District Attorney Madeline Singas Joins EAC Network in Celebrating Community Service

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DA Madeline Singas and EAC Network honor local organizations for their dedication to community service participants.

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The achievements of local organizations in the community service field were celebrated on June 22, 2016.

Hempstead, NY - July 13, 2016 - EAC Network’s Nassau Community Service program, in conjunction with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office of Madeline Singas, celebrated the achievements of local organizations in the community service field on June 22, 2016. The Community Service program places individuals with court-mandated community service with dozens of local agencies to serve out their sentence.

EAC Network and District Attorney Singas honored the Hicksville Boys and Girls Club, Gateway Youth Outreach, and Posh Pets Long Beach Animal Shelter with the Premiere Partner Award for providing outstanding community service experiences to EAC Network’s clients.  All 65 participating agencies that collaborate with EAC Network were recognized for providing clients with community service and, in some cases thereafter, paid employment opportunities. Community Service participants are also placed within EAC Network’s programs, including Stoplift, Anger Management, HEAP, and Supervised Visitation.

District Attorney Singas also awarded Rhonda Wainwright-Jones, a Senior Director at EAC Network, with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Certificate of Appreciation and Gratitude for her work with the Community Service program.   

“We are thrilled to be partnering with District Attorney Madeline Singas in honoring such wonderful organizations on Long Island,” said Lance W. Elder, President & CEO of EAC Network. “We are thankful for the ability to come together and celebrate all of our Community Service program’s participating agencies, as well as to see our staff recognized for their dedication.”

Learn more about EAC Network and its Community Service program.

About EAC Network
Founded in 1969, EAC Network is a not-for-profit human service agency serving 68,500 people annually through 70 programs across Long Island and New York City.  EAC Network’s mission is to respond to human needs with programs and services that protect children, promote healthy families and communities, help seniors, and empower individuals to take control of their lives. Among those the organization assists are children who have been physically or sexually abused, senior citizens needing support, people struggling with substance abuse and/or mental illness, youth in the foster care system, persons on public assistance seeking financial independence, adults and youth who are under or unemployed, individuals needing help to mediate disputes, and families in crisis. For more information about EAC Network, please call 516-539-0150 or visit www.eac-network.org, Facebook, and Twitter.