Levy Recognizes Top Schools in Long Island Cares Food Drive

Levy Recognizes Top Schools in Long IslandCares Food Drive

Suffolk Schools Show They Care:  SuffolkCounty Executive Steve Levy recently recognized the top three schools in a countywide food drive for Long Island Cares. Nearly 75 schools in Suffolk participated in this year’s drive, collecting a total of 26,443 pounds of food. The top food collectors were Smithtown High School West (2,256 pounds), West Middle Island Elementary School in the Longwood District (2,022) and Phillips Avenue Elementary School in Riverhead (1,150). Pictured: (back row, l-r) Paule Pachter, Executive Director, Long Island Cares; Kristine Lehn, Long Island Cares; Ken Zone, Operations Manager, Long Island Cares; George Glock, Smithtown HS West National Honor Society Co-President; Toni Sabatini, teacher, West Middle Island Elementary; Joanne Figueiredo, advisor to Smithtown HS West National Honor Society; Janet Van Brunt, teacher, Phillips Avenue Elementary; Alli Flicker, Smithtown HS West National Honor Society Co-President; (front row, l-r): Spencer Payton and Michael Houlihan, West Middle Island Elementary; Avenue Smith and Viola Smith, Phillips Avenue Elementary.