Number of Participants: 92
Hours Donated: 1
Value of Time Served: $777
Event Amount Raised: $1,185
Event Type: Hunger
Sport: Schools
Date: January 16, 2018
Location:
Edward J Bosti Elementary School
Connetquot School District, Bourne Boulevard
Bohemia
About:
In partnership with the Teacher’s Federal Credit Union bank, students in all grade levels from Connetquot Central School District’s Edward J. Bosti Elementary School recently teamed up to collect $685 in pennies to benefit the efforts of the Sayville Food Pantry.
The initiative, which ran through Dec. 20, garnered tremendous support from the students, as they donated 92 jars full of pennies. At the end of the collection period, representatives from TFCU rewarded Joanna Zalewski’s fifth-grade class with a complimentary pizza party for donating the most money. Additionally, TFCU matched up to $500 of the school’s collected funds, bringing the grand total to $1,185.
Photo caption: Fifth-grade students from Joanna Zalewski’s class, along with Edward J. Bosti Elementary School math specialist Stephanie Gozaloff and Youth and Family Service Coordinator Ryan McGuckin, sat in front of their “Bosti Bounty” penny collection this holiday season.
Photo courtesy of the Connetquot Central School District
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