Number of Participants: 25
Hours Donated: 5
Value of Time Served: $1,056
Event Amount Raised: $1,800
Event Type: Children & Youth
Sport: Schools
Date: December 21, 2016
Location:
690 Wenwood Drive East Meadow
New York 11554, United States
About:
Embracing the spirit of charitable giving, Woodland Middle School’s Yorker Club , which includes student-athletes, in the East Meadow School District recently donated $1,800 worth of toys to children of the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island.
Throughout the month of October, the club sold chocolate bars to the school community to raise money for their annual toy drive. The proceeds from the fundraiser were used for a shopping trip to Toys R Us in early December, where club advisers and members purchased a large variety of toys, from board games and headphones to toy cars, teddy bears and action figures.
On Dec. 16, the club’s members helped load the Ronald McDonald House truck with all the toys, which will be distributed to hospitalized children and their families to help them have a joyous holiday.
Photo Captions:
1) Woodland Middle School’s Yorker Club donated $1,800 worth of toys to the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island on Dec. 16.
2) Woodland Middle School sixth-grade Yorker Club member Lily Finucane was all smiles as she placed an oversized teddy bear in the Ronald McDonald House truck.
3) Woodland Middle School sixth-grade Yorker Club members Alvin Kuruvilla and Anthony Colica helped load the Ronald McDonald House truck with donated toys on Dec. 16.
Photos courtesy of the East Meadow School District