Mount Donations Help Stock Island Harvest

W.S. Mount Elementary School students and staff members recently teamed up with Cub Scout Troop 601 to raise funds and donations for Island Harvest, a food bank that assists individuals throughout Long Island.

Through a school wide food drive, the building donated more than 2,600 items – or 2,300 pounds of food – to the cause. To elicit extra support for the worthy cause, members of the troop shared information and statistics during the announcements each morning and Principal Kathryn White pledged to reward the grade level that donated the most pieces with extra recess time. The winners were the third and fifth-grades.

In addition to the building drive, the Cub Scout Troop collected more than $300 through a weeklong coin drive.

Photo provided by the Three Village School District: W.S. Mount Elementary School teamed up with Cub Scout Troop 601 to collect thousands of pounds of food for Island Harvest this fall. Pictured here are members of the troop with Faith Silverman, community service chair, Bill O’Leary, Scoutmaster Elissa Weick, Island Harvest manager of special events, and Kathryn White, principal.