“Unity in the Community” is a day of community service for teen’s grades 8 through 12. Unity is a program of the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center in cooperation with the Islamic Center of Long Island and the YMCA's of the Great South Bay and Huntington.

Our goal is to engage teens of diverse ethnic backgrounds in a worthwhile intergroup experience. For one full day, the teens work together to beautify their community in the spirit of good will. The program provides teens with the opportunity to meet one another, and work together at various social service organizations with the common goal of making a difference in the community.

Last year, 400 teens from over 25 organizations came together to volunteer at sixteen sites. Services varied at each site depending on the need. Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center had its bird sanctuary cleaned, lunch was served to the homeless at Temple Beth El, a patient garden was planted at Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital etc. The teens walk away with new friends and a sense of pride in their Long Island community.

UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY FILM

You can view our film in WMV format - 38 MB.