Red Bank Regional Students Send Care Packages To Service Members

LITTLE SILVER, NJ - Members of the Red Bank Regional Spanish Honor Society conducted their annual treat drive and stocking stuffing event to send a little holiday spirit to military members who cannot come home for these holidays.

Red Bank Regional Spanish Teacher Lisa Boyle has organized the project each year. But this year was special because her inspiration for conducting this effort, her cousin army veteran Chris Bray was on scene, helping. He was finally home for the holidays.

Bray has returned to New Jersey as a civilian working in Fort Dix following many years in the military and multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.

But this year's project is special for another reason: this year’s recipients are RBR’s own 2016 graduates, U. S. Marines, Lance Corporal Walter Anderson, stationed in California, and Lance Corporal Emma Gorry, stationed in Okinawa. Their units will share the sweet contents of more than 30 holiday stockings.

"This is something we look forward to doing to remember our military every year," Boyle said in a post." It is so special that our efforts will benefit two of our alumni and their units this holiday season.”

Red Bank Regional Spanish Honors Students will add to the mad shipping rush by sending out care packages to military, including alumni. Photograph by Ben Margot/Associated Press.