During its January meeting, the Sachem Central School District Board of Education celebrated multiple students for their extraordinary volunteer efforts.

Cayuga Elementary School second-grader Adrianna Esposito was recognized for organizing a toy drive, which collected 550 toys for families in need within the Sachem community.

Also recognized was a group of students from Sachem High School North for their participation in a recent toy and food drive. The incredible effort by the students collected 1,364 boxes of food for Sachem’s annual Thanksgiving Food Drive and countless toys during the Festival of Trees and Lights, one of the community’s largest toy drives.

Concluding the student recognitions, a large group of student leaders from Chippewa Elementary School were recognized for their continued volunteerism and community support organizing clothing and food drives.

 

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BoardRec1: Chippewa Elementary School students were recognized for their dedication to volunteerism.

 

BoardRec2: Sachem High School North students were recognized for their organization and execution of a successful toy and food drive.

 

BoardRec3: Cayuga Elementary School third-grade student Adrianna Esposito was honored for organizing a toy drive that raised 550 toys for families in need within the Sachem community.

During the month of January, eighth-grade teacher Mary-Lynn Karpenske at Oldfield Middle School in the Harborfields Central School District hosted a “Souper Bowl” food drive.

Each month, Ms. Karpenske challenges her students to tackle a “mission possible” that encourages them to give back to the community, or to build character. This month, their mission was inspired by the “Souper Bowl of Caring,” which is a youth-led movement to help hungry and hurting people around the world. Throughout January, Ms. Karpenske’s eighth-graders collected canned goods to contribute to the Harborfields Alliance for Community Outreach.

“It feels good to give back,” said Isha, an eighth-grader at Oldfield Middle School, “and it makes me proud to be a part of the Harborfields community.”

 

Photo Caption: Eighth-graders from Oldfield Middle School collected canned goods to donate to the Harborfields Alliance for Community Outreach during the month of January.

 

Photo courtesy of the Harborfields Central School District

This past week the West Islip softball team and community came together to help out a local family. John Budriss a valuable member of the West Islip community has been battling Leukemia and his fight has required John to be away from his family for months at a time. On January 27th the softball team and community came together to raise funds that will be donated to the Budriss family.

 

 

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University Athletic Department hosted its annual ‘Girls and Women in Sport’ Day on Saturday. More than 100 youngsters took part in the festivities, which started with a series of clinics with Owls’ coaches and approximately 150 student-athletes. The participants also enjoyed a complimentary lunch and a meet-and-greet and autograph session with SCSU student-athletes. This year’s event was supported by Chick-fil-A of North Haven.

 

 

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University women’s lacrosse team recently conducted a coat drive that resulted in the donation of more than 100 items. The coats will be donated to the area needy during the winter season.

This event is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes take part in on an annual basis. SCSU student-athletes volunteered more than 2,500 hours of their time to numerous outreach efforts, both on-campus and in Greater New Haven, during the 2016-17 academic year.

 

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