Manchester Township High School (MTHS) student volunteers answered a very specific Technology 101 assistance call from the Leisure Village West (LVW) community this month. Leisure Village West recently rolled out a new app to help residents streamline visitors. Some residents expressed to the community that they were unfamiliar with how to download, access, and utilize the app. Residents were invited to Willow Hall where they were met by a dozen MTHS National Honor Society and Student Government Association students, and National Honor Society Advisor Heather Staples, who were excited to provide them with technology assistance.
Upon their arrival, students were warmly welcomed by Ms. Fay Weinstein, a Leisure Village West resident, and Manchester Township School District Board of Education member. Ms. Weinstein began by welcoming by thanking the students for lending their time and expertise to the community and then taught students about the new application. Students took notes, paired up, and worked to become familiar with the app before residents arrived.
At 11:30 AM sharp, approximately 100 Leisure Village West residents began reporting to Willow Hall where they worked with the MTHS students over a period of an hour and a half receiving app assistance. The students worked patiently and efficiently to turnkey what Ms. Weinstein taught them about the new LVW application. They spent their time helping residents become familiar with the community's new system. Some residents learned exactly what an application was, how and where to download it from based on the type of phone that they had, how to log in and set their decided-upon password for the app, and then showed them how the new app automatically synced with the old system. Residents left appreciative of their new ability to move forward after today's session with more knowledge and a renewed comfort level with the new LVW system.
Leisure Village West residents not only met with the MTHS students for technology assistance but also to help support the Manchester Township School District (MTSD) Cereal Drive 2025. As residents entered Willow Hall for their technology assistance from MTHS students today, most did so with a cereal box, or a bag of cereal boxes, in hand for donation in support of the student's efforts.
MTSD's students have a heart for community service. In the new year, they are working hard to collect cereal boxes for local food banks. Known as the MTSD Cereal Drive 2025, the fundraiser is sponsored by the school district's Junior Impact, Impact, and Interact Clubs. These clubs, an extension of the Lakehurst/Manchester Rotary Club, are calling on the community to help them raise thousands of new, unopened cereal boxes for donation. Today, the MTHS students were able to fill the front of the school bus with cereal donations from the generous residents of Leisure Village West!
Community members who are also interested in supporting the Cereal Drive 2025 can drop cereal off at any MTSD school between now and Friday, February 14. The students will then work to distribute those cereal boxes to Ocean County residents through partner food banks.
Thank you for your continued support of our students and their community service initiatives!