Superstorm Sandy Relief Drive Hits Home for Highland Students
After a huge school and community outpouring of donations, a truck bearing supplies heads for Wildwood Wednesday morning.
One by one, the bags and boxes started piling up outside of Highland Regional High School Tuesday afternoon. With each trip between the gym and a waiting truck, the pile grew a little larger and so did the evidence of Gloucester Township’s generosity. By the time it was over, Highland students and staff stuffed a 17-foot U-Haul to the brim with supplies and donations for people displaced by Superstorm Sandy. With barely enough room to wedge in the last item, a highchair, the teens and adults loaded hundreds of pairs of jeans, warm clothing, shoes, water, food and even televisions and lamps. The U-Haul—and a busload of students in tow—will head down to Wildwood this morning, where Highland students will hand off the donations to their peers…
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Sherry Jinks
2:07 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Diz is so good hearted and always involved in something with her students. She has so much energy and enthusiasm still after years of teaching. This is an example of teachers and their impact. Thank you Diz. more ›