The fourth annual SHAI Winter Clothing Drive to benefit the Great Neck Public Schools clothing pantry took place on Sunday, Dec. 3.

Despite the rain, members of the SHAI Board were on hand to accept the generous donations of members of the community who drove up with bags of contributions for SHAI Board members to sort.

Thanks are extended to SHAI Board members, Mike Delafraz,  Rebecca Harounian, Lee Harounian,  Dr. Behnam Kohannim, Rebecca Sassouni and  Shahruz Shahery,  as well as, to additional community members who stopped to assist SHAI Board members sort the huge volume of donations.

SHAI, Sephardic Heritage Alliance, Inc. is a local not-for-profit organization established in 1992 to aid in the acculturative needs of the Persian Jewish community and its neighbors.

SHAI operates as multi multi-denominational Jewish community center without walls which partners with other local entities such as schools, parks,  town, and county, and not-for-profit organizations,  to bring forth educational panels, scholarships, and support for local children and families.

For more information about SHAI, see www.shaiusa.org.