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Next Meeting TBA An association of synagogues and other religious education fraternal and community organizations the Northeast Queens Jewish Community Council NEQJCC covers Bay Terrace Bayside Bellerose Douglaston Floral Park Fresh Meadows Glen Oaks Hillcrest Holliswood Hollis Hills Jamaica Estates Little Neck New Hyde Park Oakland Gardens Queens Village north and Whitestone. A beneficiary of UJAFederation the NEQJCC has worked closely with the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty Met Council Samuel Field Y Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation Parker Hadassah and Jewish Community Relations Council of New York JCRC. NEQJCC maintains a community calendar offers Lay Leadership seminars and support and coordinates member organization participation in the annual Celebrate Israel Parade. Its projects have included neighborhood development Jewish continuity including Shalom BayitHealthy Marriage social action promoting involvement and volunteer opportunities fostering intergroup understanding and building a multicultural coalition It created the Harmony Initiative or Hi collaboration.