serViCe FOr COMMUnitY

roughout the winter, our sta and students have been involved in a variety of fundraising and service events on behalf of the community. Some of these activities were:

“St. Baldrick’s Day” at Bear Tavern Elementary School

For several years, Bear Tavern Elementary School has been raising money to support e St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a charity committed to supporting promising research to nd cures for childhood cancers. Since 2011, over $198.500 has been raised by BT students, families and sta !

“Fill at Truck!” at Hopewell Elementary School. An ongoing monthly service program at Hopewell Elementary during which sta , students and their families donate items: clothing, food and personal care items are donated to the East Trenton Center. HES has also been raising money and donating to e Chubby’s Project, a local nonpro t, to collect and sort donations to stock the pantry.

“Pajama Day YAY” at Stony Brook Elementary School

Students were invited to wear school-appropriate pajamas and bring in a small cash donation to help raise money for children and families cared for at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Stony Brook Elementary was able to donate $1,710.00 to CHOP and their families.

“ e Jared Box Project” at Toll Gate Grammar School. For this school year’s Day of Service, Toll Gate donated to e Jared Box Project www.thejaredbox.org Each grade level donated materials, and using both their kind hearts and creativity, created playful boxes lled with cheerful and fun items for young local hospital patients at Capital Health Hospital.

Central High School has committed to making a connection with a di erent local non-pro t organization each month and providing support in whatever way best meets the needs of the organization. During January, we held a PB&J Drive for the HV Mobile Food Pantry. e Gold Team (Grades 9&11) collected peanut butter, and the Black Team (Grades 10&12) collected jelly.