The cost is $25 per person or $40 a couple and includes the wine tasting, light refreshment and valuable door prizes. Tickets may be obtained from the church office or the following members of the Hall Education Fund: Susanne Clark, David Waanders, Susan Kramer-Mills or Kathy Fekete. We hope to see you there!

The event will be at the First Reformed Church, 9 Bayard St. in New Brunswick from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will be conducted by Brian’s Wine Store, Stelton Road, Piscataway. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward scholarships for needy and deserving New Brunswick high school students for post-secondary educational expenses.

The cost is $25 per person or $40 a couple and includes the wine tasting, light refreshment and valuable door prizes. Tickets may be obtained from the church office or the following members of the Hall Education Fund: Susanne Clark, David Waanders, Susan Kramer-Mills or Kathy Fekete. We hope to see you there!

Officers for the coming year were also elected. Chris Rasmussen will again serve as president, Fernanda Perrone, a new member from Christ Episcopal Church agreed to serve as vice president and Kathy Fekete from First Reformed Church also agreed to assume the treasurer’s position. Susanne Clark and David Waanders will continue to serve as secretary and assistant treasurer respectively.

It was with sadness that we bid farewell to Szabi Nagy, minister of the Presbyterian Church. He is retiring from the church and so will also relinquish his duties as a Hall Fund Board member. He has been a stalwart supporter of the Hall Fund and served for many years with great dedication. We wish him well as he begins his retirement.

For Hall Education Fund members, this is the most interesting month of the year. May is the month when we interview the students who are applying for scholarships. As many of you know, these students are usually from families whose financial resources are limited.

Although their resources may be, their aspirations are not. To quote from a few of this year’s applications —

Right now I am struggling about the money I need for college and I don’t know from where I am going to get it. But this won’t stop me. In this fall, I am going to start college…

and —

Were I to be given the chance to attend college and receive financial aid from the Hall Education Fund, I feel I could develop into an individual who could one day give back to my community.

They are determined young people who are anxious to improve themselves and, ultimately, their communities.

While we have had success this year with applying for and receiving corporate donations and running fund-raisers, unfortunately in this economic climate individual donations to the Hall Education Fund have
diminished. Thus, we are in danger of having to decrease the total amount of scholarship aid we are giving.

It is our hope that being reminded of our mission will spur those who read this newsletter to make a contribution, however small, to assist us in helping these deserving young people fulfill their goal of
attaining post secondary education.

Contributions may be sent to:
Hall Education Fund, 9 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Thank you.