General News
Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
NEW YORK – The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation was awarded by Tegna The National Make a Difference Day All-Star Award, selected from projects nationwide, for the Make A Difference with Loukoumi project where the charity united over 50,000 kids to do good deeds on one day.
The project has also inspired The Make A Difference with Loukoumi Exhibit, which the Foundation has sponsored at the Westchester Children’s Museum.
Children attending the exhibit learn the importance of making a difference all year round and on March 25 the organization began sponsoring the Loukoumi Good Deed of the Month Club on the fourth Saturday each month at the museum. Similar clubs will also be starting at several schools in the fall.
On Friday, April 28, the foundation made two young girls’ Ballerina Dream days come true by meeting their idol Misty Copeland at the American Ballet Theatre.
Also on Friday, April 28, Loukoumi on Broadway hosted Oscar winner Kevin Kline, just nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play on May 2 for his work in the revival of Noel Coward’s Present Laughter. Kline was presented with the Loukoumi Make A Difference Award at the post-show reception at Sardi’s, the famed Broadway restaurant. Sixty people attended the Loukoumi on Broadway event which included the play and the post-show reception.
From the tickets sold Loukoumi books will also be donated to charity as in the previous Loukoumi on Broadway event. This event’s donated books will go to the Open Door Family Medical Centers for their patient reading program.
On May 3, the foundation is launching its Make A Difference Baseball League on the island of Jamaica.
The annual Loukoumi Dance Party and Make A Difference Awards take place on June 23. At the event, the Loukoumi Foundation Inspiration Award will be presented to Tegna, Inc. the broadcast and digital media company headquartered in McLean, VA. Loukoumi Make A Difference Awards will be presented to:
St. Demetrios School, Astoria for raising over $2,500 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; Old Mill Road School, Merrick, NY for organizing International Day of Happiness at their school and a 5k charity walk for the Loukoumi Foundation; Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (Philoptochos, GOYA and their community) Danbury, CT for several inspiring projects on Make A Difference Day; Katia Barker for her Thirst Project for clean water in Africa; Spiro Drenis for organizing a team for the Food allergy walk on make a difference day on Long Island; Kelly Herzegovitch for her BOSCES Got Comfort project/Girl Scouts; and more amazing kids that make a difference.
More information on the Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation is available online at www.loukoumifoundation.org.
A complete list of the Tony nominees for 2017 is available online at www.tonyawards.com.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst.
NEW YORK – Greek Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameus attended a press conference at the Consulate General of Greece in New York on March 28 to continue to spread the word about postal voting in the upcoming European Union elections.
LONDON - A British Airways flight that started in Athens on January 3 just missed hitting a drone over the Kent countryside in England, coming within 5 feet at a height of 9,600 feet, the plane carrying 180 passengers and traveling 250 miles an hour.
It won’t pass through some French cities and towns that didn’t want it but the Olympic Torch for the Paris 2024 Games will be lit April 16 in Olympia by priestesses wearing outfits that some on social media found weren’t just right.
ATHENS - There were no injuries nor damage reported despite its intensity as a 5.