July 27th, 2022 – Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter joined members of the Rotary Club of Islip to welcome Ukrainian refugees, nine-year old Polina and her mother Katryna to the United States.
The pair traveled to New York for Polina to receive life-saving pediatric heart micro-surgery at Saint Francis Hospital, a leader in the field of cardiac surgery. This was all made possible through the Rotary’s Gift of Life Initiative.