Community Corner

R-FH Students Supply Students Nearby

The school's Character Education Club is collecting basic school supplies for those in need in Long Branch.

Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School's Character Education Club sprang into the start of spring with a blossoming goal of helping fellow students in a nearby district in mind.

Aware that many students in the city of Long Branch were lacking necessary school supplies, they took it upon themselves to organize the first R-FH School Supplies Drive at the high school. The students got together with a goal in mind of supplying  at least 18 students in need with backpacks and other necessities.

"I used to work in Long Branch, and I know for a fact that a large number of kids had to struggle just to get by day-to-day," R-FH Character Club Co-Advisor and RFH Freshman Advisor Jason Lippart said.

Thanks to the generosity of the R-FH community, the inaugural drive is on track for not only meeting, but exceeding its goal with the supplies and an added benefit in the mix.

Since many donors expressed an interest in making cash contributions in addition to providing supplies, the Character Education Club has begun a scholarship fund to benefit Long Branch elementary and high school students.

"The R-FH parents and students and the local community have all been very generous, and they need to know that this will really make a difference in the lives of the students in Long Branch," said Lippart.

The school supplies drive will end on May 30. Those donations are being accepted in the R-FH Guidance and Child Study Team offices. Backpacks, binders, multi-subject notebooks, folders, paper, pencils, pens, highlighters, rulers, erasers, colored pencils, markers, crayons, and other general school supplies are requested.

Contributions to the scholarship fund are being accepted until June 20.

Donors should make checks payable to Character Education Club and bring them to the RFH Guidance Office or mail them to Jason Lippart/Guidance Department, Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, 74 Ridge Road, Rumson, New Jersey 07760.


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