Rockland County Legislator John Murphy (R-Pearl River) took on triple duty at Make a Difference Rockland, a community service fair that drew over 80 organizations to the Tappan Zee High School gymnasium Wednesday.
Murphy and his wife, Eileen, were set up at consecutive tables for Lourdes Kids of Rockland, Camp Venture and Homes for Heroes.
"I think it's incredible," Murphy said of the fair. "It's incredible because it has all the charities under one roof. It's like a supermarket of charities. They can come in and pick the one they like. It's great."
The Tappan Zee Leos organized the event with the sponsorship of the Blauvelt Lions Club. Tappan Zee High School students packed into the gym at the start, just as school let out, then a steady stream of people followed.
"We're looking for young volunteers," Murphy said. "To get them invested."
The Leos Club Officers/Make a Difference Committee included President Angela Nolan, Vice President Sydney Chang, Co-Secretaries Bailey Domenick and Caitlin Neier, Treasurer Rachel Kading, Tech. Dir. Patrick Flanagan, Tech. Dir. Rouhin Ghosh, Patricia Conklin, Louis Clement, Jessica Connoly, Chastity Morel, Zach Schmidt and faculty advisor Tricia Castelli.
The following organizations reserved a spot at the fair.
- 511 New York Rideshare
- American Association of University Women
- American Cancer Society
- American Red Cross
- ARC of Rockland
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Rockland
- Birthright of Rockland
- Blauvelt Lions
- Boy Scouts of America - Hudson Valley Council
- BuddyBall Sports
- Camp Venture
- Candle/Candle Center of Orangetown
- Center for Safety and Change
- Charity Navigator Rockland Cares
- Chiku Awali African Dance Arts and Culture
- Child Care Resources of Rockland
- Children of Promise Stable
- Ecuadent
- Elmwood Playhouse
- Freedom Day USA
- Friends of Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain
- Grassroots Community Service Projects
- Harmony on the Hudson
- Hearts and Crafts
- H-Tor Animal Shelter
- Home Aides of Rockland
- Homes for Heroes
- Hudson River Health Care
- Jawonio
- Jewish Voice for Peace
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
- Keep Rockland Beautiful
- Ladies Aux. of the Blauvelt Fire Company
- Lexington Center for Recovery
- Library Association of Rockland
- Lourdes Kids of Rockland
- Make a Wish Hudson Valley
- Meals on Wheels
- Mid-Hudson Regional Volunteer Center
- MAMI-Familya of Rockland
- New York Blood Center
- New York Organ Donor Network
- New York Solar Energy Society
- NYS Public Service Commission
- One to One Learning
- Orangetown Auxiliary Police
- Orangetown Historical Museum and ARchives
- Orangetown Substance Abuse Committee
- Palisades Park Conservancy
- Parents Helping Parents
- Penguin Plunge
- Penguin Rep Theater
- People to People
- Piermont Marsh Alliance
- Planned Parenthood of Rockland
- Power Against and Reality
- R.S.V.P.
- Rockland BOCES
- Rockland Business Women's Network
- Rockland Community Against Hunger
- Rockland County District Attorney
- Rockland County Office of the Aging
- Rockland Farm Alliance
- Rockland Grand Campus L.I.U.
- Rockland Independent Living Center
- Rockland Road Runners
- Rockland Teacher Center Institute
- Seeing Eye Group
- Share Africa
- Shelter Our Pets
- Sierra Club
- SOAC - South Orangetown Ambulance Corp.
- South Orangetown Community Awareness of Substance Abuse (SOCASA)
- Touch
- Touching Bases Baseball League of Rockland
- Town of Orangetown
- Town of Ramapo Challenger Center
- United Way of Rockland County, Inc.
- Visions Center for Blindness
- Worldwide Community First Responders
- Youth for Hospice
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