Great American Train Race for Charity Takes Place in Lynbrook

On a recent Saturday morning, Lynbrook’s iconic model train store, TrainLand, was buzzing with excitement. A group of children from Family and Children’s Association’s (FCA), Lynn Vanderhall Nursery Co-op Program were getting ready to play engineer and race model trains to help raise money for their nursery program. The Nursery Co-op program provides short-term childcare for children ages 2-5 years old, and case management for parents who are seeking to improve their individual and family circumstances.

The event was attended by the children’s families, FCA supporters, and local government officials, and enjoyed a significant audience who donated and watched the event via livestream on Facebook. Overall the Great American Train Race raised more than $9,000 in donations for Long Island’s leading health and human services nonprofit organization.

TrainLand and its sister store, TrainWorld, in Brooklyn have been run by the Bianco family since 1968. TrainLand awarded each race participant a trophy, and every family took home a model train set.

A fun time was enjoyed by all.

About FCA

FCA is a not-for-profit agency helping more than 30,000 Long Islanders each year. For the last 137 years, the organization has worked to protect and strengthen vulnerable children, seniors, families and communities on Long Island.

FCA believes in the potential of Long Island - a place where no child, senior, family or community is left to struggle alone with barriers to health care, education, employment or economic prosperity. Long Island continues to be one of the greatest place in the world to live and raise a family for many; FCA exists to ensure that be the case for all.

For more information about FCA, visit FCALI.org.