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Photos: "Tooling Around the Township" from April 27

On April 27, Woodbridge held the annual "Tooling Around the Township" program.


On April 27 the Township of Woodbridge held the annual “Tooling Around the Township” program that brought together members of the community to fix up, repair and help maintain the homes of senior and disables residents.

According to Mayor John E. McCormac in a release, “Tooling Around the Township” began in 2000 and nearly 200 handicapped and senior residents have benefited from the work done by community volunteers.

This year 24 homes were worked on throughout Woodbridge Township.

Volunteers for this year’s “Tooling Around the Township” included: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the Avenel Fire Department, the Woodbridge High School ‘Hero’s & Kool Kids volunteers, Ed McSherry and Woodbridge Township Municipal and Public Work Employees, the Colonia High School Senior Class, the John F. Kennedy High School Key Club students, the Iselin Middle School Garden Club, Knights of Columbus, First Presbyterian Church, local attorney James Nolan, Hungarian Reformed Church Lorantffy Guild, Middlesex County Bar Association, the members of the American Irish Association, the Woodbridge Board of Education, Woodbridge Young Dems, and members of the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council and Mayor’s Advisory Board.

Local businesses that sponsored the 2013 “Tooling Around the Township”: Hess, West Virginia Paint Co., Carpenters Local 254, The Club at Woodbridge, J.J. Bitting’s, Woodbridge Center Mall, Middlesex Water Company, Columbia Savings Bank, Lowes, BCB Community Bank, Home Depot, Motiva, Aquila Landscaping, Bayshore Recycling, SSR Landscaping, Weldon Concrete, Pete Fizer and Al Conklin with the Gil Scouts, Gurney Electric, Woodbridge Hilton, RSI Bank, AmWINS Brokerage of the Mid-Atlantic, LLC, The Woodbridge Housing Authority, Starbucks, Chick-Fil-A, Knot Just Bagels, Wegman’s, San Remo, D’Aprile Catering, D’Italia, Torino’s Restaurant

Check out the photos to see the volunteers at work!

More information on “Tooling Around the Township” could be found on the township’s website. Click here to see the rest of the images from "Tooling Around the Township."


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