Elena Fecentese, left, and Emily Maughan presented Tim Roash, second from right, and veteran Bob Pickering of the Oceanside VFW with a “check” for $1,000 that the students of School 8 raised by recycling more than 20,000 cans and bottles.
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Barry Howard and Shelly Psaris of the Ronald McDonald House sorted through the thousands of bottle tops that the more than 400 students and 40 faculty members of School 8 collected over the course of the school year.
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The color Guard brought in the flag for the start of the ceremony. From left are Dana Justin, Gabriella Tringalli , Luke Hickam and Kevin Kay.
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School 8 students sang to the crowd.
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Matthew Guglielmo and Alba Aimee address the veterans of the Oceanside VFW and their fellow classmates in the School 8 gym.
Students in Mrs. Weisman’s class in School 8 in Oceanside organized a project this year to collect and recycle soda tabs.
The tabs went to the Ronald McDonald House, and the bottles and cans were recycled for money, which the students donated to the Oceanside VFW. The students donated $1,000 — the equivalent of about 20,000 bottles and cans.
