May 22nd, 2020 – Town of Islip DEC Commissioner Martin Bellew joined with Assemblyman Phil Ramos and others, at the Brentwood High School Bottles for Dollars collection event this week.
Brentwood High School has always been at the forefront of a student-run recycling program. Since its inception almost a decade ago, they have collected over 500,000 bottles for their scholarship program. "This is a great effort on the part of the students. They're helping the environment, and they're assisting people in need of basic necessities during COVID-19," said Commissioner Bellew.
This year, the students' focus was fighting COVID-19. They collected over 60,000 bottles totaling more than $3,000 which will be donated to Pronto of Long Island.
Pronto of Long Island is a local community outreach center, providing essential items like food and sanitary products to hundreds in need year-round.
Also on hand at the event was Richard Loeschner, Superintendent, Brentwood Schools; Christopher Sidote and Martin Naro, owner and partner of All Deposit Long Island; Brentwood HS Principal, John Callan; Science Department Chair Gary Respetto; Science teacher, Denis Ortlies and Pronto President, Vivian Hart.
