Number of Participants: 15
Hours Donated: 2
Value of Time Served: $254
Event Type: Children & Youth
Sport: Schools
Date: December 20, 2017
Location:
Robbins Lane Elementary School
Robbins Lane, Syosset
NY
About:
Once again, students at Robbins Lane Elementary School in Syosset helped make a life a little better for those in need. The student council and Chorus Cares groups organized the school’s annual footwear drive to benefit the Heeling Soles organization. Just in time for the winter weather, Robbins Lane students donated 276 pairs of shoes and boots to those in need.
Based on Long Island, Heeling Soles travels the globe and physically places shoes and boots on the feet of people young and old.
Gently used and new shoes and boots were gathered in music teacher Dr. Catherine da Silva’s room. Enrichment teacher/adviser Robin Kleinman and the student council helped to spread the word to students and staff, leading to another successful drive as the school community once again answered the call with a generous response. Steve Muir, a representative from Heeling Soles stopped by the school on Dec. 12 to accept the donation.
Dr. da Silva and Kleinman were also delighted to see that their students learned the valuable lesson about the importance of helping in the greater community and the personal fulfillment that comes from it.
Photo Caption: Robbins Lane Student Council and Chorus Cares members, with music teacher Dr. Catherine da Silva, displaying the footwear they collected for Heeling Soles.
Photo courtesy of the Syosset School District
