Each year the Barnegat Elementary School District’s “Leadership In Training” program’s fifth graders work hard on their goal of raising money for worthy charities. Last year the children raised funds for the earthquake victims in Haiti. This year they decided to work for a more local and community based program and have chosen ReClam the Bay and the purchase of a Giant Clam to be their goal. Yesterday, Feb. 9th teachers Leigh Sharpless, Bonnie Harris, Sara Flynn and Billie Ambrose from the Cecil S. Collins School, Robert L Horbelt School, Joseph T. Donahue School and the Lillian M Dunfee School and the children of the Leadership In Training program met for an assembly program at the Collins School with volunteer members from ReClam the Bay. Dr. Jim Merritt began the program with an overview of our program, a brief history of the bay, the importance of shellfish to the bay and what we can do to help keep the bay healthy. Wes Dalzell and Frank Vives distributed live oysters to the children and gave a hands- on lesson on measuring oysters. The program’s last presenter was Rick Bushnell who talked about the Clam Trail and the Giant Clams of Ocean County. He also gave the children fund raising ideas and thanked them for their interest in ReClam the Bay.
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