Teen Gets Kohl's Cares Award for Volunteerism

Long Valley’s Abby Bauer has been busy helping those less fortunate than her for the past two years.

And for her efforts, she was rewarded by a national organization recently.

Bauer, an incoming freshman at the Pingry School, has created music, craft and game activities for Homeless Solutions, Inc. (HSI) guest children. Twice a month, Bauer visits the organization’s shelter and transitional housing facility and brings her programs to life, according to Susan Robinson of HSI.

For her service, Bauer was recently recognized as a store winner in the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program.

Kohl’s honors volunteers between the ages of six and 18 who are making a difference in their communities and have demonstrated commitment and effort above and beyond what would be expected for their age, HSI said.

“Abby has brightened the lives of so many through her efforts, and HSI is excited that her work has been honored in this way,” Robinson said.

HSI is a private, non-profit organization that has been providing emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing to the homeless and working poor of Morris County since 1983.

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