Absegami raises $1,300 toward charity

Last Updated on Friday, December 14, 2012 10:30 am Written by JULIE HAZARD Sunday, December 16, 2012 07:00 am

Participants begin the fourth annual Jingle Bell Run at Absegami.

The fourth annual Jingle Bell Run, sponsored by the Absegami High School Class of 2014, was held Thursday, Dec. 6.

More than 140 Absegami Braves braved the cold weather to run a 2-mile, off-road course around the high school stadium and track, or take a 1-mile walk to raise money for the Joshua Stanton Cramer Foundation which supports New Jersey families suffering from pediatric cancer.

Groups with the largest presence were wrestling, indoor track, Interact, girls basketball, and Senior Class Council. 

In addition, a large donation was made by the Swimming and Diving Booster Club. The group with the largest number of participants was indoor track. 

Some $750 was raised from the event.

Combined with a faculty denim day the next day, the Absegami community raised a total of $1,300 for A Legacy of Love and Hope: The Joshua Stanton Cramer Foundation.  

Top female and male students: junior Lindsey Jarolmen and senior Salman Khalid.

Staff members who braved the track event, from left, are Brian Wastell, top female staff member Bonnie Wade, Katy Cardwell and Mike Gehres.

Top Male Staff member Scott Roesch had to run off after the event to work with his wrestling team.