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Seaford Middle School Brings Joy to Sandy Victims
Students team up with a local deli to assist victims from Oct. 29 superstorm during holiday season.
The magic of the holiday season was in full force when Seaford Middle School’s Service Club and National Junior Honor Society, along with Sequa Delicatessen on Jerusalem Avenue, collaborated to help spread holiday cheer
to those families still affected by Superstorm Sandy.
Both faculty and students from Seaford Middle School graciously donated holiday trees, wreaths and candy canes while Sequa Deli contributed 100 cups of hot chocolate. More than 30 middle school students volunteered to deliver the trees, hot chocolate and candy canes to Seaford Harbor Elementary School, where they were disbursed to the
“Thanks to the generosity of our school community over 36 trees and seven
wreaths were donated on-site and 12 more trees were delivered the following day to individual homes in Seaford, Wantagh and Copiague,” said Seaford Middle School teacher Patty Gilroy, the service club advisor and organizer of the event. “It was a true community event that brought much-needed joy to all during this holiday season.”
