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Girl Scout Fundraises $10,000 to Start Memorial Garden in Jersey City, N.J., Park to Remember Those Who Passed From COVID

Photo Credits: Jersey City Councilman Yousef J.

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Photo Credits:  Jersey City Councilman Yousef J. Saleh via Facebook

Jersey City Ward D Councilman Yousef Saleh gave a well deserved Facebook shoutout today to Girl Scout Julie Peters.  Peters helped fundraise $10,000 to purchase 20 Eastern Redbud trees to start a memorial garden at Leonard Gordon Park.

Girl Scout Fundraises $10,000 to Start Memorial Garden in Jersey City Park to Remember Those Who Passed From COVIDJulie is a senior at St. Dominic Academy in Jersey City and as her scouting project she imagined a place to remember those who died of COVID.

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Girl Scout Fundraises $10,000 to Start Memorial Garden in Jersey City Park to Remember Those Who Passed From COVIDin addition to her family and Councilman Saleh, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop attended the ceremony recognizing Julie’s accomplishment.Girl Scout Fundraises $10,000 to Start Memorial Garden in Jersey City Park to Remember Those Who Passed From COVID

 

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