Sheepshead Bay
Kind and giving St. Edmund Prep students, including Joshua Beaton, Chelsea Bettancourt, Edward Carr, Vincent Carucci, Kellie Diodato, Christina Colasuonno, Bridget Harte, Marissa Moran, and Samantha Ruggiero, along with members of the faculty, including Phil Fama, Marie Geraci, Jim Grillo, and Deacon Ron Rizzuto spent part of their summer vacation in an outreach program and week of service in Philadelphia, under the direction of the St. Vincent de Paul Center for Young Adult Service Experiences.
The teens worked in various locations performing many tasks, including sorting donated clothes at a mission, doing arts and crafts with seniors, and organizing the food pantry at St. Raymond’s House. No job was too small or too difficult for the vollies to put their pedal to the metal and their faith into action.
The group also learned about the plight of the impoverished, participating in the “meal on a budget” plan requiring them to plan a meal for a family of six on just $7. The students had to shop for the ingredients, then cook the meal. After this exercise they learned just what it’s like to be without basic essentials.
This and other programs at St. Edmund’s have raised tons of dough through the Hunger Awareness Challenge to help families in our borough.
Another group is slated to travel to Cuba on Sept. 18 to donate money to day care centers.
Standing O says, “Thank you, and safe journey.”
St. Edmund Preparatory High School [2474 Ocean Ave. at Avenue T in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 743–6100].
