Fox Lane students and staff take part in Community Volunteer Day

In partnership with the Suzanne Grant Foundation, 277 high school juniors and 30 staff members went out into more than 20 organizations to spend their morning giving back to the community during Fox Lane High School’s fifth annual Community Volunteer Day.

The Suzanne Grant Foundation was started by Dave Grant in honor of his late wife, Suzanne, who was a Bedford Central School District parent, former Board of Education member and volunteer.

“Today is a day when we continue her work,” Grant said. “We don’t just think about ourselves, we think about others. You’ll spend the day with people you don’t know, with a teacher you might not have had, doing something you haven’t done for people you’ll never meet.”

The experiences students took part in were wide ranging. Students did some weeding at places like Muscoot Farm and Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship. Others played with kids at Neighbors Link, bagged food at Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, and interacted with community members while working food distribution and a clothing drive at the Community Center of Northern Westchester.

Once they were back on campus, students were treated to pizza and ice cream before hearing some final words about the day.

“People love to talk about changing the world,” Grant said. “I think that’s a rather daunting idea. But we can make our school a little better. We can make our community a little better. We can make ourselves a little better. You did a lot of good today. You made your community, your school and yourselves a little bit better — and that makes the world a little better.”