BP MARKOWITZ HONORS PARK SLOPE BROTHERS WHO DONATED PIGGY BANK SAVINGS TO HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
On Wednesday, March 17, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz presented congratulatory certificates to brothers Matthew and William Rosa, students at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in Park Slope who donated $170 they had saved in their piggy banks to Haitian earthquake relief. In all, students raised more than $1,000. Joining the presentation were the boys' grandmother, Maire O'Connell, Principal Sister Kathleen Sullivan and Haitian student Carl-Joseph Auguste.
For information on donating to the Haiti quake relief operations, visit www.brooklyn-usa.org or call 311.
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In photo: William Rosa and Matthew Rosa, surrounded by (left to right): Sister Kathleen Sullivan, principal, St. Francis Xavier Elementary School; BP Markowitz; Carl-Joseph Auguste, student from Haiti
Photo by Kathryn Kirk
