New Hyde Park Road School students in grades 3-6 provided lunch and sweet sentiments to local folks in need on Valentine’s Day.
Organized by fifth-grade teacher Christine Margro, the school’s fifth-annual Made With Love event brought students together to make and assemble 200 lunches for distribution at the Mary Brennan INN in Hempstead, which provides essential services to assist those challenged by hunger, homelessness and profound poverty. Sixth-grade students made turkey and cheese and ham and cheese sandwiches, and the school’s fifth-graders packed them into a lunch bag along with fruit, a bottled water and a granola bar. The lunch bags were beautifully decorated by fourth-grade students. Each bag also included a sweet Valentine’s Day message written by third-grade students.
According to Ms. Margro, the supplies were purchased thanks to a volleyball game fundraiser held at the school and the generous donations of parents. She commended the students as they made and packed the lunches, and reminded them that they were making a difference.
Photo Captions:
- New Hyde Park Road School sixth-graders made 200 sandwiches for distribution at the Mary Brennan Inn.
- New Hyde Park Road School fifth-graders (from left): Helai Eren, Kate Masilugan, Dhara Patel and Ethan Adams packed a sandwich, a drink, snacks and a special Valentine’s message in each lunch bag.
- New Hyde Park Road School students Gracie Anthony and Isabella Beltres (back row, right) looked on as peers (from left): Maeve Downing, Leah Del Orbe and Shahriyar Bari packed lunch bags into boxes for delivery to the Mary Brennan Inn.
- New Hyde Park Road School teacher Christine Margro (back row, center) is pictured with her students and aide Cheryl Franklin.
Photos courtesy of the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District
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