Student Drive-bys Bring Smiles to Families
Mira Costa HS students and the Friendship Foundation team before Friday’s gift deliveries. (Photo by Bhavin Patel) A group of high school kids committed numerous drive-by acts throughout the streets of Manhattan Beach Friday afternoon. And though there were plenty of witnesses, no one called the police. Zach Zawacki, a junior at Mira Costa High School, six friends, family members and representatives of the Friendship Foundation were in the “Friend-tastic Friday” caravan, honking horns and delivering care packages to nine families with special needs children. Zawacki and his friends donated all the items in the kids’ gift baskets, while the Friendship Foundation dropped off Mother’s Day cards and flowers for the moms, who have had to take on additional tasks as they care for their children due to COVID-19 and Los Angeles County’s Safer at Home health order. “When COVID-19 hit, my grandpa showed me an article about families with special needs kids that were struggling because the kids can’t go to school and the programs to support these families aren’t available right now,” Zawacki said. “It’s super stressful for these families and I wanted to do something to help out.” The idea…
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