Brookhaven Town Announces School Supplies Drive

Written by Matthew McGevna.

The Brookhaven Town Youth Bureau has kicked off its INTERFACE Back to School Supply Drive today by opening its donation bin located in Town Hall in Farmingville.

Supervisor Ed Romaine announced that other donation drop boxes will be scattered throughout the town for the entire month of August. 

The INTERFACE Back to School Supply Drive encourages residents to donate items such as pens, calculators, backpacks, notebooks, lunch boxes, folders, glue, binders and more. 

According to a statement from the town, the collected supplies will be distributed to needy families so school-aged children will be fully prepared when they return to the classrooms in September. 

“Over the years, Brookhaven residents have been very generous with their donations during the Back to School Supply Drive and I expect this year will be the same,” Romaine said in a statement. “During these tough economic times, we must do whatever we can to help our neighbors in need, especially when it comes to preparing their children for school.”

Other collection bins will be at the following locations this month: 

• Astoria Bank (with branches in Stony Brook, Rocky Point and Port Jefferson Station)
• Brookhaven National Lab, 2 Center Street, Upton
  
• Taylor Fuel, 354 Ronkonkoma Avenue, Ronkonkoma
• All For You Hair Salon, 161 Long Island Avenue, Holtsville
• IRS Building, 1040 Waverly Avenue, Holtsville
• Medford Volunteer Ambulance, 1005 Sipp Avenue, Medford
• Coram Fire Department, 303 Middle Country Road, Coram
• 112 Grill at Country Fair, 3351 Route 112, Medford

INTERFACE is a private public partnership that helps deliver good and services to those in need in Brookhaven. The organization boasts about 125 corporations, not-for-profit agencies, community and fraternal groups that comprise the alliance.

To learn more about the Town’s INTERFACE Program, visit www.brookhaven.org or call 631-451-8014.