{"id":108069,"date":"2026-01-22T02:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/108069\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T02:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T02:39:09","slug":"staten-island-community-honors-dr-king-by-packing-350-care-packages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/108069\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island community honors Dr. King by packing 350 care packages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NU2ZMYAYXJDPFK62KAC3EHP4LU\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; The Joan &amp; Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island brought together 150 volunteered on Monday, Jan. 19 to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day through community service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3YMFBPPHMVEMNG7VHGS4364U5Q\">Volunteers sorted and packed donated items, including art supplies, school supplies, and toiletries into 350 packages during the annual Day of Service on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VEC5VWOMMJCX5FGIROKNPH6ZKY\">The packages will be distributed to participants at the JCC\u2019s Richmond Terrace and Todt Hill Cornerstone Community Centers, students in afterschool programs at local public schools, and seniors at the JCC\u2019s Older Adult Centers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SXUFXQKNDFHCXGBHUACDKJPANQ\">The volunteer group included students from several local high schools, participants from the JCC\u2019s iTeens and Hillel of Staten Island programs, and JCC families.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Volunteers sorting and packing packages\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KZYYKPZCWVHSTOJNIKWZZTJAB4.JPG\"  \/>Volunteers are pictured sorting and packing donated items like art supplies, school supplies, and toiletries into 350 packages during the annual Day of Service on Jan. 19. at the JCC.Courtesy of JCC<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RVVGAJ44SVF2XLDZJW4XPL4POA\">Judge Ronald A. Gregg and Rabbi Kevin Peters, the JCC\u2019s director of Jewish education, gave a presentation on the lasting legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"F4KXV4MQRBEULAYJQRP575GDHY\">\u201cWe are grateful to all of our dedicated volunteers who joined us today on their day off from work or school to help give back to their community,\u201d said Orit Lender, CEO of the JCC. \u201cWe would also like to thank our core partners at UJA-Federation of New York for sponsoring this region-wide Day of Service initiative that empowers communities to unite through service.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; The Joan &amp; Alan Bernikow JCC of Staten Island brought together 150 volunteered on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-108069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}