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By HEATHER FIORE/The Lawrence Sun
Lawrence Township held its annual Fourth of July celebration on Friday, July 5 at Rider University.
More than 1,000 people were in attendance at the event, which concluded with a 45-minute fire-
works display on the lawn near the lake in the back of Riders campus.
Fourth of July celebration at Rider University
PEAC to collect school
supplies for children
of HomeFront
BY HEATHER FIORE
The Lawrence Sun
PEAC Health & Fitness in
Ewing will be collecting school
supplies for the children of Home-
Front, the Lawrenceville-based
non-profit organization dedicated
to helping homeless and low-in-
come families throughout Mercer
County, from Aug. 1 through Aug.
22. This is the fourth consecutive
year that PEAC will be assisting
HomeFront with a collection
drive, according to Christine Ten-
tilucci, marketing assistant at
PEAC.
We started a partnership with
HomeFront in 2008 with different
community outreach programs,
she said. In 2010, we held a new
sneaker collection. In 2011, we
held a rain gear collection. And
last year, we held a general school
supplies collection. Each year, we
base our collection on what Home-
Front indicates is their greatest
need at the time.
Although PEAC will be collect-
ing any and all supplies that mem-
bers or non-members are willing
to donate, HomeFront has a list of
suggested supplies, which in-
cludes backpacks, notebooks,
three-ring binders with paper,
folders, pens and pencils, erasers,
rulers, lunch boxes and tissue
packs for all ages; glue sticks,
tape, colored pencils, crayons,
markers and scissors for children
ages 5 to 12; scientific calculators,
protractors and combination
locks for children ages 13 to 17;
and shirts, pants, skirts, dresses,
uniform shirts, uniform pants,
socks, underwear and shoes or
sneakers for all ages.
Its a great way to help local,
low-income children, Tentilucci
said. We are glad to help them
each year, and Im always amazed
at the response from our members
during our community outreach
programs.
School supplies are a basic
need for children who come from
low-income families, and Home-
Front strives to support a collec-
tion drive like this every August
before kids go back to school in
September.
We do our best to send the kids
back to school with everything
they might need to start the year
off right, said Stephanie Shih,
HomeFronts volunteer coordina-
tor.
Going back to school is an ex-
citing time for kids, said Michael
Briehler, PEAC president. Hav-
please see HOMEFRONT, page 3