Somers Students Donate Time, Supplies To Sandy Victims

by Katherine Pacchiana

12/05/2012 2:00 a.m.

Somers student group Let's Play It Forward traveled to Staten Island on Sunday to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Teresa Lombardi*

Members of Let's Play It Forward in Somers delivered more than 1,000 baby and pet items and other goods for Hurricane Sandy relief on Staten Island. Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Teresa Lombardi*

J&R Tours of Mount Vernon provided discount transportation Sunday as members of Let's Play It Forward in Somers delivered hurricane relief supplies to Staten Island. Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Teresa Lombardi*

Volunteers with the Somers student group Let's Play It Forward unload relief supplies from the bus Sunday in Staten Island. Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Teresa Lombardi*

The Somers students delivered supplies Sunday to the Guyon Rescue Center on Staten Island and spent the afternoon stocking the shelves and helping prepare meals for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Teresa Lombardi*

The Somers student group Let's Play It Forward delivered pet food, cages and animal blankets Sunday to the Staten Island animal shelter. Photo Credit: *Courtesy of Teresa Lombardi*

SOMERS, N.Y. – A group of Somers students who formed a charitable organization called Let's Play It Forward earlier this year delivered more than 1,000 baby and pet items and other goods to Staten Island’s Hurricane Sandy victims on Sunday.

Baby items, cleaning supplies and new underwear were dropped off at the Guyon Rescue Center, and dry cat and dog food, cages, and animal blankets were taken to the Staten Island animal shelter.

Meanwhile, a group of Let's Play It Forward boys and their dads pitched in to help a family relocate their possessions, while others spent the afternoon at the Rescue Center stocking the shelves and helping to prepare meals for victims.

In addition to devoting their own time and energies to the project, the group collected donations from various individuals and from Mount Kisco’s Tommie Copper; Mount Kisco Dental; Cardillo’s Deli, Froggie’s Deli and Crossfit in Somers; Katonah Hardware; and Neri’s Bakery in Port Chester. J&R Tours of Mount Vernon provided transport at a special discount.

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