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Alternatives For Children
WINTER/SPRING 2012
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN LAUNCHES NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE
WWW.ALTERNATIVESFORCHILDREN.ORG
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supporting Alternatives For Children
is easier than ever.
We now offer secure online giving
through PayPal
for all our Fundraising Activities.
Annual Golf Outing
Annual Classic and Sports Car Rally
Capital Campaign
Annual Campaign
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Alternatives for Children
Mission Statement
To provide the highest quality
special and regular education
programs and services
to children with disabilities
and typically developing peers.
Education, medical,
pediatric rehabilitation,
and support services
are integrated to ensure the
comprehensive needs of the
child and family are met.
14 Research Way
East Setauket, NY 11733
631-331-6400
Preschool Programs
Child Day Care
Early Intervention Services
Universal Pre-K
Administrative Office
1116 Main Road
Aquebogue, NY 11931
631-722-2170
Preschool Programs
Child Day Care
Early Intervention Services
Universal Pre-K
175 Wolf Hill Road
Melville, NY 11747
631-271-0777
Preschool Programs
Child Day Care
Early Intervention Services
168 Hill Street
Southampton, NY 11968
631-283-3272
Preschool Programs
Child Day Care
Early Intervention Services
Executive Director
Marie E. Ficano, Ed.D.
Board of Trustees
Vincent O’Leary, Chairman
Joseph Dempsey, Esq. - Secretary
James Buzzetta
Frederic Mendelsohn, MD
Michael Russell
Tina VanVort, Esq.
Many thanks to Kelly Kuzman,
SUNY Stony Brook Journalism Graduate
for filming and editing
these two videos for our use.
Maria Hansen
Occupational
Therapy
Supervisor
Elizabeth Schwartz
Music Therapist
Taking her cue from the Lady Gaga hit,
Born This Way, Music Therapist Lee
Morris instilled in her students a
valuable life lesson; I’m beautiful in my
way, and I was born this way! For their
end of the year song, all the children,
those with disabilities and their typically
developing peers, sang Born This Way
with adapted lyrics and used American
Sign Language to make this song their
own.
visit us at
www.alternativesforchildren.org
to view these two video digests
Alternatives For Children gives all these
beautiful children and their families the
tools they need, and provides a strong
educational foundation so that they can
be successful as they transition to the
kindergarten environment.
For the parents of these children, these
words affirm what they have always
known; that their children are indeed
beautiful in their own special way.
MANY THANKS TO . . . .
LEE MORRIS, MUSIC THERAPIST
FACULTY & STAFF
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN
SOUTHAMPTON
RICHARD SLATTERY,
INNER VISION IMAGING
FOR BRINGING THIS VIDEO TO LIFE!
Alternatives For Children’s newly
launched and redesigned website is
rich in content, easy to navigate, and
extremely user friendly.
Search engine optimization has been
greatly increased to ensure that when
parents are searching for information
on Early Intervention, Preschool
Special Education or Related Services
in Suffolk or Nassau County our
website will pop up giving them
access to solid, useful information that
will answer many of their questions.
BROOKIE COOKIE BOOKIE AUTHOR ROBIN ROSENBERG
VISITS ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN EAST SETAUKET
The children and staff at
Alternatives For Children
East Setauket were visited
by first-time author Robin
Rosenberg who read from
her book Brookie Cookie
Bookie. In the book the
reader follows young
Brooke, Rosenberg’s reallife daughter, and her
friends through the pages as
together they discover the
differences that make them
unique and the universal
truths that bring them
together. The illustrations
in the book were drawn by
the real-life Brooke and her
friends – as they declare
their personal choices for
activities, the weather,
colors and more.
Brookie Cookie Bookie
focuses on diversity and
explains the concept to
young children by showing
them that even though they
may like different things,
“It’s Cool to Be Kind!”
they are still the same as
other children in many ways. Rosenberg intended the
book to be a discussion starter that might help head off
future bullying behaviors.
Author Robin Rosenberg
teaches the children at
Alternatives For Children
East Setauket the
Brookie Cookie Bookie cheer,
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
Alternatives for Children will work together with families
to answer any questions and help access information needed.
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN SOUTHAMPTON
PARTNERS WITH CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
TO FOSTER HEALTHY NUTRITION
Recent reports indicate
that more than 26% of
children between the
ages of 2 and 5 are
classified as either at
risk for being overweight or overweight.
Since eati ng and
ph ysical
activity
behaviors and patterns
are established early in
childhood and tend to
track into adulthood,
early intervention could
help prevent the problem
of obesity in young
children.
Approximately 56% of all
children ages three to six
years spend their day in
a center-based child care
program. These children may consume 50% to
100% of their RDA while at a child care facility,
which contributes a significant number of calories
and essential nutrients to their diet.
With this understanding in mind, Alternatives For
Children Southampton has joined forces with the staff
at the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Riverhead to
implement the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self
Assessment for Child Care. NAP SACC is an
intervention in child care centers aimed at improving
the nutrition and physical activity environment
policies and practices through self-assessment. The
goals of the program are to improve the nutritional
quality of the food served to the children and to
closely monitor the amount and quality of physical
activity the children are exposed to on a daily basis.
Each year, Alternatives for Children is required to notify
parents of their rights under the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act regulations (FERPA) to:
Inspect and review the student’s educational records.
Seek amendment to the student’s educational records
that the parent believes to be inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights.
Consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records.
Alternatives for Children will comply with a request for access to records within 45 days of a received request and
respond to reasonable requests for explanations and interpretations of records. If a parent believes the education
records relating to the student contain information that is inaccurate, misleading or in violation of the student’s
rights of privacy, he or she may ask Alternatives for Children to amend the record.
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN
EAST SETAUKET
SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST
9AM - 3PM
Bring your Children - Tell all your friends!
Peace of Mind for Parents!
New York Life's Child I.D. program is designed to help children in our community learn how to stay safe in the
home, at play or wherever they happen to be. Child I.D.s are created using the EZ Child I.D. System, the nation's
most comprehensive digital fingerprinting child identification system. Created with help from the National CHIP
foundation and law enforcement officials, this system ensures that the digital fingerprints meet industry standards
by capturing all vital information required by the Amber Alert system.
In just three minutes, a Child I.D. card is printed for each parent or guardian free of charge. Child I.D. cards
feature a child’s photo, fingerprints, contact information and other pertinent information needed by the police in
case of an emergency.
Please note that children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. No child's information or pictures are
electronically retained. All data is automatically erased upon printing the Child I.D. The only information New
York Life keeps is a parent or guardian's contact information, and only if permission has been granted for an Agent
to contact them with more information about New York Life.
Having a Child I.D. will give the parent/guardian the peace of mind knowing that should anything ever happen to
their child, they will have an I.D. with vital information to distribute to the local authorities.
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN HOLIDAY PARTY
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN BOWLINGPARTY
THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE
WHO MADE THESE EVENTS
SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE
FOR THE CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES!
Holiday Party Thank You
Bowling Party Thank You
Three Village CSD for the use of
the Main Street School
Chris Keller & Rob Eggert
Bowl Long Island
Donna Wheaton & family
for arranging the event
Diamond Jewelers
Benkerts Bakery
Joy & Tony Massciana
Little Vincent's Pizza
Step in Time Dance
Kim & John Tarpey
Mindy Arne
Anthony Gonzalez
Dream DJ for providing the
awesome dance music
Fairytale Productions for the
wonderful costumes
McDonald’s for donating all that
delicious juice
AND - As always, parents, staff
and sponsors for raffle items and
helping hands
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN
EAST SETAUKET
Looking For Vendors
Rent a Space for only $25
SATURDAY, APRIL 21ST
9AM - 3PM
COMMUNITY YARD SALE
CRAFT FAIR
For further information contact
Lisa at 631-331-6400 x 107
Weather permitting, this event will be held
outside in the back parking lot behind the
school. In case of bad weather, event will
be held inside the school. Alternatives For
Children will advertise this event and will
provide the space. Vendors are responsible
for bringing their items as well as any tables
or chairs that might be needed.
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN SUMMER ENRICHMENT 2012
FOUR SPECIALTY GROUPS OFFERED AT OUR EAST SETAUKET LOCATION
Get Ready for
Kindergarten!
will be offered
at all four locations
Aquebogue
East Setauket
Melville
Southampton
Enroll
your child in a
summer program
to BOOST their
kindergarten
readiness skills!
visit our website for more info
www.alternativesforchildren.org
Alternatives For Children
16TH ANNUAL
CLASSIC & SPORTS CAR RALLY
SAVE THE DATE
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 15, 2012
Alternatives For Children Southampton has been approved to
provide Child Day Care services for families that meet Department of Social Services income eligibility criteria. Subsidized
children are eligible for day care services based on family income
and County reimbursement. To learn if your child and family is
eligible, call the Department of Social Services at 631-853-3666.
You can also call Alternatives For Children Southampton at 631283-3272 for information on how your child can receive quality
child day care in an enriched educational program with NYS
dually certified teachers.
ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN
2011 SUPPORTERS
AFFINITY MEMBERS
$5,000 & Over
Bobby Bandiera & Friends
Competition Automotive Group
Competition Toyota/Toyota Dealer Match Program
Islandia MRI Associates/Merik Dolber
Dr. & Mrs. Frederic Mendelsohn
Medical Rehabilitative Services Of Long Island
Middle Island Motor Sales/Mr. Vinny DiGregorio
Pilot Benefits Group/Mr. Mark Senders
$2,500 - $4,999
Eye/Vision Associates/Dr. Gwen Gnadt
GBM Services/Mr. Michael Pergola
Gershow Recycling Center
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick/Mr. Gordon Siess
Mechanical Solutions/Mr. Thomas Juliano
Newsday/Mr. Angelo Ippolito
UBS Financial Services/Mr. & Mrs. Michael Russell
Mr. & Mrs. Sean Russell
$1,000 - $2,499
Apollo Health Street Inc.
BP East Setauket/Mr. Ozzie Osman
BP Peconic/Mrs. Saroj R. Jaswal
Mr. & Mrs. James Buzzetta
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Dempsey
Frankino Family Foundation
Partlow Insurance Agency/Mr. Jerry Partlow
Sector Microwave Industries, Inc./Mr. Paul Delzatto
Suffolk County National Bank/Mr. Robert Grady
The Garrick C. Stephenson Family Fund
The Legend Group/Mr. Kyle Mendelsohn
Dr. Barbara Whiteside
$500 - $999
Allure Home Improvements/Mr. Sal Ferro
Associated Energy/Mr. Larry McDevitt
Bobby Dent Devil/Mr. Robert Fischer
Bryant Funeral Home Inc.
Central Outdoor Services/Mr. Chris Flobeck
Chase Auto Finance/Mr. Brian Farley
D.A. Marsicovetere & Co./Mr. Dominic Marsicovetere
Greenberg & Traurig/Ms. Pamela Madeiros, Esq.
Jordan Associates Integrated Systems
Mr. Paul Jordan
Mr. Ather Mirza
PMD Builder Corp./Mr. Paul Delzatto
Mr. Michael Selip
Staff of Dr. Mendelsohn
The Art of Mathematics, LLC.
Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology Group/Jim Speza
Jim Buzzetta
Merik C. Dolber
Medical
Rehabilitative
Services
of Long Island
Dr. & Mrs. Fred Mendelsohn
Mark Senders
THANK YOU
AFFINITY
MEMBERS!
Mike Russell
THANK YOU!
YOU Gave a Gift that Makes a Difference
We are pleased and grateful
to have received so many
generous donations for our
2011 Year End Annual Campaign
Alternatives For Children and the Family of Gil Murtha
gratefully acknowledge all those people who made
a gift to Alternatives For Children in memory of
Gil Murtha
Gil lives on through your generous support of our Mission,
which was so near and dear to his heart.
Alternatives For Children is a not-for-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization
registered with the New York State Charities Bureau.
All donations are tax-deductible in accordance with
current IRS charitable giving guidelines.
7TH ANNUAL GOLF OUTING
JUNE 11TH 2012 NISSEQUOGUE GOLF CLUB
PLATINUM
AWARDS DINNER SPONSOR $5,000
SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION FORM
Sign and logo at Venue ● Mention on Sponsor Board
Return application and payment right away to ensure choice
of sponsorship and guarantee slots for players.
Payment MUST accompany registration form. (Check your choice[s].)
Listing as sponsor in mailings ● Company logo on pin flags
PLATINUM Sponsor
* $3,750 tax deductible
GOLD Sponsor
* $1,975 tax deductible
SILVER Sponsor
* $1,275 tax deductible
HOLE IN ONE Sponsor
* $500 tax deductible
HOLE Sponsor
* $250 tax deductible
Reservations for four golfers
$5,000 each
Four additional guests for dinner
$2,850 each
Includes Additional New Affinity Member Benefits
Signage on Donor Wall ● Company Showcased at Event
$1,500 each
Prominent Display in Quarterly Newsletters
$500 each
GOLD
BBQ LUNCHEON SPONSOR $2,850
$250 each
SPONSORING COMPANY NAME
CONTACT
Sign and logo at Venue ● Mention on Sponsor Board
ADDRESS
Listing as sponsor in mailings ● Corporate logo on hole sign
Reservations for four golfers
CITY
STATE
ZIP
SILVER
REGISTRATION SPONSOR $1,500
PHONE
Email
GOLFER APPLICATION FORM
SPONSORING COMPANY NAME
CONTACT
Sign and logo at Venue ● Mention on Sponsor Board
Choice Signage
on Putting Green, Golf Cart, or Driving Range
Reservations for one golfer
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
HOLE IN ONE SPONSOR
ZIP
PHONE
$500
Corporate Logo on Hole in One Sign
EMAIL
Player
Handicap
1.
HOLE SPONSOR
$250
Corporate Logo on Hole Sign
2.
3.
Hole In One Prize Sponsored By
4.
Individual golfers are welcome to this event.
The fee of $350 per person includes the luncheon, awards
dinner, green fees, and cart. Individuals may also register
for the dinner only, at $125 per person.
Number of Golfers
x $350 per person
Competition BMW of Smithtown
=$
Golf cost includes breakfast, BBQ luncheon, Awards Dinner, green fees, range balls and cart.
Awards Dinner “Only”
Tickets
x $125 per person
COME SEE THE ALL NEW 2012 3 SERIES BMW
=$
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DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT: May 31, 2012
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Alternatives For Children
7th Annual
GOLF OUTING
JUNE 11 2012
Providing the highest quality special and regular education programs and services to children with disabilities and their typically developing peers.
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Alternatives For Children’s early childhood education
programs lead to demonstrated outcomes for our students.
Graduates leave Alternatives For Children
ready to learn & ready for Kindergarten.
www.alternativesforchildren.org