Garden City High School holds annual teddy bear drive for Mary Brennan INN
The Garden City High School Key club completed their annual teddy bear drive for the Mary Brennan INN, one of the largest soup kitchens on Long Island. The teddy bear drive, which has become a staple of the GCHS holiday season, is part of the Key Club’s service to give back to the community.
In the weeks leading up to the holidays, students brought in new stuffed animals which were displayed in the library throughout December. Student volunteers visited the library’s makerspace during their lunch periods to create scarves for the bears before they were donated.
The bears were delivered on Dec. 17 by Key Club adviser Steve Arena, who has helped with the teddy bear drive for more than 14 years. “Each year the event is a great success, and it is thanks to all of the donations we get from the students,” he said.
