Continuing what has become a Rocky Point tradition, members of the Rocky Point School District baseball teams recently volunteered at Maureen’s Haven Homeless Shelter.

Lead by team coaches Andrew Aschettino, Anthony Anzalone and Eric Strovink, the middle school and high school students worked together to set up the location, stock the pantries, provide breakfast, lunch, dinner, supply toiletries, homemade baked goods, backpacks and even gift cards for meals to a fast food restaurants for future dates. Additionally, the students donated enough socks to give a new pair to each homeless person for weeks to come.

 

Photo caption: Rocky Point School District’s baseball team members volunteered at Maureen’s Haven Homeless Shelter.

 

Photo courtesy of the Rocky Point School District

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

In recognition of breast cancer awareness month, the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School volleyball team and Varsity Club teamed up to raise money for the cause. On Oct. 11, the two organizations held a pink pumpkin fundraiser and bake sale and raised more than $700 to donate to the Side-Out Foundation.

Varsity Coaches Gina Walling and Libby Courtemanche organized a multi-team breast cancer tournament on Sunday October 1st at Veterans Field.  The tournament included nine Suffolk County Varsity FH teams including (Northport, West Babylon, Harborfields, Sachem East, Sachem North,  Commack, Centereach, Rocky Point, and Ward Melville) Each team was given a new name such as Team Hope, Team Strength, Team Life, etc.

Teams contributed in various ways including a Chinese auction.  We honored a former Field Hockey coach and All County Player Katie Hahn of Cold spring Harbor,  a coach many of the Suffolk Coaches know well and/or played with or against.

In total the teams raised $2,501.00.  Four hundred of which was donated directly to Katie and her family.

Our JV Coaches Christina Margiore and Samantha Little organized a group of players (both JV and Varsity) for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at Jones Beach Sunday October 15th. That group raised 1500.00.

In total the NPFH Program raised 3601.00 towards Breast Cancer Funds.

Story and Photo Courtesy of Northport- East Northport School District

Setauket Elementary School recently sponsored its first Color Splash Run/Walk in honor of one of Setauket’s students, Amelia Calderone, who is suffering from Langerhans cell histiocytosis, an illness that causes the production of too many white blood cells and causes the formation of tumors.

Approximately 600 students, parents and staff members registered for the event. Despite the rain, the majority of registrants turned out for dancing, color-splashing and a one-mile trek in honor of this very special student. The race went from Setauket School through Frank Melville Park and back to the school and raised over $6,800 for the Calderone family.