Photos: Guilderland students and Teachers Assistants help needy kids
Last Friday afternoon, Dec. 9, members of the Guilderland Teachers Assistants drop of donated toys from all Guilderland Schools to help out children in need.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Heavy lifting: Georgianna Pennacchia, right, carries bags of toys, donated by Guilderland students, to her home last Friday afternoon while Guilderland Elementary School teaching assistant Janet D’Arcangelis grabs bags as well. This is the eighth annual toy drive held by the Teaching Assistant Unit of the Guilderland Teachers’ Association. Pennacchia is the president of the St. Madeleine Sophie Food Pantry.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Showing off some of the over 600 toys donated by Guilderland students are, from left, Linda Ciabotte, from Altamont Elementary; Georgianna Pennacchia, Janet D’Arcangelis, Guilderland Elementary; and Deb Blaauboer, from Altamont Elementary. The toys will, first of all, go to a party at St. Catherine’s Center, for homeless children awaiting foster care, and then to children in 150 local families in need.