VIDEO: Asbury Park Students Getting Ready For March For Our Lives

NBC4 New York captured local students as they were getting ready for the March for Our Lives rally in Asbury Park on Saturday.

At least 15 New Jersey towns were supposed to have a "March For Our Lives" protests this weekend that organizers described as non-partisan student-led events to combat gun violence (see list below).

Organizers were expecting large crowds, and they were encouraging peple to take public transportation. In some marches, student ambassadors were in orange T-shirts to help those who need it.

Hundreds of March For Our Lives events have been planned across the country following a school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 students and teachers dead.

In Morristown, the march was spearheaded by Mendham High School sophomore Bella Bhimani.

"After hearing about the march in DC, I thought that attending the march would be great but that we would have a much greater impact by holding more sister marches around the country. Since there was not one in our area, I decided to organize one in Morristown to give people (especially students) an opportunity to voice their opinions," Bhimani told Patch. Read our full story on her organizing efforts here.

Here was the list of planned locations; click on each link to find out more information:

• Asbury Park, 12 p.m. - Library Square Park on Grand between Asbury & 1st Ave.
• Haddon Heights/Audubon, 9 a.m. - Haddon Lake between Lake Drive and Kings Hwy
• Freehold, 2 p.m. - 12 Village Center Dr. in the Raintree Shopping Center
• Hackensack, 10 a.m. - Bergen County Courthouse
• Hoboken, 1 p.m. - Jubilee Center 601 Jackson St.
• Jersey City, 10 a.m. at Ferris High School, 35 Colgate St.
• Maplewood NJ Transit Station - Facing Memorial Park, 145 Dunnell Rd.
• Morristown, 11 a.m. - Morristown Hall 200 South St.
• Newark, 10 a.m. - Military Park 93 Park Place
• Ocean City, 11 a.m. - Ocean City Boardwalk 5th and Boardwalk
• Princeton, 2 p.m. - Hinds Plaza, adjacent to the Princeton Public Library
• Somerville. 3 p.m., Somerset County Courthouse
• South Orange NJ Transit Station - Near the gazebo at 17 Sloan St., South Orange
• Red Bank, 10 a.m. - Riverside Gardens Park, 40 West Front
• Union County, 10 a.m. - The Streets of Union NJ 985 Stuyvesant Ave

Calling it the "Grandparents March for Our GrandStudents," grandparents from Brick were expected to hold their rally outside the Brick Township Housing Authority apartments on Chambersbridge Road on Saturday. It was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Read more here...

Photo courtesy of NBC4 New York