Friends and family of Gabriel S. Kane, a 22-year old Roslyn resident who died in an automobile accident this past June, recently attended two events in one day to benefit a scholarship fund in his name.

The charity event was held Sunday, Aug. 10 at The Waldorf School in Garden City, a private institution that was Gabriel Kane's own alma mater.

Alana Kornfeld, a friend of the family and herself a graduate of The Waldorf School, assisted her mother, Amy Z. Elias Kornfeld, in organizing the event. Ms. Kornfeld said that up to 20-30 people attended the two programs to assist the Gabriel S. Kane Scholarship Fund.

The first event, "The Yoga of Remembrance" was an open-level yoga class with live Bansuri Flute music played by Master Flutist Steve Gorn.

The second event, "Wind and Shadows," was a classical Indian concert, which united Gorn's music with Indian Tabla drumming by Ty Burhoe. Both events reflected Kane family's interest in Eastern culture.

They were also described as a "healing gesture to offer Gabriel's memory the same kind of love and generosity that the organ donor graciously gave of himself right up to the last moments of his life."

The accident that claimed Gabriel Kane took place on Roslyn Road. Before his death, the Kane family agreed to an organ donation. That donation, Ms. Kornfeld said, helped to save the lives of four strangers. The gift itself was quite appropriate since Kane was a pre-Med student. "Saving lives was to be his mission in life," Ms. Kornfeld noted.

In addition to graduating from The Waldorf School, Kane was also a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. The Aug. 10 event was the first fundraiser for the scholarship fund and Ms. Kornfeld said she plans to make such events an annual occurrence.

For now, the scholarship fund will assist young people attending the Glenbrook Summer Camp in New Hampshire, a place where Gabriel Kane spent time during his youth.