Our goal is to provide school-wide and grade-specific outreach programs every year. In addition, we are prepared to respond to events that could not have been forecasted, i.e., Hurricane relief, etc.

School Wide Projects

Thanksgiving Food Collection and April Food Drive
The COC partners with the Larchmont/Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force in several different outreach efforts during the School Year pertaining to food collection for nearly 500 families in need of food assistance. The first effort is Thanksgiving where Murray students will be encouraged to volunteer in collecting and sorting food items outside Stop and Shop on the Boston Post Road. This effort will be held on November 17th from 9-4. We are hoping to replicate this event several times during the school year.

Also, in the spring, Murray will host a food drive for the Hunger Task Force. One needed item will be requested, such as cereal, powered milk, etc.

Annual Book Drive
A book drive to sponsor a local school in need. The Bronx Charter School, a small community based school whose student body consists of children from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds will be the recipient this year. We ask Murray families to donate gently used books and educational DVDS. Our hope is that the children actively participate in the book selection, sorting through the donations and delivering the books to the school.

Love in a box
Children decorate a shoe box and fill it with needed items and letters from the children. A handmade project that encourages children to reach out to other children. Beneficiary to be discussed and determined.

Midnight Run
Students make and pack sandwiches for those less fortunate families to be delivered with clothing drop.

Hunger Task Force
Food packing night at the Cap Center in Mamaroneck for distribution to the many local families the Hunger Task Force serves.