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> Legislator Jon Cooper joined with a dozen volunteers in an effort to fight hunger in our community. Wearing bright blue “Cooper’s Troopers” t-shirts, the volunteers stood outside the Super Stop & Shop Supermarket in Northport collecting non-perishable food items for people and pets. In all, they collected a record-breaking ten shopping carts full of food from generous shoppers. The donations were distributed to the Huntington Community Food Council, a not-for-profit food pantry located in Huntington Station, the Helping Hands Rescue Mission located in Huntington Station and the Little Shelter, one of the first no-kill animal shelters on Long Island . Pictured with Legislator Cooper are several of the volunteers: (l-r) Lora Gellerstein, Vinessa Manfre, Jacqueline Petrick and Ally Kiley.
> Legislator Jon Cooper was honored to speak at the Developmental Disabilities Institute’s graduation ceremony for their pre-kindergarten Starting Early program. The ceremony took place at their Little Plains Road Campus in Huntington. DDI has six main campuses throughout Suffolk County, along with 26 residential and day habilitation sites, which serve over 1,500 families through a number of programs. Starting Early is a special program for infants and young children who demonstrate delay or disability in cognition, motor, social, language or emotional development. DDI also offers specialized programs for young children with autism and children with Down Syndrome. This year over 90 percent of the children graduated to go on to kindergarten classes in their own school districts.
> Legislator Jon Cooper presented proclamations to three winners of Suffolk County’s “Be Pool Smart” poster contest during the Citizen of the Month assembly at Jack Abrams Intermediate School in Huntington Station. These students created posters which highlight their interpretation of steps that should be taken to protect children from accidental pool drownings. Hundreds of elementary school students throughout Suffolk participated in this contest as part of a public education campaign to promote swimming pool safety. Pictured with Legislator Cooper are Scott Armyn, the dean of Jack Abrams Intermediate School, and the first, second and third place contest winners from the 18th Legislative District, (l-r) Shannon Maloney, Madeline Shea and Chris Regan.
> Legislator Jon Cooper presented a proclamation to Centerport resident Dylan Thompson, a 15-year-old student at Harborfields High School who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) when he was five years old. This is the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed in childhood, affecting approximately one in every 3,500 live male births. Dylan has a very positive attitude and is committed to helping to find a cure for DMD. All 1,100 students at Harborfields joined Dylan in this effort, and together they raised over $5,000 by selling DVDs and t-shirts, and hosting a variety of activities to raise awareness about this disorder.
> Legislator Jon Cooper presented Tabata Borali, a Suffolk Community College student from Northport, with a proclamation in honor of her impressive academic achievements. Tabata was one of only 238 students from among the 440,000 attending 64 SUNY campuses to receive the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. She was selected as one of 20 students for the Academic All-USA First Team from nearly 1,450 applications received nationwide from 800 community colleges in 49 states. Tabata was also named as New York’s 2009 New Century Scholar, an accolade awarded to the highest-scoring student in each state. She stays very active in her community by raising funds for various children’s cancer organizations and championed a campus book drive to benefit children in South America.
> Legislator Jon Cooper presented a proclamation to 18-year-old Northport High School student Colby Grace, an award-winning sculptor. Colby’s most recent sculpture, “For Love of…”, depicts two scenes. On one side a soldier rests for a brief moment to write a letter home, while on the other side his wife reads the letter to their child. A non-profit organization, the Northport Veterans Sculpture Committee, is raising money so that a life-sized version of Colby’s poignant sculpture can be placed in Northport Village Park in honor of our soldiers and their families. Pictured (l-r) are Legislator Jon Cooper, Colby Grace and Damon McMullen, a Northport Village Trustee.
> Legislator Jon Cooper enjoyed visiting the Fay J. Lindner Residences at Gurwin Jewish in Commack, where a reception was held for about twenty residents and staff members who volunteered their time and skill to knit and crochet more than 150 red scarves. Each of these scarves will be included in a “Red Bag of Courage” and distributed to women who are cardiac patients at Huntington Hospital through the HeartScarves program run by WomenHeart of Huntington.
> Legislator Jon Cooper participated in the Family Service League’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten “Guest Reader” program at St. Hugh of Lincoln Church in Huntington Station. Legislator Cooper read the book “Little Blue Little Yellow” by Leo Leoni to a class of sixteen 4 and 5 year old, pre-kindergarten students. He received a warm welcome and a tour of other classrooms where the students showed off their many talents in art, music and knowledge of the solar system. Pictured with Legislator Cooper and the pre-K students are (l-r) their teacher, Nancy Siegel, and her aide, Vianca Quirindongo.
> Legislator Jon Cooper hosted a community meeting with approximately 60 Centerport residents in the lobby of the Vanderbilt Planetarium. He arranged for representatives of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works to share the results from a recent traffic study regarding Centerport Road at the intersection of Centershore Road. The report addressed resident’s concerns and offered several possible solutions to the ongoing problems with the road. Pictured with Legislator Cooper is Centerport resident, Lori Sklar.
> Legislator Jon Cooper attended Huntington High School’s annual Career Day, where he spoke about his rewarding role as a public elected official. Over a two-hour period, he fielded numerous questions from students who are considering pursuing a career in government. Pictured with Legislator Cooper is Jeffrey Bishop.
> Legislator Jon Cooper presented proclamations to five police officers from Huntington’s Second Precinct in recognition of an act of heroism on their part. With a quick response and calm demeanor, these members of “Suffolk’s Finest” successfully rescued a 70-year-old disabled man from his burning home in Huntington Station.
> Legislator Jon Cooper was invited as the keynote speaker at the Jewish War Veterans annual meeting held at the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center in Commack. Legislator Cooper discussed the resolutions he has sponsored on the county level to ensure that veterans are treated fairly and are made aware of all programs that are available to them through the country.
> Legislator Jon Cooper presented proclamations to six high school students from his district who participated in the Mentoring Partnership of Long Island’s annual “Job Shadow Day.” This unique program offers 10th graders an opportunity to experience a day in the workplace. With over 500 jobs to choose from, these six students picked “local government.” Legislator Cooper led the group through a mock legislative debate on the topic of whether uniforms should be mandatory in high school. He also invited representatives from various Suffolk County departments to speak to the students about the ins and outs of county government.
> Legislator Jon Cooper presented proclamations to students at Cold Spring Harbor High School who donated 10 inches or more of their hair to the non-profit organization, Locks of Love. Locks of Love provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss. Most of the Locks of Love recipients have lost their hair due to a medical condition known as alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. These high-quality prostheses help to restore the children’s self-esteem and self-confidence. Fifteen students generously volunteered to donate approximately 150 inches of hair in total and and raised $10,000, more than covering the entire production cost of three wigs.
> Legislator Jon Cooper was the honorary host for the annual Holiday Tree Lighting at the Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium in Centerport. With the help of Huntington High School’s “Huntington Highsteppers”, as well as Santa Clause and Mrs. Clause, more than a dozen volunteers and staff of the Vanderbilt Museum were filled with holiday cheer. They helped children fill pine cones with cream cheese and sprinkled bird seed on top, led the group in holiday caroling and distributed free hot cocoa and cookies. Also part of the festivities was a tree decorating contest. Pictured with Legislator Cooper are the Huntington Highsteppers, Santa Clause and Mrs. Clause: (top row l-r) Kelly McConnell, Mary McKell (aka Mrs. Clause), Aliyah Cohen, Legislator Cooper, Tom Franklin (aka Santa Clause), Mary Maiorello, Esti Lodge and Sarah Kulchinsky; (bottom row l-r) Kari Peer, Jessica Harris and Bianca Iarrobino.
Legislator Jon Cooper joined with a dozen volunteers in an effort to fight hunger in our community. Wearing bright blue “Cooper’s Troopers” t-shirts, the volunteers stood outside the Super Stop & Shop Supermarket in Northport collecting non-perishable food items for people and pets. In all, they collected a record-breaking ten shopping carts full of food from generous shoppers. The donations were distributed to the Huntington Community Food Council, a not-for-profit food pantry located in Huntington Station, the Helping Hands Rescue Mission located in Huntington Station and the Little Shelter, one of the first no-kill animal shelters on Long Island . Pictured with Legislator Cooper are several of the volunteers: (l-r) Lora Gellerstein, Vinessa Manfre, Jacqueline Petrick and Ally Kiley.
> Legislator Jon Cooper joined with a dozen volunteers in an effort to fight hunger in our community. Wearing bright blue “Cooper’s Troopers” t-shirts, the volunteers stood outside the Super Stop & Shop Supermarket in Northport collecting non-perishable food items for people and pets. In all, they collected a record-breaking ten shopping carts full of food from generous shoppers. The donations were distributed to the Huntington Community Food Council, a not-for-profit food pantry located in Huntington Station, the Helping Hands Rescue Mission located in Huntington Station and the Little Shelter, one of the first no-kill animal shelters on Long Island . Pictured with Legislator Cooper are several of the volunteers: (l-r) Lora Gellerstein, Vinessa Manfre, Jacqueline Petrick and Ally Kiley.
Legislator Jon Cooper joined with a dozen volunteers in an effort to fight hunger in our community. Wearing bright blue “Cooper’s Troopers” t-shirts, the volunteers stood outside the Super Stop & Shop Supermarket in Northport collecting non-perishable food items for people and pets. In all, they collected a record-breaking ten shopping carts full of food from generous shoppers. The donations were distributed to the Huntington Community Food Council, a not-for-profit food pantry located in Huntington Station, the Helping Hands Rescue Mission located in Huntington Station and the Little Shelter, one of the first no-kill animal shelters on Long Island . Pictured with Legislator Cooper are several of the volunteers: (l-r) Lora Gellerstein, Vinessa Manfre, Jacqueline Petrick and Ally Kiley.
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