Community

Years ago I wrote down this thought: Love is a vein of energy that flows in their air like a river, and when you fall into that river you feel the power of a billion suns. It's quite a line and yet now that I am sixty-something I believe it to be truer than ever.

"It's a great opportunity for kids to try a sport they may be unfamiliar with," says East End Trailblazers Team Director Jason Lucas.

There is no way you could read this column and not appreciate your next walk on that first quintessential spring day of this new year a bit more.

"When you learn that LI Cares delivers food to over 284,000 food insecure people on Long Island a year - it's hard to smile," said Jim Rowe.

"We have created i-kids to fill this void and ensure our kids have the right building blocks to be tomorrow's innovators," Ashley John Heather said.

Seeing things just around the bend is something of a theme for my sixty-something years on earth.

"The community support has been phenomenal," Jim Stewart, Katy's Courage co-founder, told Hamptons.com.

"Women enjoy making handmade gifts for family and friends, the fellowship of the craft, and sharing experiences and stories," said Connie Klos, leader of Hallockville Museum Farm's Quilt and Stitch Group. "I enjoy sharing what I know with others since it helps keeps my creative ideas flowing. Ensuring that the traditional needle arts is passed to the next...

"We live here all year, our staff lives here all year and there's people in need here the whole year," Belkin told Hamptons.com about the Foundation.

"A universal timeless experience is to look at the night sky. It is in a way to touch eternity with your eyes and imagination," reflected Andrea Pisacano.