Author: Nick DeLuca

Adventureland’s Helping Hands Foundation hostedour first V.I.P. Friends and Family Fundraiser on Friday, September 8th at Adventureland. This event featured a night of unlimited rides, food, snacks, and fun for guests, all while helping support the many goals of The Helping Hands Foundation. Live entertainment, games, and prizes made the night truly unforgettable.

Funds were raised from sponsorships and raffles—combined, The Helping Hands Foundation raised over $110,000!

The majority of the funds raised will go towards the Tony Gentile Memorial Scholarship Fund, which has awarded over $30,000 in scholarships to Long Island students over the past two years. The remaining funds will go towards supporting the foundation’s Grant Program and the three annual goods drives: Christmas in July Toy Drive, August School Supply Drive, and the Fall Food Drive.

The Helping Hands Foundation strives to help the Long Island Community reach its potential by increasing awareness about local issues, supporting local initiatives, and providing educational resources for community residents.

To learn how you can help us achieve our goal, please visit: www.HelpingHandsLI.org

Over 2,400 middle school students from Long Island public schools and catholic schools will have a day of learning disguised as fun at Technology Day 2017 at Adventureland in Farmingdale, held October 12th and 13th. This out of classroom experience was developed by both the Nassau and Suffolk Technology Education Educators’ Associations for seventh grade students.

Technology Day challenges students to use the skills they learn in multiple classes and apply those skills to complete a workbook with a variety of questions about ride design and operation. It serves as an introduction to the Technical World, through the students’ investigation of the various rides at Adventureland. A workbook with activity sheets guides students through the learning process as they observe, record time, sketch, and calculate specific aspects of the rides. Yes, they go on the rides as well!

“The park is pretty unique on Technology Day,” says Emily Guarnieri, technology director for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. “There are students working in small groups everywhere you look, measuring, triangulating height and exploring engineering design principles such as structure, safety and accessibility.” The Catholic schools of the Diocese of Rockville Centre is the largest group participating in this annual event, representing 37 of the 50 participating schools.

For more information about Technology Day 2017 please email [email protected].

Adventureland’s Helping Hands Foundation hostedtheir annual School Supply Drivelast month, and delivered all the items collected to Park Avenue Elementary School in Amityville, and Northern Parkway Elementary School in Uniondale. Thousands of school supplies ranging from backpacks, to pencils, to crayons were collected at Adventureland with the help of Cox Media’s 102.3 WBAB and 106.1 BLI.

This year was our most successful school supply drive yet! The Helping Hands Foundation and Cox Media donated over 2,500 backpacks to the drive, and thousands of school supplies like notebooks, folders, glue sticks, and more were collected throughout the month of August.

On August 16th, Adventureland hosted National Roller Coaster Day. In celebration of this tradition, guests that donated school supplies received free rides all day on the Turbulence Roller Coaster and the Lady Bug Roller Coaster. Many donations were also received during the Back to School Bash hosted by WBAB and WBLI at Adventureland.

Alfie and members of the Helping Hands Foundation visited both Park Avenue Elementary and Northern Parkway Elementary to help give out the supplies to students.

We look forward to the continued success of the School Supply Drive!

Adventureland’sHelping Hands Foundation is hosting their 2nd annual Fall Food Drive this year benefitting the Town of Babylon Food Pantry and Long Island Harvest. With the goal of donating over100 Thanksgiving Baskets filled with all the trimmings to each organization, the Helping Hands Foundation aims to feed over 500 Long Islanders in need.

The Town of Babylon is the most densely populated municipality in Suffolk County, where nearly 6% of residents live below the poverty line. The Town of Babylon Pantry is open year-round to all Town of Babylon residents in need.

Long Island Harvest serves over 300,000 Nassau and Suffolk County residents in need through supporting over 500 soup kitchens and food pantries. Millions of meals are distributed to adults, children, seniors, families and veterans each year through Long Island Harvest.

For this year’s drive, the Helping Hands Foundation has partnered with Connoisseur Media and Moe’s Southwest Grille. Nonperishable food donations and gift card donations will be accepted weekends and holidays at Adventurelandthroughout September and October and all donors will receive a free giveaway while supplies last.

For a list of most needed items and more information please visit www.Adventureland.us or www.HelpingHandsLI.org

Thank you for your continued support!