{"id":147177,"date":"2026-03-24T17:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147177\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:52:13","slug":"2nd-annual-bcsd-community-service-day-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147177\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd annual BCSD Community Service Day a success"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Friday, Mar. 20, teachers and staff from the Bethlehem Central School District participated in the second annual Community Day as part of their Superintendent\u2019s Conference Day agenda.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 600 individuals participated in various activities, including park and trail cleanups, organizing food pantries, preparing arts and recreation activities, and providing hands-on support for human service agencies and animal rescue groups.<\/p>\n

The Mar. 20 Superintendent\u2019s Conference Day, which was a day off for students, was designed to blend professional learning, wellness programs and community service for district staff. While the 34 individual community service projects primarily took place in the morning, faculty and staff had 77 professional learning modules to choose from throughout the day, as well as 32 wellness activities.<\/p>\n

2nd annual BCSD Community Day<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Community Fund \u2013 A used book sale was organized by Glenmont staff to support the fund, which helps children, families, individuals and the elderly whose needs fall through the cracks of traditional programs.
\nBethlehem Food Pantry \u2013 The Food Service staff organized a food drive to support the Bethlehem Food Pantry.
\nBethlehem Tri Village Little League & Babe Ruth \u2013 A group of teachers helped prepare the concession stand and fields for the upcoming season.
\nCapital City Rescue Mission \u2013 Approximately 80 staff members from the Transportation Department and Hamagrael Elementary School prepared hundreds of sandwiches that were delivered to the shelter in Albany.
\nCommunity Hospice \u2013 Middle school staff created blankets (crochet & no-sew) to be donated to hospice patients.
\nDelmar Center for Nursing \u2013 Elsmere staff created spring flower pots and gift bags for residents.
\nFree To Be Me Rescue \u2013 The BCMS math department made dog toys out of old t-shirts\/materials for donation the rescue.
\nKarie Jean\u2019s Closet \u2013 Staff members sorted donations and prepped inventory for the spring\/summer season.
\nMelodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disease at Albany Medical Center \u2013 Eagle staff created no-sew blankets to be donated to the center.
\nMohawk Hudson Humane Society \u2013 A group from Glenmont sorted bottles and cans used to support the shelter. Another group from the Special Education department crafted toys for dogs and cats.
\nPeregrine Senior Living \u2013 School nurses spent the morning crafting and playing games, Bingo with residents.
\nPine Hollow Arboretum \u2013 A group of teachers, and BCMS principal Mike Klugman, cleared trees and built a natural fence at the much-loved nature spot.
\nPublic Art Plan for the Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail \u2013 Members of the Art department created signs for the Helderberg to Hudson Half-Marathon. The signs are to promote public input about what people would like to see along the trail.
\nPatroon Land Farm \u2013 District central staff planted thousands of beets and cabbages. The farm is run by the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York.
\nRISSE \u2013 Members of the World Language department organized supplies for a hygiene drive to support refugees and immigrants building new lives and in the Capital Region.
\nRonald McDonald House Charities \u2013 Transportation department staff baked cookies, cleaned, organized and did some outside maintenance at the Ronald McDonald House in Albany.
\nStreet Soldiers\/Albany \u2013 Slingerlands staff made gallons of chili and dozens of sandwiches to be distributed by Street Soldiers in downtown Albany. The group also collected pantry items and self-care items for donation.
\nWhiskers Cat Shelter \u2013 Music department staff cleaned and organized the shelter.
\nGrassroots Givers \u2013 Elementary library staff organized a book donation for the organization.
\nCD Latinos \u2013 World Language department staff cleaned and painted walls at the organization\u2019s headquarters. CD Latinos provides a food pantry, vocational training, financial literacy, home ownership counseling, and employment placement.
\nBCSD Beautification \u2013 Staff members across the district participated in a spring beautification project, planting flowers and preparing the schools for spring.
\nBethlehem Softball \u2013 BCHS staff members helped get the field and concession stand ready for the season.<\/p>\n

Thank you to everyone who made the second annual BCSD Community Day, and Superintendent\u2019s Conference Day, a great success!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday, Mar. 20, teachers and staff from the Bethlehem Central School District participated in the second annual…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-147177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}