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Grand Avenue Students Collect More Than 100 Toys For Needy Kids

The toys, collected by the student council, will be donated to the John Theissen Children's Foundation.

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From left, Clairevy Maingrette, Sophia Benno, Makayla Daube, Grace Antener, Brigid Flanagan, Jack Messinger, along with faculty advisers Howard Fields and Michael Langer.
From left, Clairevy Maingrette, Sophia Benno, Makayla Daube, Grace Antener, Brigid Flanagan, Jack Messinger, along with faculty advisers Howard Fields and Michael Langer. (Courtesy Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District)

BELLMORE, NY — The spirit of giving is alive and well at Grand Avenue Middle School as the Student Council sorted items collected during a toy drive for a local charity.

Grand Avenue's Makayla Daube visited the John Theissen Children's Foundation in Wantagh recently and noticed they were in the need of donations.

“Makayla, her fellow Student Council members and Grand Avenue students were able to collect more than 100 toys,” said Assistant Principal Christopher Riccardi. “All toys will be donated to sick and underprivileged kids right here on Long Island.”

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