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Meet the
Flockers
By KATRINA GRANT works is that people donate
The Shamong Sun money to us and give us the ad-
dress of the person that they
want to get flocked,” Cooney said.
It might seem strange to wake “We go out in the middle of the
up and find a group of plastic night and put the pink flamingos
pink flamingos on your front out on the person’s yard and leave
lawn. However, once you read the a note with our information. This
note on your door, it may be some- lets the person know that in turn
thing you want to get involved in. they can donate to have someone
Debbie Cooney and her “flock- else’s yard flocked. The minimum
ers,” they fondly call themselves donation is $25. There is no dona-
“Meet the Flockers,” are raising tion required to pick up the flock
money for Relay For Life of Med- by the end of the next day.”
ford, an American Cancer Society The team, which is comprised
fund raiser that is held yearly at of six people, including Kathy
Freedom Park. Her team, United Tyrell, who is the captain of
for a Cure, has raised over $40,000 Team Dad, and Cooney’s team,
over the past nine years for the Kaitlynn’s Crusaders, started this
ACS through the Relay For Life. year in April. So far, the team has
Cooney first got involved with been able to raise $1,000, closing
Relay for Life nine years ago in on its goal of $1,300.
when she was asked. She wanted On June 11, the Relay for Life
to participate because at 2-and-a- will take place over a 24-hour pe-
half her daughter had been diag- riod beginning at noon at Free-
nosed with leukemia and this was dom Park. After the relay, two
a cause that was close to her. She other teams will be adopting the
eventually became involved at the flock and continuing the fund
committee level. raiser through the summer.
At a national conference in “It just really is a fun fund rais-
Arizona, Cooney heard about the er,” Cooney said.
fun way of raising money and If you would like to donate, you
wanted her team to do it. can reach Debbie Cooney at 609- Special to The Sun
“The way that the fund raiser 304-0181. Meet the Flockers will quietly leave pink flamingos on your lawn. The fund raiser will benefit Relay for
Life of Medford.
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Committee adopts
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The Shamong Township Com- els, $65,000 from the superinten-
mittee voted to adopt the $150,000 dent’s salary because of Thomas
in budget cuts for the K-8 school Christensen’s retirement and
budget. $35,000 from the retirement of the
The cuts consist of $50,000 in librarian. There is also going to
cuts to the energy and electricity be money generated from the full-
budget because of the solar pan- day kindergarten offering.
Burlington County
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The Burlington County Com- charge.
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Loss Coalition, in collaboration For information and/or regis-
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