Levittown School District Encourages Community to Help Give Back

With the holiday season approaching, the Levittown School District has initiated the Holiday Adopt-A-Family program. Last year, the Board of Education, PTSA, district faculty and community groups adopted 204 students/family members in need of gifts, clothes and food during the holiday season.

Anyone wishing to adopt a student or family for the holiday season is encouraged to give their names and contact information to the district before Dec. 1. Later this month and through December, participants will receive information on the student or family to whom they have been assigned.

Items should be in a gift bag or box and clearly labeled with an ID number matching the number on the informational form participants will receive. The Holiday Adopt-A-Family form should also be attached. Please remember the names of the “Adopter” and “Adoptee” are kept anonymous. If you wish to include a holiday card, please sign it as a “friend.” Gift receipts are greatly appreciated, so items that do not fit properly can be exchanged.

Anyone who would like to get involved and cannot adopt a student/family can purchase gift cards from any local stores, including Target, Kohl’s, Ulta, supermarkets or any other store. No amount is too small. Be sure to place the gift card in an envelope and within a gift box.

There have been requests for a specific type of adoptee, but please understand that the earlier one signs up to participate, the more likely the request can be fulfilled. If one prefers to adopt a student or family as a group, please feel free to encourage family, friends or co-workers to get involved in the endeavor. In addition, coaches or individuals who are involved in a community group are asked to please consider participating as a means of community service.

All gifts must be delivered to the district clerk’s office at Levittown Memorial Education Center between 8 a.m. and noon no later than Dec. 9.

The district will be organizing and wrapping unwrapped gifts on Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the large boardroom of LMEC. The gifts will be delivered to the students/families from Dec. 14–16.

For information, contact Esta Lachow at 516-520-1546 or e13ral@optonline.net; and Gina Interdonato at 516-314-9244 or nurseg54@optonline.net.

Photo: Manchester City Library.