Monday, September 28, 2009
Students from Montgomery County Community College raised $547.82 for the second annual Old Newsboys’ Day on Sept. 25 in Montgomery County. An initiative of the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Old Newsboys’ Day is an expansion of the 52-year tradition in Philadelphia that raises money for Variety—the Children’s Charity by selling a special "Happiness Edition" of the Philadelphia Inquirer for $1 each.
Students sold the papers on Thursday, Sept. 24 on the College’s campuses in Blue Bell and Pottstown. College representatives then presented the money on the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown on Friday morning. The event raised a total of $2,000 throughout the county, all of which stays in Montgomery County to benefit the Variety Club Camp in Worester.
Pictured at the Courthouse on Sept. 25, MCCC students Timothy Oh, president of the Criminal Justice Majors Association, Renee Bergandino, editor-in-chief of The Montgazette student newspaper, and Patricia O’Malley, president of the Central Campus Student Government Association, present a check to Matt O’Donnell from 6 ABC News, District Attorney Risa Ferman, and Variety Club Director of Operations Steve Wilmot.
