Volunteers Needed for 'Hurricane Sandy Wrap Party'

Volunteers will be wrapping holiday gifts at the Ocean County Mall for a donation to two local shelters

Volunteers are needed to wrap gifts in the Ocean County Mall on Friday, Dec. 21 and Saturday, Dec. 22 as a fundraiser to benefit two local Hurricane Sandy shelters. After Hurricane Sandy hit, Robin Enquist McAndrew and a friend were dropping off food at the Lacey United Methodist Church in Forked River and King of Kings in Manahawkin. Since then McAndrew coordinated a fundraiser that started as a local event and grew much larger. McAndrew coordinated a group to wrap holiday gifts with all proceeds going to the two churches. “We saw the need and people are not getting as much as they were when it first happened,” she said. Once she created a Facebook page, the fundraiser expanded to the Ocean County Mall and now Boscov’s is setting up six …

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