Long Branch — The Long Branch High School Baseball Team is holding a fundraiser for the spring 2014 season. Bricks are being sold to the public, which you can personalize with your own inscription of up to 60 characters or three lines.
The brick will allow you, your family or business to leave your mark at the Long Branch High School, while also helping support the LBHS baseball team. The brick can be a gift for graduation or any occasion. Whether you are graduating or you are an alumnus, your name will forever be engraved on the LBHS baseball field.
The bricks will create a walkway that will sit beneath the Red Pierson Plaque behind home plate, adjacent to the Red Pierson monument.
The cost per brick is $40. Forms are available at Skip’s Sports in Long Branch. Checks can be made payable to the Long Branch High School Baseball Student Fund. The form and check can be mailed to the Long Branch High School, please write ATTENTION John Perri.
If you have any questions please email Coach Woolley at bwoolley@longbranch.k12.nj.us or call Coach Perri at (973) 650-5063.
Eatontown Memorial Student is 10,000th Child to Benefit from Free Vision Screening by New Jersey’s Eatontown Lions Club The Eatontown Lions Club began its sixth year of vision screening with a bang on Thursday, September 14, 2023. As a result of partnering with the Eatontown and Ocean Township School Districts the Lions club provided the 10,000th free vision screening. On Thursday in recognition as the 10,000th screening recipient, Ashton Vassor, an eighth-grade student at Eatontown’s Memorial School, was given a citation and gift card from the Lions Club. Ashton has been screened annually by the Lions since second grade. Also given a Lions Club Certificate was Memorial School Nurse Lucy Craig, one of the first Eatontown School District nurses to collaborate with the Lions when vision screening began in 2017. She was Ashton’s school nurse at Meadowbrook School when his vision was first screened. Working in conjunction with school nurses, vision screenings are done annually by the Eatontown Lions in September and October for students in Pre-K through 8th grade. “We really appreciate your help as well as the support of the Lions. Your work and partnership with us make a difference. The vision screening process as well as the resources the Lions provide to our students if a vision problem is discovered help our students to be in a better position to learn and succeed. Thank you.” said Scott T. McCue, Superintendent Eatontown Public Schools More than 12 million school-age children in the United States have some form of vision problem. Many vision problems run the risk of becoming permanent if not corrected by the time the eye reaches full maturity. Vision also plays an important role in education. According to educational experts, 80 percent of learning is visual. “Early screening leads to early detection, which helps ensure that children get the follow-up care they need,” said Club President Linda Butler. “We want to make sure that cor