Gershow Recycling makes charity donation

Gershow Recycling makes charity donation
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Medford, New York-based Gershow Recycling sponsored and donated $2,000 to help defray the costs of hosting the ninth annual Play for Peace/Jugando Por La Paz Soccer Tournament, which was held in August 2017 at the Patchogue-Medford Youth Soccer Complex in Medford.

The goals of Play For Peace are to bring together diverse nationalities within the community for a full day of World Cup-style soccer and to use sports as a way for people from different ethnic backgrounds to find common ground, according to a news release from Gershow Recycling. The annual tournament is organized by the office of Suffolk County (New York) Legislator Robert Calarco.

The tournament was first organized in 2009 through the office of then-Legislator Jack Eddington in conjunction with the Patchogue-Medford Youth Soccer League as a response to an incident in 2008, when Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was beaten to death. In 2011, when Legislator Calarco was elected, he carried on the tradition of presenting the tournament. Joselo Lucero, Marcelo’s brother, spoke to the crowd about the importance of having an event such as this to bring the community together.

Approximately 500 spectators came to the free event. Fourteen teams — seven men’s teams and seven women’s teams — participated in the tournament. In the men’s division, Patchogue-Medford Youth Soccer League was the winning team, while Suffolk Federal Credit Union won the women’s division. The Best Sportsmanship Awards went to Suffolk County Police Benevolent Association in the men’s division and The Calarco Team in the women’s division.

“Gershow Recycling is pleased again to support this year’s ‘Play for Peace,’” says Kevin Gershowitz, president of the company. “We salute former Legislator Eddington for establishing this event and Legislator Calarco for continuing it, as an effort to bring members of our diverse communities together and build understanding through sports.”

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Source: Recycling Today
Gershow Recycling makes charity donation
<![CDATA[Medford, New York-based Gershow Recycling sponsored and donated $2,000 to help defray the costs of hosting the ninth annual Play for Peace/Jugando Por La Paz Soccer Tournament, which was held in August 2017 at the Patchogue-Medford Youth Soccer Complex in Medford. The goals of Play For Peace are to bring together diverse nationalities within the community for a full day of World Cup-style soccer and to use sports as a way for people from different ethnic backgrounds to find common ground, according to a news release from Gershow Recycling. The annual tournament is organized by the office of Suffolk County (New York) Legislator Robert Calarco. The tournament was first organized in 2009 through the office of then-Legislator Jack Eddington in conjunction with the Patchogue-Medford Youth Soccer League as a response to an incident in 2008, when Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was beaten to death. In 2011, when Legislator Calarco was elected, he carried on the tradition of presenting the tournament. Joselo Lucero, Marcelo’s brother, spoke to the crowd about the importance of having an event such as this to bring the community together. Approximately 500 spectators came to the free event. Fourteen teams — seven men’s teams and seven women’s teams…