Woodhull School Pasta Night
Draws 250
This year's Woodhull Intermediate School sixth grade Pasta Night drew a large crowd to the school gym and cafeteria. Guests dined on fresh green salad, ziti with fresh marinara sauce, soft Italian bread and assorted cookies, along with tasty refreshments.
"The night was a fun-filled and high energy event," said Bari Fehrs, who served as chairperson of the committee that organized the evening. "We had over 70 sixth graders serving a delicious pasta dinner from Johnny D's to almost 250 family members and friends."
Huntington Superintendent James W. Polansky stopped by the festivities and marveled at the size of the crowd. The evening included 20 family oriented raffle baskets and grand prizes that included a Kindle Fire and an Amazon gift card, which was donated by Woodhull's faculty members.
"It takes a lot of helping hands to make this event happen and once again, the volunteers delivered," Mrs. Fehrs said. "I'd like to thank all the parents that sent in contributions for the raffles, helped create our brochure, the 'set-up' volunteers who helped with decorating and turned our gym into a festive Italian restaurant and most of all the parents who assisted with organizing the students in the cafeteria with drinks and the food line."
Woodhull teacher aides Anna Naccarato, Richard Signorelli and Ilene Messina provided "enormous help," Mrs. Fehrs said. Also pitching in was Woodhull parent alumnus Christina Plant, who organizes the high school football program's Friday night team dinners and who lent her expertise to the event's organizing committee. School secretary Trudy Somers helped out, too.
Parents Laura McMorrow, Lori Arloff, Julie Porzio, Cathy Ribando, Meg Langton, Susan Buchholtz, Jen Walther, Rene Danseglio, Angela Walsh, Trish Lamarco, Carolyn Luckow, Mark Bellissimo, Jeanie Dempsey, Andrea Morris, Jeanine Kata and Rosemary Miller all played key roles in making the evening the success everyone agreed it was.
Principal Mary Stokkers and Assistant Principal Jarrett Stein were on hand to help iron out any unexpected wrinkles and do their part to insure the evening ran smoothly. The event raised nearly $2,000, which will be used to fund several PTA initiatives this spring.