Government
Click here to view a listing of phone numbers and websites for Incorporated Villages within the Town of Hempstead.
Education
The Education and Assistance Corporation, established in 1969 by four volunteers who wanted to help struggling students in Port Washington, has grown to become one of the largest social services agencies in the metropolitan area.
Long Island
The Town of Hempstead's Clean Energy Project is an initiative to implement and demonstrate clean, renewable and sustainable energy technologies through strategic partnerships. Solar energy, wind energy and alternative fuels are all part of the town's clean energy portfolio.
Locustwood / Gotham Civic Association of Elmont
A local news and information directory for the Long Island, New York area
Trained literacy volunteers assist adults with reading, writing
or speaking English.
The Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Program exists to assist Veterans, ALL veterans, in working with the VA and filing claims for the many benefits that are available. You do NOT need to be a Member of the Purple Heart Organization to seek assistance. The program provides veterans' benefits experts at various veterans administration regional offices, hospitals, vet centers, and state and county veterans facilities. For assistance, please contact National Service Officer Rick Gales at Hemsptead Town Hall on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call (516) 812-3506 or e-mail richard.gales@va.gov.
OPERATION SPLASH is an all volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to providing a solution to the problem of waterfront pollution through public awareness and a "hands-on" cleanup program by land and sea.
The website for Seaford, Long Island.
The Industrial Development Agency is a non-profit, public benefit agency with the power to help qualified businesses and not-for-profit organizations relocate, expand and build in the Town of Hempstead.
The Website for Wantagh, Long Island.
Other Links
The US Coast Guard Auxiliary offers safe boating courses and vessel safety checks.
The Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter has teamed up with this organization to display pets that are available for adoption.
The National Do Not Call Registry gives you an opportunity to limit the number of telemarketing calls you receive. You can register your home or mobile phone online or you may delete your phone number by calling toll-free 1-888-382-1222 from the telephone number you want to delete. Once you register your phone number, telemarketers covered by the National Do Not Call Registry have up to 31 days (starting January 1, 2005) from the date you register to stop calling you. Registration is free. Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurological disease. It is commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- named after the great New York Yankee first baseman who died of it in 1941. The ALS Association (ALSA) is the only national not-for-profit voluntary health organization dedicated solely to the fight against ALS.
Its mission is to provide support and education to better the quality of life for people with lupus and their families, to promote awareness and understanding of lupus to others and to support research that will improve the diagnosis and treatment of lupus and ultimately discover its cause and cure.
Each year, more than 460,000 babies are born too soon, some so small they can fit in the palm of a hand. Many of these babies must fight just to survive; others will struggle with lifelong health problems. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.
The Soldiers Project is a private, non-profit, independent group of volunteer licensed mental health professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. They provide free counseling and support to military service members who have served or who expect to serve in the Iraq and/or Afghanistan conflicts and to veterans of those conflicts.
Provides comprehensive, door-to-door local directions and detailed maps to city dwellers, tourists and businesses in major cities around the country.