{"id":200249,"date":"2026-05-22T22:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200249\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:32:45","slug":"hundreds-of-brentwood-borough-students-celebrate-2nd-annual-day-of-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200249\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Brentwood Borough students celebrate 2nd annual Day of Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"

All over Brentwood on Friday, different organizations, places, and people were benefiting from the help of hundreds of students as part of the yearly day of giving.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the places where students were giving back was the Stewart Avenue Food Pantry. In total, 250 students participated in the labor of love.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I want to help the community and help people in need,” said Crixus Trout, a sixth-grade student.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is the second year for the annual day of giving, but it’s a project that has been years in the making. Today, for the second year, it’s finally come to life, and it is growing.<\/p>\n

“We want our kids to be appreciative and to give back,” said eighth-grade math teacher and organizer Lynne Golvash. “We also want the community to see how great our kids are. They have a lot of gifts, talent, and energy they can provide.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The day’s activities included helping to stock food at the pantry, cleaning up litter, doing yardwork, planting trees, and so much more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think it’s important because we’re already so young, and when we’re learning it so early, it’s easy to be like this when we’re adults,” said sixth-grade student Gabriella Keid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That work is not going unnoticed, either. The food pantry has been a resource for decades for those in need, and they’re grateful for the contributions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“They learn a lot, and see a lot, and the ones that do come back will actually come on a distribution day, and see who they’re helping, and not just what they’re doing,” said Vicki Murrio, the director of the pantry. “I think that’s very important.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the kids, sure, it gets them a day out of the classroom, but they also recognize how helpful they can be.<\/p>\n

“They just need help, and I would just like to help the best I can, and I’m sure they would like to help the best they can, too,” Trout said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I like it a lot because I like helping people, and it’s nice to see people with less fortunate things get all this food,” added Keid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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