Gershow Recycling Donates $5,000 in Support of Patchogue Medford High School Robotics Team and LI Regional FIRST Robotics Competition

February 4, 2010
Gershow Recycling Donates $5,000 in Support of Patchogue Medford High School Robotics Team and LI Regional FIRST Robotics Competition

Pictured with the members of the Patchogue-Medford High School robotics team and their robot are (left to right): New York State Senator Brian Foley; Kevin Gershowitz, President, Gershow Recycling; Suffolk County Legislator Jack Eddington; Brookhaven Town Councilman Tim Mazzei; Brookhaven Town Supervisor Mark Lesko; Dr. Randy Rusielewicz, Principal, Patchogue-Medford High School; Janet Anderson, Acting Director, School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI); Kevin Ray, Danielle Voje and Tom Kelly, Advisors, Patchogue-Medford High School robotics team.

In support of the Patchogue-Medford community, Gershow Recycling came to Patchogue-Medford High School on February 3 to donate $2,500 each to the Patchogue-Medford High School robotics team and School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI). The money went to defray the cost of the Patchogue-Medford High School robotics team constructing and transporting the 130-pound robot to the Long Island FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition on March 25-27 at Hofstra University, sponsored by SBPLI. Gershow's donation is also helping SBPLI pay part of the costs of hosting the competition, with 48 teams participating this year. Both the Patchogue-Medford High School robotics team and SBPLI thanked Gershow for their generous support.