Number of Participants: 1200
Hours Donated: 2
Value of Time Served: $83,496
Event Type: Children & Youth
Activity: Schools
Date: February 13, 2026
Location:
Eastport-South Manor Central School District
Dayton Avenue, Manorville
NY
About:
Eastport-South Manor Central School District students fostered kindness, a welcoming school environment and a focus on mental health during P.S. I Love You Day, held on Feb. 13. A national movement to bring importance to mental health and to decrease bullying, this important celebration is held annually on the second Friday of each February and assists students in recognizing when a peer or loved-one needs help or a bit of kindness.
Students wore purple-colored clothing to demonstrate their commitment to the day’s message. At Dayton Avenue School, students filled paper hearts with positive messages and took photos in front of the P.S. I Love You backdrop during their lunch periods. At Tuttle Avenue, students and faculty posed under the school’s purple balloon arch. The entire school also posed in the shape of a heart in the gymnasium and took a commemorative photo. Eastport Elementary School, students contributed positive messages on a gigantic hallway display and took turns taking photos with their classes.
Additionally, South Street School also created a hallway Leader in Me lighthouse where students contributed positive messages in the design’s rays.
Photo captions:
Photo A: Dayton Avenue School students filled paper hearts with positive messages and posed in front of the P.S. I Love You Day display.
Photo B: Eastport Elementary School students contributed purple hearts with positive messages to their P.S. I Love You Day display.
Photo C: Tuttle Avenue School students were greeted by a purple balloon arch to celebrate P.S. I Love You Day.
Photo D: South Street School students wrote positive messages on the rays of light that shone off of the P.S. I Love You Leader in Me Lighthouse.
Photos courtesy of the Eastport-South Manor Central School District
