Letter: TREP$ Coordinators Grateful for Local Support of Marketplace

On Friday, March 4, the Memorial Middle School held their first TREP$ Marketplace where students became flourishing entrepreneurs!

The TREP$ Coordinators would like to thank the Memorial Middle School FSA, the Cedar Grove Chamber of Commerce, and the teacher facilitators for their tremendous support.  Without it the TREP$ program would not have been such an outstanding success.

 Thanks to Mayor O’Toole, members of the Town Council, members of the Chamber of Commerce, Superintendent, Dr. Polles and our principal, Mr. Mangili for taking the time out of their busy schedules to participate in our exciting ribbon cutting ceremony!

We would also like to thank the many local businesses for their support and generosity - PNC Bank, Investors Savings Bank, Cedar Grove Unico, Budd’s Auto Body, Iraci Associates, Bill Oswald of Interface Designs, Stephen L. Ferguson, CPA, MJ Designs Unlimited, AGL Welding Supply Co., Inc. and Dr. Jeff Burrowes of Cedar Grove Chiropractic.  

We greatly appreciate all of the parents who volunteered their time each week to assist at the workshops the children attended prior to the Marketplace and all the parents who helped the day of the Marketplace too. We could not have done it without your help!  

A special thanks goes out to the young entrepreneurs who took a chance and participated in this new after school program. You all put a lot of thought, time and effort into your products and services that made the Marketplace a huge success. Because of the wonderful kids who participated and all of the support from the community and educators of Cedar Grove, TREP$ will definitely become an annual event!

With our sincere thanks,

The TREP$ Coordinators
Amy Brancato
Marlene Kelly
Linda Perrotta

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