Pride for Youth is a project through the Long Island Crisis Center that offers activities, counseling and weekly coffeehouse sessions for Nassau County's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. It also publishes a youth-made zine called Queer Beans.
The Long Island Crisis Center, founded by Adelphi University students in the early 1970s, was originally named Middle Earth. Its founders envisioned it as a counseling service for fellow students, but the center now offers counseling to all of Nassau County's youth. The Crisis Center provides support and one-on-one counseling, over the phone and online, for young people dealing with issues of violence, abuse, drug use and sexual identity.
Run by the Town of Hempstead, the Bellmore Senior Center at Bellmore Gardens is open five days a week. Social, recreational and educational opportunities are provided, and membership is free. Activities and services include: physical fitness classes, humanities discussions, current events, history, music, arts and crafts, dance, piano lessons, showtime, painting, ceramics, sewing, needlecraft, macramé, sculpture, calligraphy, creative writing, poetry, shuffleboard, bowling, billiards, bingo, cards, intergenerational programs, luncheons, parties and trips. A variety of cultural and educational programs, films and speakers are also available. The center offers podiatry services, blood-pressure screenings, health programs, income-tax assistance and Vial of Life programs.