Caroline Zhu of Syosset and Gerard Donnelly of Lynbrook, both 16, are two teenagers who were driven to help local businesses recover from the financial hardships of the COVID-19 shutdown in March. Separately, they set up GoFundMe pages, raising a combined total of nearly $5,000. Credit: Kendal Rodriguez, Debbie Egan-Chin

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