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Oceanside’s Turkey Shoot helps families 8,000 to 10,000 pounds of food. The identities of the families are kept anonymous to preserve Oceanside Community Ser- their privacy. The Oceanside High School vice continued its decades-long tradition of giving, particularly student government partnered during the holiday season, with OCS this year to organize delivering food to families in the event, which spanned weeks need during the annual Turkey of preparation, starting after Shoot at Oceanside High School Halloween, with food collection and basket assemon Nov. 26. bly. About 24 stuThe Turkey dent gover nment Shoot, OCS’s annumembers assisted al effort to collect, in the initiative by assemble and dispacking baskets. tribute food baskets The high school’s for families in need, seniors volunteered has delivered to deliver the basaround 5,500 holikets, alongside staff day meals, amountmembers, while ing to more than underclassmen 100,000 pounds of MICHAEL helped load and prefood, since 1986. D’AMBROSIO pare deliveries. Estimates are based President, Oceanside “This is such a on an average of 150 community-wide families served per Board of Edcation event that, without year; the number fluctuates but data has not been the support of the community, stored on exact numbers for this would never happen,” Lisa Comuniello, the high school’s each year. This year, more than 87 local director of student activities, area families received these said. “The amount of food is b o u n t i f u l b a s ke t s, w h i c h tremendous.” Vo l u n t e e r s, c o m m u n i t y included turkeys weighing between 15 and 20 pounds, fresh members, and even alumni produce, and other Thanksgiv- pitched in to make it all come ing staples. In total, the opera- together. For mer Oceanside tion distributed an estimated
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Third Assistant Chief Kevin Kline, 2nd Assistant Chief Sean Lynch and 1st Assistant Chief Sean Costigan after the closing prayer.
Firefighters are honored as heroes for routinely risking their lives By REI WOLFSOHN Correspondent
The dozens of firefighters who were recognized at the first Oceanside Fire Department awards ceremony since before the coronavirus pandemic were honored for risking their lives in several severe fires. They saved the lives of people pinned down in auto accidents, one stuck under a bus and a choking victim, in addition to saving one another in a massive building fire in the past year. “Training kicked in,” said Patrick Massimillo, who received both a Heroic Act Award and a Unit Citation for the building fire. “We go down to Mott Street every Wednesday and Sunday for years now, doing the same thing.
Unfortunately, the events happen that we had to use our training in a good scenario, in a real scenario, and we were able to get everybody out.” The building fire, for which over a dozen firefighters received Unit Citations and eight received Heroic Act awards, erupted at an industrial building where metals are recycled. Several members of the department were stuck inside when some debris collapsed, leaving them injured and disoriented. Their colleagues worked together to get them all out. “Besides being scared, training is a big vital part of what we do, and it really took place that day,” said Former Chief Patrick Madden Jr., who received a Heroic Act Class ConTinued on pAge 5
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