High school groups praised for beach work

How long does it take to plant 10,000 dune grass seedlings? About three hours if you have the help of about 15 Central Regional High School students, plus another 25 residents of the Berkeley Shores community.

That is how long volunteers including students from the high school environmental club known as OCEAN, or Our Campuses Environment Action Network, and members of the Key Club, Interact Club, and Student Congress spent planting 10,000 dune grass seedlings at the Allen Road Beach in Berkeley Shores on the Barnegat Bay on Nov. 3.

Bill Grochowicz, president of the Berkeley Shores Homeowners Civic Association, praised the work of students at the Central Regional Board of Education's Nov. 15 meeting.

"They did such a great job, and I wanted you to know about it," said Grochowicz, as he showed the board "before" and "after" photographs of the beach.Consolidation Consumer Counseling Debt
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