LI Community Supports Kentucky Schools Damaged From Tornadoes

BAYPORT, NY — Bayport community members are supporting schools in need, after unprecedented tornadoes tore through the South earlier this month.

Sylvan Avenue Elementary School peer leaders, members of the Bayport-Blue Point Teachers Association, students, faculty and staff donated a $1,450 on Tuesday to the Warren County Public School District in Kentucky.

Peer leaders donated half of the funds recently collected by selling handmade holiday decorations, the Bayport-Blue Point School District said.

The Warren County Public School District was recently devastated during the cluster of tornadoes that passed through the Southern region, Kentucky being the worst-hit by far across several states.

"We are happy to be helping a school district community that is in such need,” said Laurie James-Katz, speech pathologist at the school.