CARIBOU — Teachers of the year from Maine and New Jersey recently worked together to help victims of last fall’s Superstorm Sandy.
After identifying a need for urgent donations, Maine’s 2012 Teacher of the Year Alana Margeson and 2012 New Jersey Teacher of the Year Jeanne DelColle and other East Coast teachers of the year were able to help their coastal neighbors by being paired with a specific school with the greatest needs.
With help from Women’s Group and Sunday School of the Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church in New Sweden, who each donated $500, the funds were used to help purchase winter supplies to 51 “adopted” seventh- and eighth-graders at Southern Regional Middle School in Manahawkiin, N.J.; these students home and much of their school were lost/damaged in Superstorm Sandy.
Also assisting with the fundraising were students and staff of the Caribou High School.
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| Contributed photo Women’s Group members of the Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church in New Sweden Marlene Griffeth and Myrna Dixon, presented Alana Margeson with a $500 check to assist in purchasing winter supplies for seventh- and eighth-graders from New Jersey, whose homes and school were lost/damaged in Superstorm Sandy last fall. |
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| Contributed photo Sunday School members of the Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church in New Sweden chipped in to help out New Jersey students still suffering the effects of Superstorm Sandy. Presenting aid-coordinator Alana Margeson with a $500 check were, from left, Noah Margeson, Riley and Gracie Rossignol, Nicholas and Evan Margeson, Kate Bechtel and Reid Margeson. |
