Schools
NJEA Helps Members Displaced by Hurricane Sandy
The union provides $1,000 checks to 11 members of the Ocean City School District support staff.
Eleven members of the Ocean City School District support staff received a welcome surprise on Thursday morning: a $1,000 check.
Each of the 11 was displaced from their home by the Oct. 29 Superstorm Sandy and forced to find temporary shelter elsewhere.
The money is from a special New Jersey Education Association Back to School fund dedicated to helping the hundreds of members throughout the state who were displaced from their primary residence by the storm.
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The checks were presented by Kathy Sykes, president of the Ocean City Educational Supportive Staff Association, in a surprise event on Thursday morning at Ocean City High School. The money comes in time for a holiday season disrupted by the storm, and some of the recipients cried at the show of generosity.
The recipients include:
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- Kristy Allegretto
- Janice Baldyga
- James Davis
- Karen Holder
- Joanne Martin
- Charlotte Williams
- Irene Bell
- Cheryl Clearkin
- John Fenton
- Bernard LeVasseur
- Ruby Moses
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