Lynbrook High School senior Raymond Mohler Jr. was a recipient of the Nassau County Counselors Association Scholarship, based on his active involvement in community service and his demonstration of leadership and character. Raymond is the founder of the Little St. Nick Foundation, an organization that provides hospitals with toys, books, DVDs and arts and crafts to help ill children cope with their pain.

Photo Caption: Senior Raymond Mohler Jr. (center) received a Nassau County Counselors Association Scholarship from Lynbrook High School guidance department staff members Chris Caramore, Laurie Mitchell, Melissa Marr, Susan Moller and Christina D’Angelo.

Faculty and staff dressed in orange and black, held up their signs of support as they celebrated the arrival of the ALS Ride for Life team when they stopped at Babylon Memorial Grade School and Babylon Junior-Senior High School on May 17.

The 19th annual Ride for Life, led by Christopher Pendergast, occurs each May to celebrate National ALS Awareness Month. Beginning in Riverhead on May 9, Pendergast and his team spend 12 days traveling across Long Island and into Manhattan to raise awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

This annual event encourages students to take action in the face of adversity. At Babylon Memorial Grade School, students raised money with a walkathon and “Put ALS to Sleep” pajama day. Together with Babylon Junior-Senior High School, the district raised more than $1,000 to support families who are afflicted with this debilitating disease.

Photo Caption: Babylon School District faculty and students showed their support for ALS awareness when the ALS Ride for Life team stopped by the schools on May 17 during their trek from Riverhead to Manhattan.

Photos courtesy of the Babylon School District

STILLWATER – Over 400 Stillwater families were touched by Feed the Children on Tuesday, and Oklahoma State Athletics was happy to be a small part of that big effort.

The Cowboys and Cowgirls across several different sports participated through the department’s charitable wing, Orange & Black Gives Back. OSU student-athletes helped families load their cars with everything from canned goods to books, and helped put a smile on the faces of Stillwater residents.

“This is about more than Oklahoma State; this impacts our community,” said Cowboy basketball head coach Brad Underwood. “Our players need to understand that we have a little bit of a platform and just how fortunate they are, and that it’s important to give back. Feed the Children is a wonderful organization. An effort like this takes tons of outstanding volunteers and organizers, and we’re just a small part of that. Stillwater is our home, and we need to do everything to help the people in our community.”

Source: http://www.okstate.com/news/2016/6/22/mens-basketball-orange-black-gives-back-feed-the-children.aspx

TULSA, Oklahoma – Going above and beyond is the message that the University of Tulsa student-athletes sent this year when it came to their involvement in the Tulsa and surrounding communities. Golden Hurricane student-athletes volunteered over 5,800 hours of community service during the 2015-16 academic year.
A collegiate student-athlete puts in numerous hours in practice and on the game field as well as academically with studying and classroom work. Yet another aspect of a student-athletes’ life, that may go unnoticed, is the community service hours that are volunteered throughout the season.

“We’re excited with all of the volunteer hours that our student-athletes give to the community. It’s another aspect of college life that we believe is important for our athletes to experience, and it’s obviously helping a great community,” said Tulsa’s Vice-President & Director of Athletics Dr. Derrick Gragg.

Community service hours for Tulsa student-athletes more than doubled from 2,606 hours in 2014-15 to 5,822.85 hours during the 2015-16 season.

Posted: Jun 16, 2016 9:57 PM EDT
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As a culminating schoolwide community service activity, students and staff at Central Boulevard Elementary School in the Bethpage Union Free School District held a donation drive to benefit Birthday Wishes of Long Island.

The drive yielded boxes of supplies including wrapping paper, banners, board games, party hats and table clothes. The fundraiser was coordinated as part of the Thoughtful Thursday program which reinforces the school’s message of CBS: Character Builds Success. The program is facilitated by social worker Sarah Glassman and second-grade teacher Patricia Tierney.

Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District