W Babylon Students Help in a Soup-er Way

In the spirit of the Super Bowl and doing one’s personal best to help the team, student council officers of Santapogue Elementary School in the West Babylon Union Free School District organized a Super Bowl-themed food drive, called the “Soup-er Bowl,” to benefit a local food pantry.

During the week leading up to Super Bowl XLVII, staff and students were encouraged to donate food items and place them in the basket of the team they believed would reign victorious on Feb. 3. Baskets bearing logos for the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers overflowed with food donations at the end of the week due to the generosity of those who took part.

Susan Soldano, the student council adviser at Santapogue, supervised this enterprise. The real winners were the children, who learned a lesson in character education, as well as those who were helped by their acts of generosity.