Makenzie Robinson tells
PEOPLE (the TV Show!) that she is one of the New Jersey teens who joined Project CheerUP!, a group of cheerleaders who send videos of their routines in order to spread joy. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The efforts started in Cedar Grove by high school teammates Mackenzie Jennings, Sofia Cordaro, Alessia Velazquez and Ava Cassilli, but the group has since grown and now includes cheerleaders and volunteers from states across the state and country. It targets everybody, Robinson, 17, says on Tuesday s episode. We want all 50 states to just be united and to be one in times like this, in the middle of a pandemic, so everyone knows that we re all going through this together.
New Jersey teens look to raise global morale 1 cheer at a time with Project CheerUP!
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That s the simple mission for a group of teenagers from New Jersey.
Friends Mackenzie Jennings, Sofia Cordaro, Alessia Velazquez and Ava Cassilli started Project CheerUP! at the beginning of the pandemic, with the goal of making videos with simple messages to boost morale.
What started in Bloomfield has expanded, and now, the guaranteed mood boosters are being sent around the country. We were all on lockdown and it canceled our cheer team, but we decided to keep cheering from our homes and put together small videos that we could send to family and friends to cheer them up, Jennings said.