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Levy-Lakeside dances for two causes
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Student council adviser Soo Becchina and Levy-Lakeside student Sydney Weltman presented checks raised through donations to Geri Barish, president of the 1 in 9: the Long Island Breast Cancer Coalition, and Jill Levine, founder of the Robbie Levine Foundation.
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Levy-Lakeside boys piled high at the dance-a-thon.
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12-year-old Tina Colby got her shirt signed by her friends.
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Levy-Lakeside girls posed for a
picture at the school’s dance-a-thon.
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Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick hosted its annual dance-a-thon last Friday inside in the gymnasium.
The event, open to fourth- through sixth-graders, raised $6,101 through donations. About 230 children attended the festivities, and 40 parents volunteered to help out, according to Soo Becchina, a special education teacher and the Student Council adviser at Levy-Lakeside.
Each year, the students vote for two charities that they would like to donate the money to, and this year they decided on the Robbie Levine Foundation and 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition.
The kids had a blast, said Becchina, and danced along to the music provided by the Evolution DJ Company.
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