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NJ students: Mount Saint Mary Academy students held Winter Coat Drive
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At Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, members of the H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Everywhere) Club, the Peer Ministry program and the Student Council held a Winter Coat Drive for St. Ann s Franciscan Soup Kitchen in Newark. Donna Toryak, director of Admissions and H.O.P.E. Club advisor, said the collections boxes were overflowing and the surrounding bags contained coats, hats, scarves and gloves for adults and children. The Sirianni family, including graduates Olivia Sirianni, Class of 2011, and Kate, Class of 2019, are volunteers there and alerted the school to the urgent need for winter wear at St. Ann’s.