KUDOS TO NYACK RESTAURANTS

Patti Aagaard, owner of Reality Bites Cafe, has pulled together six Nyack restaurants to provide Christams parties for 90 children who attend preschool at Nyack Head Start. The children will enjoy lunch and gifts courtesy of the participating restaurants and community supporters. The participating restaurants in addition to Reality Bites are: Black Bear, 82 Main Street, 675-7020; Manna, 104 Main Street, 353-9846; Nyack Gourmet, 92 Main Street, 348-8855; Olive's, 118 Main Street, 353-4377; O'Malley's, 108 Main Street, 727-0514.

If you would like to donate a gift for a child, drop it off at any of the restaurants or at Nyack Village Hall, 9 North Broadway, Nyack by Friday, December 19th. Everyone who donates a gift receives a coupon for a 15% discount at one of the restaurants.

Thank you, Pat. And, thank you restaurants.

ESL GROWING THANKS TO TD BANK

We are pleased to report that TD Bank has made a donation of $5,000 to support the new ESL Family Literacy Program headed up by Eric Alcin, thus joining Commerce Bank and Target in a valuable community education program. We believe and know that families that learn together grow together. Parents of our preschool children will enhance their children's education by being involved in education themselves. They will also improve their employability and their ability to move up the economic ladder.

For information on classes beginning in January at our Nyack Head Start preschool at 85 Depew Avenue in Nyack, please call Eric Alcin at 845-358-2234.