Bellmore Businesses to Participate in Fundraisers for the Hayes Children

International Delight Cafe and Hershey's Ice Cream of Bellmore will take part.

International Delight Cafe and Hershey's Ice Cream will participate in fundraisers for the Hayes children on Saturday. Residents are asked to go to International Delight Cafe for lunch or dinner and then head over to Hershey's from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will go the children. International Delight will have a "hope jar" for the Hayes family on site for several weeks to collect ongoing donations. On Sunday, the North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs and Stop & Shop hosted a bake sale that raised more than $4,000 for the children. Interested in Bellmore Patch news, events, community bulletins, blogs and businesses? Sign up for the free Bellmore Patch daily newsletter.

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Bake Sale Raises More Than $4,000 for Children Orphaned in Murder-Suicide

All the proceeds from the fundraiser will go to the four Hayes children.

More than $4,000 was raised at a bake sale for the four children who lost both of their parents in a North Bellmore murder-suicide on May 1. All of the money raised at Sunday's event, which was coordinated by Stop & Shop and the North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs, will go to the Hayes children. The fundraiser took place at Stop & Shop. People came to the supermarket in droves, buying dozens of baked goods and raffles at a time. Thirty minutes into the event, more than $1,000 was raised. "This is absolutely unbelievable," Bruce Detzel, Stop & Shop store manager said. "I did not think it was going to be this big." Nadine Macchia of Wantagh said that she had to do something for the children. "My heart goes out to them," she said as …

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Bake Sale to be Held for Kids Orphaned in North Bellmore Murder-Suicide

One hundred percent of the proceeds of Sunday's bake sale at Stop & Shop will go to the four children.

The North Bellmore Coordinating Council of PTAs and Stop & Shop will host a bake sale in honor of the four children who lost their parents in Tuesday's murder-suicide. The fundraiser will take place at Stop & Shop on Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. "One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to the children," Stop & Shop manager Jennifer Grasso said. "Our hearts go out to that family."

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Superintendent: We Will Do Whatever We Can to Support the Kids

Three of the children who lost their parents in Tuesday's murder-suicide are students in the North Bellmore School District.

North Bellmore Schools Superintendent Arnold Goldstein said that the district will do all that it can for the children who lost their parents in Tuesday's murder-suicide. "We will do whatever we can to support the children," Goldstein said. "We will be there to provide counseling and whatever they need, because it will be very difficult for them." Goldstein said that three of the children are students in the North Bellmore School District and the oldest child is in middle school. On Wednesday, social workers and psychologists visited every classroom in the district. "There were some students who were very upset and we met with them individually," Goldstein said. "We also sent materials out to the parents to help them help their kids deal …

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UPDATE: Kids Find Parents in Homicide, Suicide

Police said that the couple had marital problems.

Update: May 2, 2012 at 1:23 p.m. Four children returned to their North Bellmore home after school Tuesday afternoon to find their mother dead on the floor of the laundry room and their father locked in an upstairs bedroom. Thomas Hayes, 43, stabbed his wife, Sherrelle Hayes, 44, and then hung himself, police said. According to Homicide Det. Sgt. Greg Lesmeister, the couple's 13-year-old daughter was the first to arrive home and her father only spoke to her from behind the door. Lesmeister said Hayes instructed her to pick up her other siblings - ages 10, 9 and 7 - from school. When she and three other siblings returned to the Smith Avenue home, they could not get in the front door. The children gained entry through another door and found …

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UPDATE: Mill Pond Suicide Victim Identified as Nassau Police Officer

A passerby in the Merrick Road park reportedly informed police about the incident.

Police have confirmed that a 25-year member of the Nassau County Police Department committed suicide some time between Sunday night and Monday morning at Mill Pond Park. According to police, a pedestrian was walking in the Mill Pond Preserve on Merrick Road Monday morning when he came across the body of a male on the bike path. Police were notified and an investigation was conducted. Newsday [paid link] reported that the victim was found hanging from a tree by the passerby at approximately 7:30 a.m. "It is with deep regret that the Nassau County Police Department determined the deceased was a 25-year member of the department," the NCPD said in a statement Monday. Due to the nature of the incident, police are not releasing the name of the …

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Bellmore Organization Hosts Walk to Prevent Suicide

The Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore held the event, "Let’s Walk, Let’s Talk...Stepping Together to Prevent Suicide on Sunday Sept. 18

Family Forum: Teen Suicide

A way for families to talk about the hot topic or question of the day and ask their own questions and get them answered by the Bellmore-Merrick Moms Council.

Each week in Family Forum, our Bellmore-Merrick Moms Council of experts and smart moms take your questions, give advice and share solutions. Moms, dads, grandparents and the diverse families who make up our community will have a new resource for questions about local neighborhood schools, the best pediatricians, 24-hour pharmacies and the thousands of other issues that arise while raising children. So grab a cup of coffee and settle in as we start the conversation with today's question: In light of the recent suspected and tragic teenage suicide in Bellmore, what are ways that parents can effectively talk to their children about the issue?

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