Number of Participants: 38
Hours Donated: 1
Value of Time Served: $321
Event Type: Veterans & Military Families
Sport: Schools
Date: November 15, 2017
Location:
Massapequa
NY, United States
About:
Elementary students in the Massapequa School District recently did their part to help the troops. Birch Lane and Lockhart elementary schools participated in the Adopt-A-Battalion collection drive to coincide with Veterans Day.
Children were asked to bring in donations such as gum, candy, granola bars, toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap, shampoo and sunscreen. Each grade was assigned a specific item to ensure that all needs would be met for the care packages to be sent to military servicemen and women overseas.
The collection drive was organized by the Student Council at Birch Lane under the direction of teachers Lauren Marocchi and Alison Morgan and by the SADD Club at Lockhart led by social worker Kerry Rivera.
Photo captions:
1: The Student Council at Birch Lane Elementary School collected items for Adopt-A-Battalion, a nonprofit organization that sends care packages to troops overseas.
2: Lockhart Elementary School SADD Club members Angelina Bartolomeo, left, and Arianna Micillo sorted donations.
Photos courtesy of Massapequa School District
