P.S. 112 Club Raises $1K For Mount Sinai Queens

Photo Mickey C. Marrero Common Centers officials Sarah York and Christopher Fischer and bottom row (l. to r.) Lisabeth Peraltha, Marisol Pazaron, Ashley Diaz, Daiser Barberii and Khirey Blake, among the third, fourth and fifth grade members of the Leadership Lunch Club who led the Penny Harvest.

The Leadership Lunch Club at P.S. 112 in Long Island City ran a school-wide Penny Harvest with the help of the non-profit organization Common Centers. More than 200 public school students in the third through fifth grades raised $1,000, which they donated to fund breast health initiatives at Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens at a school-wide assembly Monday, April 14. The students also made pillows, which they presented to hospital officials at the ceremony. In return, hospital officials gave out translucent navy blue piggy banks to the students to encourage them to save their pennies and remind them that Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens serves the community in which they live.