MADD Long Island and Farmingdale State University of New York broke ground on May 20 for the Garden of Awareness Victim Memorial on the Farmingdale State campus. The memorial will commemorate all innocent victims of drunk driving, killed or injured. For more information about the memorial, contact MADD Long Island at 631-547-6233.

The groundbreaking group, shown left to right, included Dr. Amit Bandyopedhyay, chair, Architecture and Construction Management, Farmingdale State; Honorable John Venditto, Supervisor, Town of Oyster Bay; Ferrona Miller, NYS Dept. of Criminal Justice, Crime Victims Unit; Commissioner Richard Dormer, Suffolk County Police Department;

Denna Cohen, President, MADD Long Island; Sara Holly, representing NYS Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr.; Dr. Jonathan Gibralter, President, Farmingdale State; Margaret Rebholz, Vice-President, MADD Long Island; Kevin Rooney, assistant vice president of administration and finance, Farmingdale State; Edward Jablonski, Bureau Chief, District Court, Suffolk County DA’s office; Matt Lampert, assistant bureau chief, District Court, Nassau County DA’s office and Tom Rodler, president, Goldberg & Rodler, Inc.