Commack Best of Buddies Create Friendship Mural for Disabilities Awareness Week

In acknowledgement of Disabilities Awareness Week, the members of Commack Middle School’s Best of Buddies Club created a mural depicting a symbol of friendship along with a portion of an inspiring quote by Maya Angelou: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Each student contributed to the piece using oil pastels to color in various shapes that were used in the collage. Half of the students decorated the shapes in cool colors (blues, purples, and greens) while the other half of the members used warm colors (reds, yellows, and oranges). The students also had the opportunity to take part in painting the background of the canvas.

The shapes were used to form two hands embracing in friendship. This powerful piece is on display in the front hallway at the school.

Advisors Mary Hanna, Regina Gleason, and Adele Daigger were very proud of all the Best of Buddies members’ hard work and dedication. The Best of Buddies philosophy is to build meaningful, long lasting friendships between students based on trust. The advisors are “so proud and happy to see the excitement and enthusiasm amongst all of the club members as the long-lasting friendships continue to blossom.”

Story & photo by Brenda Lentsch