Sayville High School teachers Rick Caskey (far left) and Susan Censoplano (second from left), advisers for the school’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) Chapter, pose with student representatives in front of a wrecked car, provided by Gershow Recycling to remind the community of the dangers of driving while distracted or drunk.
In support of the local community, Gershow Recycling donated the use of a vehicle to Sayville High School’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) chapter to help fellow students raise awareness on safe driving.
The junk car was displayed in front of the school during graduation week, June 20-24, 2016, to remind students of the consequences of driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, as well as the danger of driving while distracted by texting or talking on cell phones. The Sayville SADD chapter thanked Gershow for its assistance and its use of the vehicle.
Gershow has nine locations in Brooklyn, New Hyde Park, Valley Stream, Freeport, Lindenhurst, Huntington Station, Bay Shore, Medford and Riverhead. For more information, call (631) 289-6188 or visit www.gershow.com.
This year, Gershow Recycling granted several Environmental Conservation scholarships to local Long Island high school students.
Riverhead High School
Pictured are Riverhead High School student Blake Carrara (left) and Pete Vaillant (right), Manager, Gershow Recycling.
Mr. Carrara was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
McGann-Mercy High School
Pictured are Jonathan Abrams (left), Manager, Gershow Recycling, and McGann-Mercy High School Student Alex Frabizio (right).
Mr. Frabizio was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Longwood High School
Pictured are Longwood High School student Samantha DeQuarto (left) and Tanya Pottinger (right), Human Resources Generalist, Gershow Recycling.
Ms. DeQuarto was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Patchogue-Medford High School
Pictured are Patchogue Medford High School student Alexa Valentin (left) and Tanya Pottinger (right), Human Resources Generalist, Gershow Recycling.
Ms. Valentin was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Bellport High School
Pictured are Bellport High School student Jamison Leach (left) and Tanya Pottinger (right), Human Resources Generalist, Gershow Recycling.
Mr. Leach was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Valley Stream Central High School
Pictured are Valley Stream Central High School student Sara Guagliano (left) and Jason Baron (right), Manager, Gershow Recycling.
Ms. Guagliano was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Herricks High School
Pictured are John Conroy (left), Manager, Gershow Recycling, and Herricks High School student Anthony Polo (right).
Mr. Polo was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Freeport High School
Pictured are Peter O’Donovan (left), Manager, Gershow Recycling, and Freeport High School student Cameryn Miller (right).
Ms. Miller was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Lindenhurst High School
Pictured are Dave Seiler (left), Account Executive, Gershow Recycling, Lindenhurst High School student Jeevan Vangala (center) and the school’s Principal, Dr. Christopher Gitz (right).
Mr. Vangala was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Bay Shore High School
Pictured are DJ Chasse (left), Manager, Gershow Recycling, and Bay Shore High School student William Fleischer (right).
Mr. Fleischer was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Walt Whitman High School
Pictured are Walt Whitman High School student Julia Alexandra Canigiani (left) and Rich D’Angelo, Manager (right), Gershow Recycling.
Ms. Canigiani was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Gershow Recycling presents a check in the amount of $1,500 to the Patchogue Lions Club at the 16th annual “Christmas in June” event at Boomer’s Family Fun Center in Medford on June 23. Pictured (front row, left to right): Lou Giordano, Member, Patchogue Lions Club; Vito LaMonica, Past President, Patchogue Lions Club and Event Chairman, Christmas in June; Jonathan Abrams, Manager, Gershow Recycling; Dan King, President; Paul Felice, Member; and Greg Link, Volunteer, Patchogue Lions Club. Back row (l-r): Charlie Burton, Bob Bromberg, Tom Ferb, Peter Feehan, Charlie Baker, Bob Silver, Bob Foray and Hal Kramer, Members, and Rylee Baker, Volunteer, Patchogue Lions Club.
The Patchogue Lions Club held its sixteenth annual “Christmas in June” event on Thursday, June 23 at Boomer’s Family Fun Center in Medford. For the eleventh consecutive year, as part of its ongoing community service, Gershow Recycling sponsored the event by donating $1,500.
One hundred forty-one school children from seven elementary schools in the Patchogue-Medford School District were chosen to participate in this year’s event by their respective principals. Since the Patchogue Lions Club has started “Christmas in June,” more than 1,800 children have participated in this fun-filled event.
“This was a nice way to give these children an opportunity to have some fun and spend the day with their friends,” said Vito LaMonica, Event Chairman and Past President, Patchogue Lions Club. “It gave the children a place to enjoy themselves, especially with the school year drawing to a close.”
Children were treated to lunch and then given full access for several hours to attractions, including rides, go-carts, wall climbing, bumper boats, and arcade games.
“We were very happy in joining with the Patchogue Lions Club to make this day possible for these children,” said Jonathan Abrams, Manager, Gershow Recycling. “They always have a great time here. With the summer season beginning, the timing couldn’t be better.”
For more information, call the Patchogue Lions at (631) 654-3737, or visit www.patchoguelions.com. For more information about Gershow Recycling, please call (631) 289-6188 or visit www.gershow.com.
Pictured left to right are Rich D’Angelo, Manager, Gershow Recycling’s Huntington facility; Rebecca Varese and her daughter, CharlieMae Beach; Jenny McCaughey; Steve Rossetti, Vice President of Special Projects, Gershow Recycling; Damon McMullen, Trustee, Village of Northport; Robert “Beefy” Varese, Ex-Chief, Northport Fire Department and Director, Ninth Annual Chuck Varese Vehicle Extrication Tournament; Jeanne Vadasz, Emergency Medical Technician, Northport Fire Department; Dr. William Spencer, Suffolk County Legislator; Susan Berland and Mark Cuthbertson, Council Members, Town of Huntington; Henry Tobin, Deputy Mayor, Village of Northport; and Will Varese, Lieutenant, Northport Fire Department Hook & Ladder Company.
In support of local fire departments, Gershow Recycling donated the use of 30 cars for the Ninth Annual Chuck Varese Vehicle Extrication Tournament, which was held at the Northport Fire Department’s Training Grounds at Steer’s Pit in Northport on May 14. Gershow also donated the use of its Huntington facility to enable teams to practice in the week leading up to the tournament.
The tournament involved 21 teams of four to six firefighters working to extricate a “victim” from a “crash” using the Jaws of Life. Each team was judged on the amount of time it took to perform the extrication, the handling of equipment and the safety procedures they followed. After the tournament, the vehicles were brought back to Gershow’s facility, where they were shredded and recycled.
“This is a wonderful event,” said Henry Tobin, Deputy Mayor, Village of Northport. “It’s prestigious for Northport, but it’s also great training for our guys and other fire departments. Most importantly, it helps them determine where they need to improve to continue saving lives. We’re very lucky in Northport and we deeply admire and value the men and women who devote their lives to this important line of work.”
As part of a Career Day presentation, Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams visited Ms. Donna Sommo’s Family & Consumer Science class on November 12, 2015 at North Country Road Middle School in Miller Place, where Mr. Abrams’ son, Andrew, is a student. Mr. Abrams described his position at Gershow, what his job entails, what other jobs are available at Gershow and the educational requirements needed for each job.
Mr. Abrams also described the types of metal that Gershow recycles and the process by which they are made into various scrap products. He also brought in pieces of scrap metal and magnets to show the students the difference between ferrous and non-ferrous metals. He additionally explained the importance of the recycling industry to the U.S. economy and its economic impact worldwide. In addition to providing a history of the company, Mr. Abrams showed the students how Gershow is involved with the community and where the company has appeared on TV.
Each student received a recyclable tote bag, magnet, folder and activity book, courtesy of Gershow Recycling.
Gershow Recycling generously donated materials to the Islip High School catapult team for improvements to its catapult, named the “Jack-O-Splatter.” Gershow supplied the team with much-needed replacement parts such as a steel rod and metal bearings to help launch the pumpkins further and more accurately.
The team won its division at the Long Island Championship Pumpkin Fling, which took place at the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank on October 24, 2015, with a distance of 1,327 feet (more than 0.25 mile). This broke the team’s own Long Island record of 1,049.9 feet and the world record in its division by almost 100 feet. The pumpkin was flung at a speed of 160 miles per hour.
Pictured: Eric Kugler (left), Manager, Gershow’s Brooklyn facility, is joined by members of the FDNY after an extrication drill at the department’s 150th Summer Block Party in Brooklyn on September 12.In support of local firefighters, Gershow Recycling donated the use of a vehicle to the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) for an extrication practice drill during the FDNY’s 150th Summer Block Party in front of Engine 231/Ladder 120 in Brooklyn on September 12.
Those in attendance saw firefighters performing an extrication drill using the ”Jaws of Life” to remove a ”victim” from a ”crash.” Gershow has donated the use of its vehicles to numerous fire departments in the metropolitan New York area and has hosted firefighters, Emergency Medical Service technicians and first responders at its locations for extrication exercises, mass casualty drills and Urban Search and Rescue training exercises.
In addition to the extrication exercise, the FDNY provided games, food, music and fun for the entire family. Attendees also learned about the formation and the rich history of the FDNY.
Pictured (left to right): Debra Giugliano, Dr. Devina Prakash, Jonathan Abrams, Dr. Robert Parker, Nicole Gutman and Cara J. Giannillo.
Gershow Recycling was honored at The Daniel Brooks Memorial Education Awards for Students with Cancer ceremony on July 29 for its ongoing involvement with “Can Tabs for Kids,” a program that raises money for the Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital in the fight against childhood cancer. Gershow Manager Jonathan Abrams represented the company at the event, which was held at the Charles Wang Center at Stony Brook University.
As part of the Can Tabs for Kids program, local schools, organizations and municipalities bring in aluminum tabs from soft drinks and pet food cans and place them in collection bins. Throughout the year, the bags are taken out of the bins and brought to Gershow, where the contents are weighed and recycled. Since Can Tabs for Kids has been established, more than $6,500 has been raised. All of the money raised went to the Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, an organization that raises awareness and funds for specific projects to assist local families.
According to the American Childhood Cancer Organization, cancer is the second-leading cause of death among children between the ages of 4 and 14; almost 2,000 children will die of cancer this year in the United States.
The Daniel Brooks Memorial Education Awards are given each year to students who have graduated from the Pediatric Oncology program at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital and are pursuing post-high school education or training. The award was established in memory of Daniel Brooks, a Port Jefferson resident who completed treatment for leukemia at Stony Brook University Medical Center. He went on to obtain a degree in Special Education then returned to the medical center, where he played a significant role in the development of the School Intervention and Re-Entry Program, which transitions children with cancer back to the classroom following treatment. Sadly, Mr. Brooks’ life was tragically cut short in a motor vehicle accident. Since its inception in 2003, one hundred six patients have received 287 awards totaling $218,000.
Pictured are Dexter Trumpet (left), Employee, Gershow Recycling’s Brooklyn facility, and Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School student Raheem Milne (right).
Mr. Milne was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Valley Stream Central High School
Pictured are Valley Stream Central High School student Ronald M. Pritipaul (left), and Peter O’Donovan (right), Manager, Gershow Recycling.
Mr. Pritipaul was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Herricks High School
Pictured are John Conroy (left), Manager, Gershow Recycling, and Herricks High School student Simran Polce (right).
Ms. Polce was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Freeport High School
Pictured are Peter O’Donovan (left), Manager, Gershow Recycling and Freeport High School student Joel Abreu-Abreu.
Mr. Arrigo was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Bay Shore High School
Pictured are Bay Shore High School student Anthony Arrigo (left) and DJ Chasse (right), Manager, Gershow Recycling.
Mr. Arrigo was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Lindenhurst High School
Pictured are Dave Seiler (left), Account Executive, Gershow Recycling, Lindenhurst High School Student Davian David-Ramphal (center) and the school’s Principal, Dr. Christopher Gitz (right).
Mr. David-Ramphal was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Walt Whitman High School
Pictured are Richard D’Angelo (left), Manager, Gershow Recycling, and Walt Whitman High School student Haley Angelica Gladitsch (right).
Ms. Gladitsch was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Longwood High School
Pictured are Longwood High School student Savannah Legg (left), and Tanya Pottinger (right), Human Resources Generalist, Gershow Recycling.
Ms. Legg was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Bellport High School
Mr. Abaldonado was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Patchogue-Medford High School
Pictured are Patchogue-Medford High School student Amy Esquivel (left), and Tanya Pottinger (right), Human Resources Generalist, Gershow Recycling.
Ms. Esquivel was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
McGann-Mercy High School
Pictured are Jonathan Abrams (left), Manager, Gershow Recycling, and McGann-Mercy High School Student Daria Morgan (right).
Ms. Morgan was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
Riverhead High School
Pictured are Riverhead High School student Maurinne Sullivan (left), and Jonathan Abrams (right), Manager, Gershow Recycling.
Ms. Sullivan was recently awarded a one-time scholarship in the amount of $1,000 from Gershow Recycling. As a leading environmental recycling company, Gershow awards the competitive scholarship to graduating seniors pursuing a degree in environmental science or engineering.
The Patchogue Lions Club held its fifteenth annual “Christmas in June” event on Thursday, June 25 at Boomer’s Family Fun Center in Medford. For the tenth consecutive year, as part of its ongoing community service, Gershow Recycling sponsored the event by donating $1,500.
Approximately 145 school children from seven elementary schools in the Patchogue-Medford School District were chosen to participate in this year’s event by their respective principals. Since the Patchogue Lions Club has started “Christmas in June,” more than 1,500 children have participated in this fun-filled event.
“This was a nice way to give these children an opportunity to have some fun and spend the day with their friends,” said Vito LaMonica, Event Chairman and Past President, Patchogue Lions Club. “It gave the children a place to enjoy themselves, especially with the school year drawing to a close.”
Children were treated to lunch and then given full access for several hours to attractions, including rides, go-carts, wall climbing, bumper boats, and arcade games.
“We were very happy in joining with the Patchogue Lions Club to make this day possible for these children,” said Jonathan Abrams, Manager, Gershow Recycling. “They always have a great time here. With the summer season beginning, the timing couldn’t be better.”