Good Samaritans at PS 52 receive an A-plus for raising more than $2,000 for diabetes — plus cheers and fist bumps from gym teacher Lara Novella (left) and Assistant Principal Ellen Quigley.
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Public School 52 students are in a class of their own for putting their feet where their mouths are and raising big bucks for the American Diabetes Association.
Second-grader Carissa Holley has time for a cheery wave as she pounds the pavement.
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The big-hearted bunch walked four times around their school in Sheepshead Bay — the equivalent of a mile — during their fifth annual “Step Out” benefit walk, raising $2,607 for the support and research organization, and boosting their street cred by carrying placards and chanting, “Stamp out diabetes.”
They’re steppin’ out — for a great cause!
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Students were rarin’ to plod for the stricken, said organizer Lara Novella who teaches gym at the school.
The jolly troupe marches around the Sheepshead Bay school.
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“They were very excited and looking forward to it!”
Nia Thomas (left) and Amida Awofala — both fourth graders — are happy to do their part for the less fortunate.
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An added thrill this year? The budding benefactors met their goal of two grand — and then some, bragged Novella.
Tatyana Leviveva, Angelina Melendez and Melissa Morales are rarin’ to go (from left).
Photo by Elizabeth Graham