Weekly Roundup: Girl Scout Amanda McNally earned her Silver Award by helping other teenagers like her, Pine Barrens Festival a hit
In other news, the deadline for school board candidates to submit nominating petitions to their county clerk coming up.
A Helping Hand
Here are some fun facts about Amanda McNally, a Girl Scout and incoming sophomore at Seneca High School: She plays the piano. Her favorite Girl Scout cookies are thin mints. She once helped make a quilt for teenage girls at Robins’ Nest, a children’s service agency for girls ages 14–17 going through family trouble based in Atlantic City.
The quilt project was part of McNally’s Silver Award project — the second-most prestigious award given by the Girl Scouts of the USA after the Gold Award, which McNally plans to complete at a later date.
“My original idea was that I wanted to make a garden to symbolize hope and I wanted to donate toiletries to the house,” McNally said. “But then I went there and [LeAnn DiBenedetto, my project advisor who was also a licensed clinical social worker at Robins’ Nest] was like ‘well we already have toiletries for these girls,’ and so we had to think of something else.”
Community comes together for the Pine Barrens Festival
Tabernacle’s Holy Eucharist Church held its 29th annual Pine Barrens Festival last week to celebrate the church and the communities of Tabernacle, Shamong, Indian Mills, Medford, Medford Lakes, Vincetown, Southampton and Chatsworth Woodland.
“It is something that the church really enjoys very much,” Holy Eucharist Pastor Andrew Jamieson said. “It brings the community together — not only the Holy Eucharist community — but it brings the larger community together to experience a great night of fun and food and entertainment.”
Deadline for school board candidates to submit nominating petitions to their county clerk coming up
The 2017 November Annual School Election will be held Nov. 7, 2017. The deadline for school board candidates to submit nominating petitions to their county clerk is 4 p.m. on Monday, July 31, 2017.
For information on running for a local school board, visit the NJSBA web site at www.njsba.org. On the home page, scroll down to “Learn How to Run for Your Local Board of Education” to access the 2017 November Election Candidates Kit.
