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Shaw Avenue students spread love for the holidays

Number of Participants: 9

Hours Donated: 4

Value of Time Served: $304

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Event By: Team Up 4 Community

Event Type: Hunger

Sport: Team

Date: January 8, 2021

Location:
Valley Stream
NY, USA

About:

Throughout December, members of the Shaw Avenue Elementary School Student Council from Valley Stream District 30 strived to give back for the holiday season. With the guidance of student council adviser Timothy Rau, the students hosted a food drive for Shaw Avenue families in need and the food pantry at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Valley Stream. 

Each grade was assigned a non-perishable food group to donate and student council members distributed flyers to spread the word about the food drive. The students wanted to go above and beyond to impact the Valley Stream community beyond the walls of Shaw Avenue. Mia Estrada, a fourth grader in Teresa Eberle’s class helped to spearhead this effort by developing the concept and the flyer to go with it.  

“I wanted to start a food drive because some families don’t have a lot of money and I thought Shaw Avenue could help with giving food to make their holiday season a little better,” she said. 

In addition to the food drive, the Shaw Avenue Student Council created approximately 60 holiday cards for local businesses and frontline workers as a sign of appreciation for all of their hard work and dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

“We wanted to show our appreciation to these workers for continuing to work and keeping their businesses open during the coronavirus pandemic,” said Shaw Avenue sixth grader Sudan Belnavis. 

They sent their cards to places within and outside the Valley Stream community such as Bellevue and South Shore Hospitals, Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks, Target, Urgent Care and Walmart.

“I am so moved and proud of our council members for their thoughtfulness, empathy, and compassion to spread kindness during the pandemic,” said Rau. 

 

Photo captions:

 

1) Student council adviser Timothy Rau (left) and students Laila Dhaiti, Simran Kaur and Ashley Salazar with the food donations. 

2) Student council members Meryem Beskardes (left) and Zara Paulino with the boxes of donations. 

3) (Counter-clockwise) Student council members Noah Salazar, Xavier Jean-Baptiste, Chelsea James, Alina Torres and Mia Estrada helped with the school’s food drive for those in need. 

 

Photos courtesy of Valley Stream District 30

 

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