projects.
projects.
be a good neighbor ...
Developing an ecosystem that moves with our neighbors, local economy, and community at large, our projects are adaptable to neighborhood needs, evolve as the community evolves, and unites neighbors. Connect to social goodness with an idea, sharing the needs of a neighbor, or by becoming a Connected Neighbor!
Community unity.
ROCK FOR LOVE PORCHFEST
Celebrating our anniversary amidst a typically divided (and oftentimes unneighborly) Board of Ed election, Porchfest bridges the gap by uniting neighbors through the universal language of music in a dynamic 10-hour progressive tour. Click to see how we rock for love!
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
.Held during the month of love,
All You Need is Love takes neighbors on a nostalgic journey through the decades to relive prom night. Proceeds from the event support our All You Need is Love Scholarships benefitting our graduating HS seniors, school district, and wider community. Click to see all of our love!
PRIDE STRIDE
After a year of pride sign destruction, directed homophobic slurs, and anti-trans rhetoric, it was time for our tiny but mighty village to show we stand with our LGBTQ neighbors. Joining forces with our neighboring Glen Cove, Pride Stride shows just how proud we are! Click to see how we burst with color!
THE LISTENING PROJECT
Launching in 2022, The Listening Project aims to remove the obstacles that can disconnect neighbors, and bridge the political divide that can grow within neighborhoods. SAVE THE DATE for The Listening Project: Undivide Us! 9/20. 7pm. FREE!
KINDNESS CARDS
Drop a kind note to a neighbor! Visit one of our Connected Neighbors to pick up one (or a few!)–Baron Floral Designs, Branch Real Estate Group, COCO Confections + Coffee, K. Diresta Collective, Moonshot Emporium, or Sea Cliff Arts Council, or download a 6x4 postcard or business card size! *We are not responsible for any note not filled with love.
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it takes a village ...
Community-supported relief.
NEIGHBOR 2 NEIGHBOR
Neighbors connect directly through personal fundraising and support efforts for those in need in our area. Join us in supporting our neighbors facing personal tragedy by donating any amount to their causes. Know of a neighbor who has started a fundraiser? Connect with us for a donation and to help spread the word. Click to see all of the campaigns!
AMY PETERS
GIFTS FOR GOODNESS
Originally, this project set out to fulfill the wish lists of our neighbors in need by purchasing a gift from a local shop or helping with a bill (valued up to $100). In 2023, we partnered with North Shore High School’s Interact Club and Denise Petersen Yoga to support 15 elementary school children in Glen Cove, and in 2024, we fulfilled the wishes of 40 single-parent families receiving support through St. Boniface Outreach. Click here to see how we’ve evolved in Year 5 to honor the life and legacy of our friend, Amy Peters.
CAL'S ART WITH HEART
A Connected Project with 9-year-old Cal Krinsky, who embarked on a mission in December 2023 to raise funds through his art. With a vision of ensuring all children can enjoy art without financial barriers, Cal uses donations from his artwork to provide supplies to children whose families, schools, or camps have faced financial challenges. SInce starting, Cal has raised over $4,000, helping over 750 local children. Click to learn more about Cal's project!
SPOOKY GOODNESS
Trick or treat! Our community-wide Halloween drives includes a costume donation for children ages 2-10 aiming to make trick or treating a little sweeter for 100 children whose families receive support through St. Boniface Outreach. Candy for Troops, a Connected Project with the Citko Family, frees the neighborhood of hundreds of pounds of candy to send to troops stationed domestically and overseas adding a touch of sweetness to their days.
DON'T BE SILENCED
Based on Chief Neighbor Jaime Teich's personal experience, our Don't Be Silenced project supports individuals subjected to verbal, text, and graphic harassment, including unsolicited sexual images. We advocate against silencing recipients and have mobilized trauma specialists to support neighbors affected by these acts.
PEACE FOR UKRAINE
As families resettled in our neighborhood following the devastation of the war in Ukraine, leaving behind everything they know and love, LYNP mobilized to address individual needs. We fundraised and collaborated with local resources to offer financial aid, food support, visa assistance, and assistance in settling into our tiny but mighty village. Our ongoing support continues as our neighbors adjust to their new lives.
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home is where the heart is ...
Connected Neighbor supported relief.
LOVE, K. DIRESTA COLLECTIVE
Exclusive LYNP heart logo necklace made by the one and only Kat Diresta. 50% proceeds benefit us! Brass, silver, gold, oh my! Visit The Collective to purchase yours today!
THE CHOCOLATE PROJECT
COCO Confections + Coffee presents The Chocolate Project! A 4-ounce love bar made of pure milk or dark chocolate. 20% of proceeds benefit us! Visit COCO to get your bar today!
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
LYNP, in association with local hairdressers, clothing and accessory stores, human resource experts, and photographers help those looking to secure employment by creating a lasting impression.
MUSIC TO MY EARS
LYNP has strung together a band of local musicians looking to bring the power of music into the lives of our neighbors.
STRIVE TO THRIVE
LYNP, and local professionals motivated to provide wellness to every member of our community, from parenthood support to nutrition, offer the strategies to thrive!
THERE'S NO I IN TEAM
LYNP has teamed up with local sports organizations to level the playing field and offer these incredible opportunities to all of our community's children.
LOVE IS AN ART
LYNP, In collaboration with local art teachers, are inspiring local artists of all ages to create a masterpiece!
LIFE OF THE PARTY
LYNP and local bakers, photographers, florists, gown designers, jewelers, musicians, and officiant are ready to bring celebrations to life no matter the hardships one faces.
village vibes ...
All You Need is Love Scholarship projects. Click to read more!
RUBY'S LOVE YOUR GARDEN PROJECT
Meet your neighbor, Ruby Kaye, a rising 5th grader and Sea Cliff School Garden Club President. Ruby was awarded the 2024 All You Need is Love Community Scholarship for $500 for her proposal for Ruby's Love Your Garden Project! Ruby's Love Your Garden Project aims to build gardens at homes and businesses around our neighborhood, teach her neighbors how to maintain their gardens, and provide the fruit of their labor to our neighbors in need. Click to read more!
IAN STRONG'S PRIDE GARDEN & MAILBOX
Meet your neighbor, Ian Strong, a North Shore Middle School 6th-grade graduate, who was awarded the 2023 All You Need is Love Community Scholarship for $500 for his proposal for a Pride Garden outside the office of 268 Sea Cliff Avenue! Filling the garden with a rainbow of flowers including petunias, geraniums, and zinnias, Ian would build a Take Some Pride, Leave Some Pride mailbox, a place for community members to share positive messages with others. Click to read more!
SEA CLIFF SCHOOL'S KINDNESS GARDEN
Meet your neighbor, Mojdeh Hassani, Garden Advisor at Sea Cliff School (and oh so many other things). The Sea Cliff School Garden Club received the 2023 All You Need is Love SCS District Scholarship for $250 with their dedicated Love Your Neighbor Project Kindness Garden – an immersion project teaching students how to harvest as well as to care for their neighbors by donating the produce grown to families within our district receiving assistance through the school, Mutual Concerns, and NOSH. Click to read more!
NORTH SHORE HS
GARDEN BUDDIES
Meet your neighbors, North Shore High School's Life Skills Class, winners the 2023 All You Need is Love HS District Scholarship for $500. With Sea Cliff School’s K-2 ILC Class, they’ve developed Garden Buddies, an integrated collaboration between the high school students who tend to SCS’ garden during the summer and visit during the school year to teach their younger peers how to plant, harvest, weed, and water. Click to read more!
better together ...
Archived projects from our first year.
COVID-19 RESPONSE
When the Coronavirus hit our area, neighbors found themselves without the vital resources needed to keep safe. Within a few short weeks, LYNP donated over 2,000 reusable masks created by local mask-makers and bottles of hand sanitizer provided by the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management ensuring all neighbors in need stay protected.
BUST THAT BOREDOM
As a way to help combat the boredom of quarantine, LYNP developed the Bust That Boredom bin. Accompanied by Aimee Renaud's weekly donation to the Boredom Buster bin, located at Sea Cliff Elementary School, together the bins provided SC families themed activities along with the opportunity to donate new or gently used activities that supported over 100 local families in need.
SHOP LOCAL
Local establishments were impacted by the pandemic in unimaginable ways. Businesses our community relies on were faced with severe financial hardships as doors closed, slashed down to skeleton crews, and navigated new guidelines, all while paying bills and salaries. LYNP built partnerships with struggling Sea Cliff businesses, and together we built the strategic roadmap to mobilize the community to collectively stand behind our local businesses.
MOVE THE NEEDLE
In partnership with The Med Station and Branch Real Estate Group, LYNPs VAXapalooza, an outdoor, judgment, debate, shame, and blame-free pop-up vaccination event assisted neighbors interested in getting the initial Covid and Flu vaccinations, Sea Cliff—style.
COVID-19 RESPONSE V2
With reports suggesting that cloth masks do not offer the best protection against Omicron, the variant that surged in the second wave November 2021, LYNP offered any neighbor, organization, or business facing financial challenges in our community who may be in need surgical, KN95s, N95s or KN94s masks for free.
GIVE SOME REASON TO THE SEASON
Making the holidays a little lighter and brighter while supporting 19 of our Connected Neighbors, the community came together to provide the funding to provide holiday gifts for 25 of our neighbors receiving support through Mutual Concerns.