Babylon Town Councilman Tom Donnelly recently met with a group of students from North Babylon High School who made a difference in their community by cleaning up Phelps Lane Park in North Babylon as part of a Global Youth Service Day project. Councilman Donnelly thanked the students for their participation and dedication to keeping our parks clean and beautiful. The students were treated to a history lesson about the Phelps Lane family and the mansion by Kelly Filippone, Town of Babylon Archives Assistant. Marie Bragman, Program Manager and Vocation Instructor for Abilities, Inc. and Brooke Harris, Job Coach, are pictured with Councilman Tom Donnelly and Kelly Filippone on the front lawn of the Phelps Lane mansion, home of the Town of Babylon Department of Parks & Recreation.
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Global Youth Service Day is a worldwide celebration of community service and civic engagement. These volunteers earned Global Youth Service Day certificates for their great work. Past projects have included helping non-profit organizations through food drives and monetary donations, collecting food for the needy, visiting local senior citizens centers, making holiday baskets for hospitalized children, conducting community clean-up efforts and assisting local veterans groups in need. For more information of the Town of Babylon’s Beautification Program, please call (631) 587-3752 ext. 6012.