Hewlett House will provide a free, non-profit community learning resource center open to the public. The community concept is the cornerstone of our philosophy. It is within this framework that we can begin to eliminate the social isolation, despair and hopelessness experienced by people with cancer, their family and friends; and offer them intelligent choices and self-confidence.

We will be guided by the following principles:Hewlett House will provide means of establishing ties with people going through similar experiences. Through friendship and socialization, Hewlett House will enable individuals to live richer lives.

Hewlett House will be open to all who enter without referral and at no cost. It will provide an innovative and creative approach to the overall needs of patients and their families and friends.

As a non-profit charitable resource center, Hewlett House will offer the basic components of therapy and support, education, and social events. It will remain a free-standing center that will not be affiliated with any other institutions.

We intend to foster public and private partnerships. This will help raise awarness of Hewlett House and enable us to raise money to support its on-going programs

Geri Barish, Executive Director
Click here to read the complete biography of Geri Barish.

Hewlett House fulfills a dream that Geri Barish, Executive Director of Hewlett House and President of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition, had while battling breast cancer.

She is a three-time breast cancer survivor and activist whose oldest son, Michael, died in 1986 from complications of Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Geri has been in the forefront in the battle against the high incidence of cancer on Long Island since 1988, and has spearheaded major changes to local, state and federal legislation, resulting in new policies that positively impact people with cancer, help to clean up toxins in our environment and take greater steps towards finding cancer’s causes and cure.

Geri vowed a long time ago that, given the opportunity, she would ensure that no one would have to go through what she had gone through – battling this dreadful disease alone.

Grounds and Gardens

Pathway to Hope The Irma Schatz Rose Garden The Michael Modell Memorial Garden Knights of Pythias Garden The Girl Scouts Herb Garden Children’s “WeCare” Garden Sisters’ Garden

The grounds and gardens are a very important component of Hewlett House. They will be a celebration of life. The grounds are ideal for maintaining growth that is indigenous to Long Island and requires no chemical applications. All of the gardens and grounds of Hewlett House will be organic. Lectures and workshops will focus on protecting the environment, alternatives to pesticide use, cancer mapping, water and air pollution and other concerns.

Directions to Hewlett House
86 East Rockaway Road
Hewlett, NY 11557
Phone: 516.374.3190

From the South:
Long Beach Road to Daly Blvd. Make a right on Lawson Blvd. Continue through several lights to the first major intersection (PC Richards is on the right) and make a left on Atlantic Avenue; which becomes Main Street. Continue straight on Main Street through East Rockaway (street then becomes East Rockaway Road). Hewlett House is around a curve, on your right.

From the West:
Long Island Expressway East to the Cross Island South to Southern State Parkway East, Exit 13 South (Central Avenue). Continue south on Central Avenue, which changes to Mill Road (after crossing over Sunrise Highway). Go to the end; make a left on West Broadway. Cross over the RR tracks, and bear left onto Broadway. At the 2nd traffic light, make a right onto East Rockaway. The entrance to Hewlett House is immediately after the yellow blinking light on your left.

From the East:
Southern State Parkway West to Peninsula Blvd. South (exit 19 South). Continue on Peninsula Blvd for approximately 4 miles through Rockville Centre and Lynbrook. Cross over Sunrise Highway and turn left (left turn lane) onto Prospect Avenue/Grant Park (King Kullen Shopping Plaza on your right). Bear right to Rockaway Avenue which will feed you onto Broadway. Proceed to East Rockaway Road and turn left. The entrance to Hewlett House is after the yellow blinking lights on your left.

Notice: To avoid any unnecessary traffic violations, please park in designated spaces only. Left turns are prohibibited out of the parking lot. The administration of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition cannot assume responsibility or liability for these violations. Please drive safely and call us for more information at 516.374.3190. We look forward to meeting you!

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