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Scouts give the gift of sight BORDENTOWN REGIONAL

We have been creating a “spectacle” SCHOOL DISTRICT’S
over the past few months with our Sil-
ver Award Project for Girl Scout Troop
23921. You may have seen us around at PRE-SCHOOL
local community events, working toward
our goal of 50 community service hours
per girl. PROGAM
Our project is named “Eyes 4 the
Future” and focuses on helping others FOR THE 2017-2018
receive quality eye care. We took on
this project to make a difference but by
starting small. If you have ever noticed SCHOOL YEAR!
any spare eyeglasses lying around your
house, what did you do with them? The
“Eyes 4 the Future” project gives you an
opportunity to get rid of your old glasses
and donate them to a great cause.
For this project, we worked in part-
nership with the Lions Club Organiza- Bordentown Regional School District offers a
tion and the New Jersey Lions Eyeglass tuition based preschool program for students
Recycling Center. The Lions Club is an
organization that helps out with many who are four years of age by October 1st, the
community service projects around the
world, but we wanted to work with the year prior to their start in kindergarten.
eyeglass recycling program. They col-
lect about 30 million pairs of eyeglasses
per year, and sort, clean, grade and This kindergarten preparatory program has
package these glasses for distribution
around the world. The Lions Club col- Emily Wheeler, Phoebe Hendry, fifteen (15) students. Both a certified teacher
lects all types of eyeglasses, even non- Rayna Smith, Faith Russo and
prescription sunglasses. Alison Wall of Girl Scout Troop and a paraprofessional classroom aide are
If you have any old eyeglasses that 23921 have been collecting old
you aren’t using, look for the Lions eyeglasses for their Silver Award present to support the students. The pro- Phone: (609) 396-1511 Fax: (609) 844-0180 Website: bordentowncurrent.com
Club collection boxes that Troop 23921 project, Eyes 4 the Future. gram is offered Monday through Friday from
has placed around Bordentown. The Community Editor Samantha Sciarrotta (Ext. 121)
boxes are located at all five Bordentown 9:20 AM to 3:00 PM, and follows the Bor- SEnior ASSiStAnt EditorS Rob Anthes, Bill Sanservino
Regional School District schools, Hed- nity events since starting the project in EvEntS Editor Laura Pollack
ding United Methodist Church, Clare August 2016. Back in September, most dentown Regional School District calendar. PhotogrAPhEr Suzette J. Lucas
Estate, the Bordentown Senior Center of us attended the Bordentown Commu- Contributing WritErS Rich Fisher, Scott Morgan, Jacquelyn Pillsbury
and the Bordentown Library. nity Day, and collected eyeglasses for Transportation is provided. The program is mAnAging Editor Joe Emanski (Ext. 120)
One of the first things we did was our cause. In October, we walked in the ProduCtion mAnAgEr Stacey Micallef (Ext. 131)
visit the NJLERC for some research. Bordentown Halloween parade to spread held at the Peter Muschal Elementary School. grAPhiC ArtiStS Vaughan Burton, Norine Longo
The facility is located on the grounds awareness of the project and collect more Please contact the Office of Special Services Ad trAffiC CoordinAtor Stephanie Jeronis (Ext. 132)
of Katzenbach school for the deaf in eyeglasses. In April, we set up a table
West Trenton. Alan Brewer guided us at the Bordentown-Chesterfield Green at 609-298-0025, ext. 1129 between 8:30 SAlES dirECtor Thomas Fritts (Ext. 110)
through the eyeglass recycling process Fair, and in June, we educated those who SEnior ACCount ExECutivES Jacqueline Barrett, Jennifer Steffen
and is the sole organizer at the NJLERC. attended the Bordentown City Green Fair. a.m. and 3:30 p.m. for more details. SEnior ACCount mAnAgEr Michael Zilembo
All of the time he spends there is volun- Through our project, we have col- ACCount ExECutivES Amanda Arena, Samantha Saloom
teer hours. lected 568 pairs of glasses. We also got
After being shown the ropes, we girls the Bordentown Regional High School’s Co-PubliShErS Jamie Griswold and Tom Valeri
found out that collecting eyeglasses isn’t National Honor Society to commit to EditoriAl dirECtor Richard K. Rein
AdminiStrAtivE CoordinAtor Brittany Bayo
a problem. It’s the sorting, cleaning, their project, and found out that the Bor-
grading and packaging that is the diffi- dentown Regional High School Interact
cult part. The NJLERC needs volunteers Club has some interest in the project. So © 2016 by Community News Service, LLC. All rights reserved.
to come in and help with the sorting pro- far, the “Eyes 4 the Future” project has Letters to the editor ssciarrotta@mercerspace.com
cess so they can ship out the necessary been a success. The Bordentown Current welcomes letters to the editor of reasonable length and tone. Writers
glasses. If you are interested in volunteer- should include their name, address and phone number. Addresses and phone numbers will not
Ever since our first trip to the ing at the NJLERC, please contact Alan be published.
NJLERC, the main focus of Eyes 4 the Brewer at njlerc@aol.com , njlerc.org, To submit news, event listings or sports, send detailed information to the following e-mail
Future has been to recruit volunteers to (908) 788-5466, (908) 244-9996 (cell) or 318 WARD AVENUE, BORDENTOWN addresses:
help the NJLERC. Since then, we have (908) 788-5467 (fax). News news@bordentowncurrent.com
been around town presenting to all types Girl Scout Troop 23921 mem- PHONE: 609-298-0025 events events@bordentowncurrent.com
of community service groups and asking bers Phoebe Hendry, Faith Russo, WEB: BORENTOWN.K12.NJ.US sports sports@bordentowncurrent.com
them to join them in this project. Rayna Smith, Alison Wall and Emily
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