Bay Shore Schools Accepts Donation Of Masks For Students

Press release from the Bay Shore Schools:

May 8 2020

Bay Shore Schools Superintendent Joseph Bond accepted a donation of masks from the Promise of Hope Foundation, RENU Contracting Restoration and Milburn Flooring. The donation is part of the “Cover Our Kids” campaign, which aims to provide non-surgical masks to students in households that may otherwise have trouble obtaining PPE. After being contacted by Michael VanDenburg, Principal of RENU Contracting Restoration and Milburn Flooring, Mr. Bond helped to facilitate the donation of masks to additional school districts. Mr. VanDenburg and his team dropped the masks off to Bay Shore High School, where he and Mr. Bond were joined by Brentwood Superintendent Richard Loeschner, Islip Superintendent Ellen Semel and Central Islip Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Sharon Dungee.

“The new requirement that everyone must wear a mask when in a public setting provides a challenge for families who may be facing difficulty accessing food, let alone accessing masks,” said Bay Shore Superintendent Joseph Bond. “We have been working hard since schools first closed to help provide our students with meals by operating a grab-and-go program, which distributes over 4,000 meals per week in three locations.This donation from RENU Contracting, Milburn Flooring and The Promise of Hope Foundation, will allow us to provide our most vulnerable population with masks that will help keep our children and their families safe. Thank you to Mike VanDenburg and his team for making this possible.”

The masks, packaged in bags of 5, were distributed to students when they picked up meals from the grab-and-go program. Meals are available to students at Bay Shore High School, Bay Shore Middle School and Gardiner Manor School on Monday-Friday from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The grab-and-go meals provide lunch for that day and breakfast for the next day.

This press release was produced by the Bay Shore Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.