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Ames Food Drive Benefits Massapequa Community
Students at Massapequa High School's Ames Campus collected hundreds of items to donate to the community.
MASSAPEQUA, NY — Community service is the mission for the National Junior Honor Society at Massapequa High School’s Ames Campus, and students did just that with a four-week food drive. Hundreds of nonperishable items, such as boxes of pasta and canned vegetables, were collected from Oct. 13 through Nov. 4.
Donations were given to the parish outreach center at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Massapequa Park, which then distributes food to people in need in the community. Adviser Michelle Grossi said honor society members were asked to contribute at least one food item each. Additionally, they created and hung posters throughout the school to promote the food drive.
Ninth grader Brady Gil said that the food drive was a way for students to take meaningful action, show leadership and “be more than yourself.”
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“It’s important to help those in the community who are less fortunate,” said Sofia Dalton. “It warms my heart to help out people in my town.”
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