Highlanders Bring Humanity to Jersey Shore

West Morris Central students spend a full day in Union Beach helping with post-Hurricane Sandy cleanup efforts.

More than two months after Hurricane Sandy climbed up the East Coast, decimating portions of New Jersey’s beaches and shore towns, the cleanup effort remains and thousands are still homeless. Residents of northern New Jersey, especially Washington Township, also were impacted by the storm’s devastation, but clearly not to the degree of those along the coast. That was realized, and quickly, by the student body of West Morris Central High School, who wanted to help almost immediately after Sandy’s smoke had cleared. Highlanders for Humanity, a student-based group that meets monthly at the high school to create goods for various drives and donations, told their advisor, Chris Kling, it was time to help Restore the Shore. “The thought of …

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