 For Immediate Release: February 2, 2010
Follow up on the Hoops for Haiti event at RFHRHS
*****Below is the press release that I sent out last week to promote the Hoops for Haiti Basketball Game held at RFHRHS on Saturday, January 30th. The event was a huge success. There wasn't a seat left in the gym bleachers…not an inch of space could be found. The spirit was high, and the game was very exciting. Nearly $4,000.00 was raised, and about 30 large bags of donated supplies including food, clothing and other necessities were collected for the RFH Character Education organization, which will be sending them to Haiti in mid- February. Character Education's drive is still going on; items can be dropped off to a big receptacle outside the main office of the school, and monetary donations can be sent to the school in care of Character Education. Attached are some photos of the game. Oh, and the best part….RFH came from behind and won the game against Middletown South with a score of 45-39!! Go Bulldogs! We hope that you will be able to include this in your next issue. Roberta Van Anda RFHRHS Public Relations 732-842-4562
Hoops For Haiti Basketball Game to Raise Funds: "When Your Teammates Are Down, Help them Up!"
RFHRHS Boys Basketball team will play Middletown South to benefit Haitian Relief Efforts Joint effort of RFHRHS Boys Basketball Team and The Randy Foye Foundation
Please post this information on your calendar! The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Boys Basketball team in conjunction with The Randy Foye Foundation is hosting Hoops for Haiti, a fundraiser for Haitian Relief Efforts, on Saturday, January 30th at 1:00 pm at the RFHRHS gymnasium. Adults are asked to bring canned goods, blankets and/or dollar donations for admission at the door, and students will be admitted for free. A donation of $2.00 will be donated by the RFH Courtside Club and The Randy Foye Foundation for each student who attends. After the game, there will be a free Basketball Clinic featuring drills and contests run by the RFH Head Coach Chris Champeau and the Bulldogs team members. School service organizations will have a bake sale during the event to provide refreshments for attendees. Coach Champeau had originally planned a "Spirit Day" activity, but decided to enlarge the scope of the event in order to help the Haitian relief efforts. "When I heard what happened in Haiti, I thought that we could do some good with this event. That's what spirit is all about." Funds and supplies brought in through the benefit will be donated to the RFHRHS Character Education organization, which is raising funds for Doctors Without Borders for their Haitian efforts. Doctors Without Borders is an international humanitarian organization that provides medical professionals and equipment to areas that experience natural disasters. What could be better than an afternoon of exciting basketball, drills, contests, homemade baked goods and fun that will directly aid those suffering in Haiti?
For more information, contact: RFHRHS Head Boys Basketball Coach Chris Champeau, 732-259-8222, shempy11@aol.com
Roberta Van Anda, RFHRHS Public Relations, 732-842-4562, avananda@comcast.net
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/index.cfm
Those who would like to donate directly to the Character Education group can send checks made out to RFH to Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, 74 Ridge Road, Rumson, NJ 07760 attn: Chrissy Camp (Guidance Office) and Jamie Juliano (Child Study Team) until Friday, February 5, 2010. On Monday, February 15th, the first check will be sent to Doctors Without Borders. Ongoing efforts will raise more funds as the year goes on. |
 For Immediate Release: January 26, 2010
Hoops For Haiti Basketball Game to Raise Funds: "When Your Teammates Are Down, Help them Up!"
RFHRHS Boys Basketball team will play Middletown South to benefit Haitian Relief Efforts
Joint effort of RFHRHS Boys Basketball Team and The Randy Foye Foundation
Please post this information on your calendar! The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Boys Basketball team in conjunction with The Randy Foye Foundation is hosting Hoops for Haiti, a fundraiser for Haitian Relief Efforts, on Saturday, January 30th at 1:00 pm at the RFHRHS gymnasium. Adults are asked to bring canned goods, blankets and/or dollar donations for admission at the door, and students will be admitted for free. A donation of $2.00 will be donated by the RFH Courtside Club and The Randy Foye Foundation for each student who attends. After the game, there will be a free Basketball Clinic featuring drills and contests run by the RFH Head Coach Chris Champeau and the Bulldogs team members. School service organizations will have a bake sale during the event to provide refreshments for attendees. Coach Champeau had originally planned a "Spirit Day" activity, but decided to enlarge the scope of the event in order to help the Haitian relief efforts. "When I heard what happened in Haiti, I thought that we could do some good with this event. That's what spirit is all about." Funds and supplies brought in through the benefit will be donated to the RFHRHS Character Education organization, which is raising funds for Doctors Without Borders for their Haitian efforts. Doctors Without Borders is an international humanitarian organization that provides medical professionals and equipment to areas that experience natural disasters. What could be better than an afternoon of exciting basketball, drills, contests, homemade baked goods and fun that will directly aid those suffering in Haiti?
For more information, contact: RFHRHS Head Boys Basketball Coach Chris Champeau, 732-259-8222, shempy11@aol.com
Roberta Van Anda, RFHRHS Public Relations, 732-842-4562, avananda@comcast.net
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/index.cfm
Those who would like to donate directly to the Character Education group can send checks made out to RFH to Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, 74 Ridge Road, Rumson, NJ 07760 attn: Chrissy Camp (Guidance Office) and Jamie Juliano (Child Study Team) until Friday, February 5, 2010. On Monday, February 15th, the first check will be sent to Doctors Without Borders. Ongoing efforts will raise more funds as the year goes on.
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For Immediate Release: January 20, 2010 Grim Reaper Day at RFHRHS Drunk driving incident enacted to educate students on the dangers of drinking and driving. The "Grim Reaper" turned up in 14 classrooms at RFHRHS when the school presented Grim Reaper Day in an effort to make students aware of the tragedy that can result from drinking and driving. Facilitated by Dr. Suzanne Fico, Student Assistance Counselor, Mr. Chris Lanzalotto, Vice Principal, Mr. Darryl Heale, Supervisor for Special Academic Projects, and the Rumson and Fair Haven Police Departments, this program began with each class viewing a video depicting a drunk driving accident that involved high school students. As the video ended, the Grim Reaper came into the classroom and removed students selected to represent those killed in a hypothetical drunk driving accident. These students were given white tee shirts with large black X marks, and they wore them for the remainder of the school day to represent students who have been killed in drunk driving accidents. By the end of the day, 36 students were wearing the black X's, and that number reflects the national average of people who died per day in 2008 as victims of DUI accidents. When the Grim Reaper took his "victims" out of the classrooms, Rumson and Fair Haven Police Officers entered and staged mock arrests of the students who were selected to portray the drivers responsible for the fatalities. At the conclusion of the class, Dr. Fico and Ms. Weinkofsky, Student Assistance Counselor Intern, presented statistics related to the number of fatalities caused by drinking and driving. The Police Officers reported the legal consequences and how lives can be shattered by drunk driving charges incurred for fatal accidents. The program was presented just prior to the winter break because two of the five deadliest drinking and driving holidays are Christmas and New Year's Eve. Dr. Fico said, "The goal of the program was to get the attention of our students, to educate them on the tragic consequences of drinking and driving and to prevent fatal accidents from occurring in their future." For more information: Dr. Suzanne Fico, RFHRHS Student Assistance Counselor, 732-842-1597, ext. 220, sfico@rfhrhs.org Roberta Van Anda, RFHRHS Public Relations, 732-842-4562, avananda@comcast.net |
 For Immediate Release: January 19, 2010
RFHRHS students donated unfinished projects for Spring House residents to complete A storeroom filled with abandoned wood shop projects provided the impetus for a remarkable partnership between Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and Spring House, a transitional housing program for homeless young mothers and their children. Former RFHRHS Board of Education member Kathleen Gasienica volunteers at Spring House teaching classes in "living green" where women learn to recycle and reuse common household items. She came up with the idea of teaching the young residents how to finish furniture as a hands-on project that would provide them with useful items for their homes and, at the same time, increase their self-confidence. While the primary goal is to provide shelter, Spring House also provides opportunities for the women to learn skills which will enhance their ability to be self-sufficient when they complete the program.
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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2009 CARE PACKAGES FOR OUR TROOPS SENT BY RFHRHS CHARACTER EDUCATION ORGANIZATION Students collected useful items and funds to send 65 cartons to Troops in Iraq Last year, the RFHRHS Character Education organization did its first Care Package Drive, and sent more than 50 boxes to our Troops in Iraq. In recognition of their efforts, an American flag that had been flown over a base in Iraq was sent to the students, and it is now hanging in the school cafeteria. This year, the group ran its second Care Package Drive and was able to fill 65 boxes with useful items and snack foods for our Service men and women, which were sent to three different sites in Iraq. The recipients all had a connection to the school. Some boxes went to family members of RFH teachers, and some went to the APO address of Jonathan Erwin, member of the RFH Class of 2001, who is serving in Iraq. Once again, families of students came up with thoughtful and useful things for the boxes. Large amounts of soap, deodorant, toothpaste and lip balm were donated. Socks, tee shirts, books, magazines and games were sent as well as plenty of snack foods. Students worked an assembly line as they filled the boxes and then loaded them into cars to be taken to the post office. Postage has gone up by a full dollar from last year, and the students raised the funds to pay the flat rate of $12.00 per box to send their gifts. Jamie Juliano and Chrissy Camp, Character Education Advisors, were gratified by the energy and dedication of their students. This project galvanized the group as they collected the gift items and the funds for postage. The two advisors purchased extra items for the boxes with the excess funds raised and transported the 65 boxes to the post office. The whole school was engaged in this activity, and everyone is thinking of how much happiness our Troops will have as they open these packages and know how much love went into them.
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