Number of Participants: 23
Hours Donated: 4
Value of Time Served: $777
Event Type: Civic & Community
Sport: Schools
Date: December 13, 2019
Location:
Copiague
NY, USA
About:
In celebration of the districtwide effort of community giveback, this holiday season the fifth grade students in Kerri Maroney’s class at Great Neck Road Elementary School in the Copiague School District organized a schoolwide collection of goods to help soldiers in need this holiday season.
The class collected donations of nonperishable food items, leftover Halloween candy and toiletries to donate to soldiers and veterans from the school community. Their “stockings for soldiers” campaign yielded almost a dozen boxes of donated goods. The class also created handmade cards to include with the packages. Members of the local VFW picked up the boxes and will coordinate the delivery before the holidays.
Photo caption: Fifth grade students in Kerri Maroney’s class at Great Neck Road Elementary School in the Copiague School District organized a schoolwide collection of goods to help soldiers in need this holiday season.
Photo courtesy of Copiague School District