Secaucus Girl Collecting Art Supplies For Children In The Hospital

SECAUCUS, NJ — An eighth grader at Secaucus Middle School is asking the community to donate art supplies. All art supplies donated will be children in hospitals in New Jersey and elsewhere.

This is a project by Eva Lin, 13 and in the eighth grade at Secaucus Middle School. She is asking the community to donate sketchbooks, colored pencils, watercolors and regular paint. She asks people to drop off donations at Aji Asian Cuisine restaurant, which is owned by her parents. Aji is the Asian restaurant right in the center of Secaucus (133 Front Street). Any questions you can contact Eva at evalin10923@gmail.com

Lin is a member of the Hygiene Project, a club in the Secaucus school system that makes care packages of toiletries and other items and sends them to people in need, including the homeless, people in the hospital and people around the world. The Hygiene Projects has 30 student members from 3rd-8th grades in Secaucus public schools. Their advisor is Cathy Sofjan Wolf, a Secaucus resident. They just completed the Youth Kindness institute program this past Sunday, said Wolf.

This year, each student had to come up with their own idea of things to collect. Lin said she thought of art supplies.

"I was thinking about a way to entertain kids and I know my sister loves to do art; a lot of people use art to express themselves," she said. "Our advisor said it would be a great idea."

The art supply care packages will be dropped off to hospitals, including the Hackensack Children Hospital Child Life program, said Wolf.

Drop off any art supplies at her parents' restaurant, Aji, in the center of Secaucus.