Helping the Wildlife Rescue Center
Our foundation continues to support the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays We make donations in Leahs memory from the foundation. What a wonderful place this is where they rehabilitate so many different animals and release them back into the wild. Leah would be so happy to see how many animals her foundation is helping 💙💙
2023 New Hyde Park Road School 6th Grade Award
An award was established in Leah's name and given to a graduating 6th grader from Leah's Elementary School who best exemplified her giving and caring ways.
Congratulations to Jiya Bijaj on being chosen by the 6th grade teachers to receive this award in Leahs memory. We know that Jiya will continue to Make Every Second Count and
Live More Kind for Leah everyday.
Leah's Legacy Polar Bear Plunge 2023
Leah loved participating in the Polar Bear Plunge in Long Beach to support the Make A Wish Foundation with her friends. “Leah's Legacy" team again had a great turnout. The foundation presented the team with a donation on behalf of Leah's Legacy to Make A Wish.
Thank you to all who came out to support Make A Wish and to keep Leah's Legacy alive.
Please consider joining our team next year in support of Leahs Legacy and to help Make A Wish in her memory.
Polar Bear Plunge 2023
Dinner Dance Fundraiser March 2023
After years of not being able to have a fundraiser we finally were back at Leonards Palazzo of Great Neck, NY On March 6, 2023 for a fun night of dinner and dancing. It was a huge success and we would not have been able to do it without the generous donations of baskets, gift cards and prizes, the sponsorships and all the help from our friends and community that gave so much of their time to help out. We can't thank you all enough for everything. A special thank you to Jack LaSala For all his help year after year and his support in everything we do.
Mary Brennan Inn Meal Sponsorship 2023
For Leah's Birthday, this year and for the past years and coming years, our Foundation has and will continue to sponsor meals at the Mary Brennan Inn in Hempstead. This year we were finally able to return in person to prepare the meal and serve the meal. We also helped out with sorting clothing in
the new building for the donation room that we sponsored that is open to the patrons and helped stock the food pantry as well as any other things that were needed to help out.
We presented Jean Kelly, the CEO at the INN with a check for $50,000, $40,000 was from our winning the Kentucky Fried Giving Challenge to help fight food insecurities in our neighborhood as well as an additional $10,000 from our foundation.
We are looking forward to the coming years as we all know that Leah would have loved to be there with us helping out and giving back.
Bench Dedication
Through the sales of bracelets, a good friend of Leah, Casey Waldron, was able to raise enough money to purchase a bench and Crepe Myrtle tree in Leah's memory. It was placed on the New Hyde Park Memorial property by the Shack for all to see and remember Leah. SEPTA and the Best Buddies also dedicated 2 Butterfly Bushes and a beautiful plaque in Leah's name. We can't thank you enough for this beautiful dedication.