Valentine’s Day Love for our Troops

By Brenda Lentsch

Kindergarten students in Diane Gandolfi’s class at Rolling Hills Primary School in Commack are spreading love and good cheer by sending Valentine’s Day cards to recovering soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital. Army Veteran, Steven Brogan, who works at Walter Reed, contacted Mrs. Gandolfi  to thank her for the cards and letters from the children that are on display at the hospital from the “Support Our Troops” drive that the Commack School District held in November (see email below).

“Our letters and cards are displayed at the hospital and we even received some pictures of soldiers holding them,” said Mrs. Gandolfi. “After Mr. Brogan reached out to me and my class to send thanks from him and all of the military men and women staying at the hospital, I was so touched that we involved the entire school in the Valentine’s Day project. What a tremendous lesson for the students! They are taught that we live in a free and wonderful country, because of the brave men and women who are in our military.”