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Congregation Tifereth Israel Hosts IAC Meeting

Members of InterAgency Council of Glen Cove, Ltd. (IAC) gathered for their monthly meeting at Congregation Tifereth Israel recently. Dr. Daniel Vogrin, president of IAC opened the meeting by inviting Rabbi Jonathon Kohn to give the membership some background on the Synagogue. Tifereth is the oldest congregation on Long Island, celebrating 105 years. The conservative congregation started out in 1897 as an orthodox congregation on the site of the present-day Baptist Church. He explained there are still remnants of its original decor there to this day. The present site offers the community a myriad of services apart from its religious services and education including: a nursery school, adult education and a social action component. Last September, Rabbi Kohn relocated to Long Island from Houston. Since arriving in Glen Cove, he has chosen to first observe the community, to then become more familiar with it, and he looks forward to being involved in both the community-at-large as well as IAC.

Dr. Vogrin, president of IAC spoke with pride of the recent acknowledgement by Nassau County's Youth Board, on IAC’s model collaborative and has extended an invitation to Juan Castro, executive director of the Glen Cove Youth Board to speak to other town agencies in Nassau County about IAC. Dr. Vogrin justified some of IAC's success as the result of the Youth Board's ongoing support. Carol Sucharski introduced the membership to a Glen Cove Youth Board Survey as well as distributing copies. It was also pointed out that the Survey can also be accessed via IAC's website. www.iacglencove.org Carol urged everyone to participate in the survey and to encourage others they meet to do the same.

A grant application for funding for the formation of a multi-cultural Teen of Glen Cove Association (TOGA) was submitted to Catholic Health Services. The program coordinator, Chris Morris, briefed the membership on the collaborative concept of the grant request proposed by Victoria Crosby and requested under the IAC 501 c 3. Decisions from AOLTimeWarner and CDA for requested funding for technical computer training for IAC are still pending. Dr. Vogrin requested a thank you letter be prepared and sent to the city's two newspapers to acknowledge their fine coverage of IAC through the year.

Dr. Susan Moor, vice president of IAC and chair of the IAC nominating committee for the term 2002-2004 presented a slate of officers: President-Juan Castro; vice president-Dr. Sharon Harris; Recording Secretary-Claudia Pagan: Corresponding Secretary-The Rev. Paul Hutchings; and Treasurer-Arlene O’Dell. Members-at-large: Victoria Crosby, Toya Davis, Carrie Savino, Dr. Susan Moor and the immediate past president Dr. Daniel Vogrin. The slate was approved unanimously and Dr. Moor extended her appreciation to the nominating committee: Victoria Crosby, Ellen Pratt, Dr. Sharon Harris, Arlene O'Dell and Carol Waldman.

IAC with more than 40 member agencies was established in 1971. The primary mission is to enhance the delivery of human services through collaboration and communication, and to provide mutual support among community agencies through sharing and networking. Please visit our website at www.iacglencove.org for more information about services, events, and our member agencies. Member agencies are encouraged to have a representative attend the monthly meetings. The Annual Meeting and installation of officers will take place on Wednesday June 12 at North Shore University Hospital’s Pratt Auditorium at 9 a.m.