Lynbrook and Hewlett doing charitable parts

Last night's Hewlett-Lynbrook game, a 45-30 win for the Owls, was a key Conference III football matchup between undefeated teams. But the teams kept the game in perspective this week.

Laura Devine is a social studies teacher at Lynbrook who founded the Facing History Club. Her brother, Capt. Patrick Devine, is a 2002 Massapequa and 2007 West Point graduate who is stationed in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan as an Army Ranger. Patrick recently spoke to the club via webcam and discussed basic needs the soldiers are going without.

When Lynbrook coach Steve LoCicero, a teacher who shares a classroom with Devine, heard of the need, he enlisted his players to help the Facing History Club in its effort. The nearly 2,000 spectators at the Marion Street Elementary School Field donated generously.