A Cold Endeavor Warms Hearts
A record number of 55 members of Earl L. Vandermeulen High School’s
Varsity Club attended the Town of Brookhaven’s annual Polar Plunge
recently held at Cedar Beach in Mt. Sinai to benefit the Special
Olympics. They collectively raised $9,450 through their fundraising
efforts.
The Varsity Club members and their advisers, teachers Jesse Rosen and
Deirdre Filippi, engage in projects centered around athletics and also
run school-organized events and activities that help to raise money for
various service-minded organizations.
“We are so incredibly proud of the student’s efforts,” Mrs. Filippi said
of the students continued interest in positively helping and
influencing people around them while challenging themselves in the
process.