The Toms River Target on Hooper
Avenue will open their doors to the
students and members for their annual
Holiday Elf Program. The students will
have the entire store to themselves
while they conduct charity shopping.
"The manager is ready and
waiting for us," Jason Grabowski of
the Forked River Rotary Club said.
The lack of congestion will be the
least of the day's accomplishments,
though.
The 2004 Holiday Elf Program provided
gifts and food baskets for over 100
families in Lacey, Barnegat and
Waretown.
Individual Rotarians provided for the
first 60 families. Most of these
families were two or three children
households.
The Autumn Cash Raffle, Plasma
Television Raffle and the Interact Club
shopped for 107 children in the
remaining families.
The Lacey High School Interact Club,
a Rotary sponsored service organization,
proved an essential part of the charity
efforts last year. There are more than
8,600 Interact Clubs in over 110
countries around the world.
Delivered by Rotarians and Interact
members, the food baskets resulted from
food collection barrels at the Lacey
Shop Rite and included nonperishable
items as well as hams.
After perusing the empty aisles an
crowded shelves on Dec. 9, Lacey
Township High School students in
combined efforts with the Rotary Club
will distribute food and toys on Dec.
13.
For information, visit www.forked
riverrotary.org.
