CEMCO works to improve the environment with our Adopted Bird Sanctuary and Berm site. Work with govt agencies on tree planting. This organization uses it's funding for the betterment of the community. The Council of East Meadow Community Organization (CEMCO) has sponsored many beautification projects which have included tree plantings at our local parks and various schools throughout our communit
y. Additionally funding is used to support our two adopted sites. The landscaped berm at North Jerusalem Road and Bellmore Ave and our crown jewel the twenty acre bird sanctuary located adjacent to Speno Park. Funding will allow CEMCO to continue these projects. CEMCO is a 501(C) 3 Organization which permits donations to be made to the organization. CEMCO also sponsors a Crime Watch program that has provided safety information to our community. The forums that were sponsored on the dangers that va**ng poses to children were well received. The National Night Out against crime is an annual program that CEMCO participates in and provides valuable safety information to the community. CEMCO sponsors community meetings and forums where residents can learn valuable information on a variety of topics. Forums on Long Island's Ground Water and the prevention of Crime are examples. Development proposals are brought before the community so that residents can be informed and be able to offer their opinion to developers and elected officials. CEMCO sponsors the Civic Betterment Award which is awarded each year to one graduating senior at East Meadow High School and W. A $100 scholarship is awarded to each student. WHAT IS CEMCO ABOUT
The Council of East Meadow Community Organizations (CEMCO) was formed 48 years ago
as a non-partisan organization within the East Meadow School District boundaries that:
1. Provides a forum for the exchange of ideas for the betterment of the
community;
2. Establishes an identity for the community;
3. Initiates programs encouraging harmony, unity, and cohesion with the community;
4. Serves as a vehicle for the dissemination of information;
5. Organizes, promotes, and participates in community support to establish facilities and
programs for the improvement of the area and its residents.
6. Advocates for the environment with the establishment of the Bird Sanctuary
as a major achievement.
7. Organizes community meetings on proposed developments. Membership in CEMCO consists of those organizations, corporations, and associations within the East Meadow School District community: business, civic, charitable, educational, fraternal, social, religious, youth and veterans’ organizations. During its 48-year tenure, CEMCO has been instrumental in promoting the health and safety of the community through its involvement with the Town of Hempstead Solid Waste Advisory Committee, the Nassau County Jail Advisory Committee, and Nu-Health/Nassau University Medical Center. CEMCO sponsors CRIME WATCH, a crime prevention program. The program has existed for 34 years and continues to work closely with the 1st, 3rd, and 8th precincts and the Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Officers meeting regularly to discuss crime stats and resolution of community concerns. Reports are given at CEMCO monthly meetings by Project Director Norma Gonsalves. CEMCO has supported senior citizen housing developments as well as programs for the community's youth. CEMCO has worked with the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club of East Meadow in its efforts to promote beautification projects throughout the community. CEMCO has partnered with the Chamber of Commerce for 24 years to bring to the community the Holiday Lightning Celebration. CEMCO continues to foster a sense of unity and the dissemination of information. When organizations come together for common purposes, the East Meadow community remains a better place in which to work and live. East Meadow is an unincorporated community that needs the coming together of organizations as a unifying force.
“CEMCO, over the years, has provided that sense of unity,” said CEMCO President Joseph Parisi.
