guidelines.

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Color a Smile (Community Service Opportunity)

Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to earn community service credit by coloring for Color A Smile.  As described on the organizations website, "Color A Smile is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens, our tro......More

Grades 5-12.  Tweens and teens will have the opportunity to earn community service credit by coloring for Color A Smile.  As described on the organizations website, "Color A Smile is a nonprofit organization that distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens, our troops overseas, and anyone in need of a smile.  Every month we mail thousands of new drawings to all the people on our mailing list." Please read the guidelines below before you begin. The supplies needed will include the print out of the drawing(s) of your choice, markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils.  Completed pictures are to be dropped off to Mrs. Greco in the Family Center.  When dropping off your completed work, please let the Family Center staff member know your first and last name so that you can receive the correct community service credit.  However, only include your first name on the picture itself.  Please do not mail the drawings directly.  The library will be mailing out batches of pictures as needed.  Each drawing will earn the participant 1 hour of community service credit, with a maximum of 5 hours per month.  Please take your time and create pictures that you are proud to give to someone else.   Click here to read the guidelines and to select a drawing to print and color.

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Recycling Rocks (Community Service Opportunity)

Grades 5-12.  Turn cans and bottles into community service hours by returning deposit bottles to a local supermarket.  Simply return the cans and bottles and then email a photo of the bottle return receipt to [email protected].  Participants will earn 1 hour of co......More

Grades 5-12.  Turn cans and bottles into community service hours by returning deposit bottles to a local supermarket.  Simply return the cans and bottles and then email a photo of the bottle return receipt to [email protected].  Participants will earn 1 hour of community service credit for every 20 cans and bottles that are returned, up to 2 hours per month.

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Troopons (Community Service Opportunity)

Grades 5-12.  Cut and clip for a good cause.  Help military families overseas by clipping grocery coupons.  Stores on overseas military bases accept manufacturer coupons from the United States.  To assist the Troopons program, please cut manufacturer's grocery coupons f......More

Grades 5-12.  Cut and clip for a good cause.  Help military families overseas by clipping grocery coupons.  Stores on overseas military bases accept manufacturer coupons from the United States.  To assist the Troopons program, please cut manufacturer's grocery coupons for food, baby food/items, pet items, and non-food items.  Unfortunately, internet coupons are not permitted.  Each participant who fills a small Ziploc style bag with at least 10 grocery coupons will earn 1 hour of community service.  A maximum of 2 hours, for 20 or more coupons, can be earned each month.  Please drop off all baggies to Mrs. Greco in the Family Center.

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Lego Creations

Grades 2 and up. We'll supply the Lego pieces and you supply the creativity. Join us to freely imagine and build to your heart's content!

999 Old Country Rd., Plainview, NY, 11803, US

Cookie Cutter Pop Rocks (Cooking Kit to Go)

Grades 5-12.  Make popping chocolate with cookie cutter shapes and create your own delicious and popping treat.  Due to the perishable nature of this program, please register and pick up the kit by Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

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Smile Mug (Craft to Go)

Grades 5-12.  Design and create a unique mug.  All registered participants are asked to pick up a craft kit, in the Family Center, containing the materials that will be needed to complete this program.  Additionally, there will be a link provided for an instructional vi......More

Grades 5-12.  Design and create a unique mug.  All registered participants are asked to pick up a craft kit, in the Family Center, containing the materials that will be needed to complete this program.  Additionally, there will be a link provided for an instructional video.

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Bookmark It! (Community Service Opportunity) (Craft to Go)

Grades 5-12.  Color and create fuzzy bookmarks that will be displayed and given out to children who visit the Family Center.  All registered participants are asked to pick up a craft kit, in the Family Center, containing three bookmark templates.  Markers, crayons, or c......More

Grades 5-12.  Color and create fuzzy bookmarks that will be displayed and given out to children who visit the Family Center.  All registered participants are asked to pick up a craft kit, in the Family Center, containing three bookmark templates.  Markers, crayons, or colored pencils will be needed for this program.  All completed bookmarks will need to be returned to the Family Center by Monday, June 3, 2024.  Each registered participant will earn two hours of community service credit for returning the completed bookmarks.

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Family Center's National Children's Book Week May 6 - May 12

National Children's Book week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country and Family Center is proud to both honor and join in the celebration. Children of all ages are invited to visit the Family Center, pick out a book template to write the titl......More

National Children's Book week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country and Family Center is proud to both honor and join in the celebration. Children of all ages are invited to visit the Family Center, pick out a book template to write the title of their favorite book on, and place it on our special bookshelf. Let's see what everyone's favorite books are. All participants will receive a small prize.

999 Old Country Rd., Plainview, NY, 11803, US