Coming Up: Hospice Fundraiser, Taking a Lemonade Stand

Find out what's happening this week in and around Pearl River.

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Monday, Aug. 26

• Guests are welcome to join in as the Sunset Toastmasters hold one of their bi-monthly meetings 7 p.m. at Pearl River Public Library. Develop your public speaking skills. 

• The Hudson Valley Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will hold a lemonade stand demonstration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sign of the Times on Main Street in Nyack. The event is one of many lemonade stands being staged nationwide with a goal of pressuring the U.S. Congress to pass legislation expanding background checks for those purchasing guns.
• The Pearl River Board of Education meets at 7:30 p.m. in the district administration building on Crooked Hill Road in Pearl River. 

• Del Arte Restaurant in Orangeburg is holding a Wine 7 Vodka Cocktail Party at 5:30 p.m. supporting Rockland Homes for Heroes and Brest Buddies. For more information, seethis report on Patch. 

• The Tappan Zee High School chapter of Youth for Hospice fundraiser at Little Scoops at 500 Route 303 in Orangeburg will begin at 4 p.m., with 20 percent of all proceeds after that time going to United Hospice of Rockland. For every future party booked, $25 will go to UHR and there will be a raffle. Youth for Hospice members will be doing the scooping and providing face painting and tattoos. For more information, see this announcement. 

• The Ridge Street Wiffle Ball Tournament and Neighborhood Block Party begins at 9:30 a.m. This year, the event will be raising money to support Lourdes Kids of Rockland. For more information, see this report on Patch. 

• The semi annual New City Street Fair takes over South Main Street from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with fun, food, music, crafts and more.