Nassau: holiday efforts for those in need
Photo credit: Handout | Dever Elementary School teacher Denise DeMeo and Principal Darren Gruen with student council officers Stephen Rettagliata, Kaitlin Garofalo, Isabel Chen and Ellie Katz, at the “wish tree.”
Local classrooms showed a wealth of holiday spirit this month, as schools made efforts to brighten the holidays for those in need with everything from toy collections to homemade cards to blood drives.
In East Islip, the high school's Interact Club joined with the Islip Rotary Club to volunteer as bell ringers for the Salvation Army at a nearby Stop & Shop, and the middle school Tri-M Music...
