Lucille Siegel Honored as Trailblazer in the New Millenium

Legis. Norma Gonsalves, R-East Meadow, recently named Lucille Siegel, a resident of East Meadow, as one of the Nassau County Legislature’s 2012 “Women: Trailblazer in the New Millennium” honorees.

“Lucille is an excellent example of what can be accomplished through hard work and dedication to an idea,” Gonsalves said. “I am very proud to be here presenting this award to a more than deserving recipient.”

Siegel is actively involved with her temple theater group, making all the costumes, designing and making the scenery and props for all the shows. She is also involved with temple functions, is a member of the sisterhood, and serves on the maintenance, membership and social action committees.

She coordinates Sabbath dinners for temple members and helps serve meals for the holidays and religious functions. She also served as PTA President at and as a member of PTA at

Siegel began volunteering at the Parent Child Home Program as an early intervention instructor and was offered part time employment. She was a nurse educator for more than 10 years and taught parents nutrition and diet for children, health care for sick and well children and the necessity of immunizations.  

Siegel loves to garden. She discovered the A. Holly Patterson Nursing Facility had a defunct garden behind its building. With the help of a therapist at the facility, she set out to revitalize the garden for the residents. The raised garden beds were repaired or replaced and the gardens replanted.

Siegel began making United States flag pins after 9/11 to raise money for the families of the victims, raising several thousand dollars for the IPEW Local #3 Disaster Fund and the Restaurant Workers Relief Fund. Siegel read in the local newspaper that several people who died in the towers were to participate in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in October 2001. She started training and in October 2002 Siegel participated in her first Avon Walk in memory of the victims of 9/11.  She walked in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 raising more than $25,000 for these walks.

Siegel spearheaded a Chinese Auction Breast Cancer Fundraiser in October 2011 in memory of the victims of 9/11. Soliciting merchandise and services from local merchants, she collected enough for over 150 baskets and raised an additional $3,825 for Breast Cancer research.  Her goal was to show the community what our local merchants have to offer and to encourage more support of our local businesses.

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