MCC honored by Chamber of Commerce for Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

Middlesex County College was presented with a Hurricane Sandy Relief Award at the Edison Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala June 4. Shortly after the hurricane struck, the gym in the Physical Education Center was turned into a medical facility to house vulnerable people from New Jersey who needed more care than a regular shelter could provide. In addition, more than 70 people from the College community volunteered to help. They included students from Democracy House, the service-learning program; students from the radiography program; students and faculty from the nursing program; as well as other students, faculty and alumni. From left: nursing student Lynn Cassino (Woodbridge); Nancy Berger, chairperson of the nursing department; Pam Hicks (Fords), nursing faculty member; Raychelle Grooms, nursing student; and College President Joann La Perla-Morales. MCC was one of six organizations honored for Sandy relief.