District highlights community partnerships: handmade dolls, mobile food pantry and school gardens
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Superintendent and staff recognized local nonprofits and volunteers: the Giving Doll Organization donated about 300 handmade dolls for students, Meals on Main Street launched a mobile produce-and-meals program, and volunteers maintained school gardens and field trips were celebrated.
District leaders used the May 20 board meeting to highlight several active community partnerships that support students.
Austin Goldberg, the district’s athletic director, described the Giving Doll Organization’s work and said volunteers handmade about 300 dolls for distribution through school programs. “Each doll is crafted by volunteers who pour their creativity and compassion into every stitch,” Goldberg said while introducing comments from Maureen Ennis, director of the New York Giving Doll Organization.
The superintendent also described Meals on Main Street, a nonprofit mobile pantry that distributed fresh produce, meat and eggs to Woodside families and plans to deliver 3,000 warm meals to community households. Dr. David Maurizio said the program creates a “store on wheels” intended to provide food with dignity rather than food distributed from a truck in bulk.
School volunteers and staff were recognized for the Woodside garden program and a recent Oakside field trip to the American Museum of Natural History; the district said the Oakside greenhouse project is nearing completion with community support. District leaders thanked Monroe College (referred to in the meeting as Monroe University), PTO members, the Peaceful Education Foundation, and other volunteers for programming and event support.
These community services and volunteer efforts were presented in the superintendent’s report and recognized by the board; no formal board action was recorded for the presentations.