Gershow Recycling, Medford, New York, says it donated $1,000 to support the Riverhead School District’s Phillips Avenue Elementary School food pantry. The money will be used to purchase nonperishable food items and gift cards from local supermarkets for families in need in the Riverhead area.
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From left: Students join Riverhead, New York, City Council member John Dunleavy; Gershow Recycling President Kevin Gershowitz; Riverhead City Council member Jim Wooten; Debra Rogers, Phillips Avenue Elementary School principal; and Al Krupski, Suffolk County legislator, as Gershowitz presents a $1,000-check to benefit the school’s food bank. |
Kevin Gershowitz, president of Gershow Recycling, was joined March 18, 2015, by students from Phillips Avenue Elementary School and local elected officials in presenting the check to Debra Rodgers, the principal at Phillips Avenue Elementary School.
On Jan. 22, 2015, as part of a kickoff event to the “Great Kindness Challenge,” the school held a special ceremony announcing the grand opening of its on-site food pantry. On its first day, the pantry assisted 15 families and 71 people. The pantry is currently open every second and fourth Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Gershow Recycling has nine locations in Brooklyn, New Hyde Park, Valley Stream, Freeport, Lindenhurst, Huntington Station, Bay Shore, Medford and Riverhead, New York. The company accepts aluminum, brass, copper, steel, cast iron, appliances and vehicles.
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