I have told everyone for years that I grew up in New York... Staten Island, NY.
It was a place that created some of the best childhood memories a kid could have.

The adventures we had, whether sledding at the La Tourette Golf Golf Course in the winter, playing in the leaves during the fall at Wolfs Pond Park, swimming in the ocean at South Beach Park, or enjoying my favorite candy coated apple with a good friend at historic Richmond town's "Old Homes Day",my memories of Staten Island fill my mind when I think of things I am grateful for.

I grew up there, went to school there, I laughed there, I cried there and I miss it often.
I still have contact to my friends there, many of which no longer live on the Island, but still love it affectionately.

Please find it in your heart to help those who live there in some way, because they need it...