Number of Participants: 10
Hours Donated: 2
Value of Time Served: $169
Event Type: Civic & Community
Sport: Schools
Date: December 7, 2015
Location:
2 Old Field Road Greenlawn
New York 11740, United States
About:
In honor of Veterans Day, students and student athletes at Oldfield Middle School wrote letters for patients at the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Seventh-grade student Tory Levy collected the 200 handwritten cards and delivered them to the VA center on Nov. 11. And in recognition of World Kindness Day on Nov. 13, sixth-grade students and studnet athletes at Oldfield Middle, under the direction of Andrea Horowitz, decorated and filled boxes with party supplies to help homeless children celebrate their birthdays.
In the weeks leading up to the event, students brought birthday supplies and presents to school to add to the boxes. They worked in groups to wrap the boxes and presents in festive paper. Following guidelines provided by the Birthday Wishes organization, each “birthday-in-a-box” party kit was created for a boy, girl or neutral birthday theme and filled with juice boxes, party hats, cups, napkins, plates, handmade birthday cards, a banner and presents. The students created a total of eight boxes to donate to Birthday Wishes.
“I think this creates an awareness for the kids to realize how much they have to be thankful for” said Horowitz. “It makes the students feel good to help other kids.”
Founded in 2002, Birthday Wishes is a nonprofit organization that helps bring the magic of a birthday party to thousands of homeless children in shelters or transitional living facilities each year.
