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Celebrating Our Successful Annual Toy Drive!

By   December 28, 2024
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We are thrilled to announce that our Annual Toy Drive was a tremendous success! Through Lee Avenue School, we were able to adopt 7 families and bring holiday cheer to 16 children through toys
and gift cards. Hopefully this will put a smile on their faces Christmas morning.


A heartfelt thank you goes out to all our members who donated. We would also like to extend a special thanks to R&R Dental and the Simonello Family, in collaboration with The Plaza Marine Group, for
their significant support in helping local Hicksville families.

We are incredibly grateful to Lee Avenue School for their continued partnership in identifying families in need and assisting with the distribution of gifts.


A big round of applause is due for our Community Service committee, chaired by Chris and Nick Mirro. Their tireless efforts, along with their daughter Michelle Humann, in shopping for toys and wrapping
presents were invaluable. We also thank Irene Guarasci for her extra set of hands for wrapping the record-setting number of gifts provided by the civic.


Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season! Your kindness and
generosity make a world of difference in our community.


Thank you!

Thanksgiving Food Drive

By   November 25, 2024
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Thanks to the wondrous generosity of our members, we were able to provide a Thanksgiving dinner and much more to 5 families. A generous gift card was presented to each family to help them fill their pantries and table with food for the holiday season.
Thank you to all our members who sent in donations. Have a Happy & Healthy Thanksgiving!

Art Contest – Honor Our Veterans

By   November 22, 2024
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Lee Ave Elementary students showcased their artistic talent in the Veteran’s Art Contest sponsored by the Hicksville Garden Civic. These winning submissions highlight the theme of service, sacrifice, patriotism and pay tribute to our heroes.  Special thanks to Art teacher Ms. Barto, Principal Mr. Uccilini and Superintendent Dr. Ted. The winning students are: Simrat Nanda ( kindergarten); Rajvi Patel and Noor Kaur (1st graders); Leora Sing ( 2nd grade); Gianna Caparella, Avnoor Kaur and Pan Bhatt ( 3rd graders); Katherine Herrera-Yanes and David Osborn ( 4th graders); and last but not least Julia Oddo and Asra Asif (5th graders). Congratulations to all.

Phil Heckler honored by TOB

By   September 2, 2024
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On Tuesday, August 13th 2024 at the town board meeting, HGCA Executive Board member Phil Heckler was honored by the Town of Oyster Bay board for his many years of service, including as President of the Hicksville Board of Education.

Phil’s service to the community continues as he’s recently joined the HGCA board, and has been working as chair of the Youth Outreach Committee to establish tighter bonds between our organization and the younger generation within our community. He’s been cooking up some programs over the summer, which we’ll hear more about at our next General Meeting.

Member Center Issues

By   May 26, 2024
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Please be advised that we are currently experiencing issues with our Member Center, which is impacting the ability for members to renew dues for the coming year. We have already reported the issue to our provider and are awaiting resolution to the problem.

The issue may present itself as a security issue in the browser, which is due to expiration of the site’s security certificate.

Senior Citizen Property Tax Exemption

By   December 16, 2022
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Attention seniors!

The salary cap for the senior citizen property tax exemption has been raised to 58k. Applications for exemptions in the 2023-2024 tax year must be filed by Jan 2nd.

For more info, see

https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/37712/2023-24-Exemptions-Overview-TRI?bidId=

Application form may be found at https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/37564/Senior–Citizens-Exemption-Application-2023-24?bidId=

Annual Food and Toy Drives

By   December 16, 2022
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Thanks to the wondrous generosity of our members, the civic was able to provide Thanksgiving meals and gift cards to three families in the community to help them refill their pantry this season.

In addition, we were able to provide toys for 16 children across 7 families to ensure smiles this holiday season for those who are less fortunate.

We extend our thanks our members, to the family of John Simonello, and to the Plaza Marine group for helping us support these Hicksville families.

Thank you to Lee Ave school for their ongoing partnership in identifying the families and helping distribute the gifts.

Many thanks to our Community Service committee, chaired by Chris and Nick Mirro, for their tireless labor in shopping for all the goods and packaging, and to Irene Guarasci for the extra set of hands in wrapping the record setting number of presents provided by the civic.

We wish everyone a very happy and safe Holiday season!

Food Drive

By   November 24, 2021
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The holiday season is a time to support the families in our community who are less fortunate.  Through Lee Avenue School, the HGCA was able to provide a Thanksgiving dinner and much more to three families.  A generous gift card was presented to each family to help them fill their pantries and table with food for the holiday season

A special thank you to all our members who sent in donations.

Have a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving!!

Stay Well and Stay Safe!!

Pictured: Left to right, Mrs. Stephanie Stam, principal of Lee Avenue School, Marissa Wilson Pressler, School Psychologist,
Christina and Nick Mirro of Hicksville Gardens Civic Association, and Danielle Tanzi, Social Worker.

HGCA Community Service Committee
Christina & Nick Mirro 
Joan Goessmann