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Calhoun Raises $10K for Long Beach Schools
Bellmore-Merrick puts fashion show funds toward Sandy relief.
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Through their Senior Experience Fashion Show, students at Sanford H. Calhoun High School in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District raised $10,326 to aid in the Long Beach School District’s post-Sandy recovery efforts.
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Senior Experience students traveled to Long Beach with teachers Jason Elias and Ryan McSherry and Principal David Seinfeld April 23 to present the donation to the Long Beach Board of Education.
“Since Senior Experience has entered the curriculum, we have raised over $100,000 for global causes, such as Invisible Children and Reason 2 Smile,” said Calhoun student representative Kari Schaefer.
Schaefer explained that after the devastation wrought by Sandy, Calhoun students felt it was appropriate to go local and support the Long Beach School District.
“As Calhoun students, none of us could possibly imagine what it would be like to go back to school, the place where we spend a majority of our time, with classrooms without any supplies or learning materials,” she said. “The show wouldn’t have been anywhere near as successful if it weren’t for all of the people who had attended and donated to such an important and close-to-home cause.”
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