Old Westbury mom's emergency kits hit shelves
Photo credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan | Emergency kits for babies are among the packages manufactured by Leslie Fastenberg, president of Ice-Qube Preparedness Kits. Other packages are designed for the home office, car and pets. (Sept. 21, 2010)
Don't confuse Leslie Fastenberg of Old Westbury with one of those survivalists who proclaim the world's end. She just likes to be prepared.
And now she has made a business of it. A few years ago Fastenberg started a company in the basement of her home, Ice-Qube Emergency Preparedness Solutions, which creates kits containing first aid items, flashlights and hygiene products to be used in case...