A Little Of This & A Little Of That

A little of this and a little of that heading into the weekend:

It will be a busy weekend for the many volunteers who make “Kevin’s Kids” one of the truly great things about the holiday season. In its 28th year the program brings Christmas to kids and families in Manchester Township and is spearheaded by the efforts of Kevin Burger, a school district administrator and his wife Peggy.
There have been a myriad of fundraising projects going on over the last couple of months and tomorrow dozens of volunteers will go shopping to fill the wish lists of about 400 township residents. Sunday they will then wrap all the presents which will be picked up by thankful families later in the day…in most cases parents will be able to tell their little ones that Santa Claus indeed made it to their house.
There is no better example of how it’s better to give than receive then this wonderful holiday project in Manchester, fueled by the efforts of many.

NHL Hall of Fame Scott Stevens and Brick Township’s favorite son Jim Dowd will team up later today to help raise money for the Green Dragons Ice Hockey program. Stevens and Dowd were teammates on the New Jersey Devils 1995 Stanley Cup team and tonight they will put on a pair of hockey clinics at the Ocean Ice Palace with all proceeds going to pay for practice time and other items slashed from the school budget. The clinics will be split up based on age and the cost is $60 per player. Dowd of course played for legendary Green Dragon’s coach Bob Auriemma and recently ended a 17-year NHL career. Through his “Shoot for the Stars Foundation” he has raised a tremendous amount of money for many organizations and individuals in the shore area. For information on tonight’s clinics you can call the Ocean Ice Palace at (732) 477-4411.

So how good was the Lacey Township football team this season? The Lions finished 5th in the final Star Ledger Top 20 and were second among all public schools in the state. Don Bosco Prep finished atop the rankings followed by
Bergen Catholic, Cherokee, Holy Spirit and then 12-0 Lacey, who captured the South Jersey Group 3 title last weekend. #19 Freehold was the only other shore team in the top 20.