Number of Participants: 300
Hours Donated: 2
Value of Time Served: $5,070
Event Amount Raised: $14,087
Event Type: Children & Youth
Sport: Schools
Date: May 4, 2017
Location:
78 Whitson Road Huntington Station
New York 11746, United States
About:
Students, families and faculty members took part in their 11th annual Walk for a Wish fundraising event on April 22 to raise money for 13 year-old Alexa from Deer Park, who has a neuromuscular disorder. The district raised $14,087 to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation and grant Alexa’s wish to travel to Greece this July.
Washington Drive Primary School’s Act of Kindness Committee, Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School Walk for a Wish Committee and both schools’ PTA’s helped organize the event. Finding her love of Greek mythology at a young age, Alexa thanked the Harborfields community for their support in helping her dream of going to Athens come true. She greeted the crowd with representatives from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Suffolk County “Most of the time the children who are granted these wishes are confined to a lot of doctor visits and hospital stays” said Make-A-Wish Community Relations Manager Kellie Ryan. “By giving them the opportunity to have a wish granted you help reopen their imaginations and give them something positive to focus on.”
The rain did not keep supporters away as many community members came out to walk the track at Harborfields High School for Alexa. Members of the high school concert choir kicked off the walk with a performance of the National Anthem and members of the high school jazz band led the first lap around the field while community members followed. Throughout the event, the PTA sold pedometers and wristbands with proceeds going towards the cause and stories were shared over the loud speaker about how students throughout the district raised money.
Photo Captions:
1) Third-graders proudly held up their sign during Harborfields Walk for a Wish event.
2) Superintendent of Schools Dr. Francesco Ianni and students from the district showed their support during Walk for a Wish.
3) Harborfields students prepared to start walking during Walk for a Wish on April 22.
4) Alexa from Deer Park with her family and Make-A-Wish representatives, had her wish of traveling to Greece granted with the help of the Harborfields Central School District.
Photos courtesy of the Harborfields Central School District