Newman Club Visits Hayes Sextuplets
A Warm and Sincere Thanks from the Newman Club

Read Fr. Santora's article on the Hayes Sextuplets in The Jersey Journal here

The Newman Club and the Office of Campus Ministry would like to thank the Kean Community for generously contributing to its Giving Tree last December to benefit the Hayes Six, the first surviving sextuplets in the state of New Jersey.

Two days after Christmas, Newman Club officers, Rose-Marie Donahue, advisor, and Fr. Alex Santora, Catholic chaplain, visited the hayes family i ntheir Morganville, N.J., home to present them with a check for $500, gift certificates totaling $ 300, toys for their older two sets of twins, and T-shirts for the parents.The funds will be used to help the Hayes family build an addition to their house, currently much too small to accommodate the 10 children plus their dog and cat.

The club would also like to offer a special thanks to the Office of Health Services, which donated more than $150. The Lenten-Easter collection for the Hayes donation boxes have been placed around campus, and already a Kean trustee has led the way with a personal check for $200. Furthermore, the club expresses its gratitude for those who contributed to the holiday food drive, which netted 600 items of food donated to St. Joseph Social Services Center and the Coalition for the Homeless in Elizabeth.

Additional donations for the Hayes Six may be made to Donahue in Townsend Hall, Room 131 , or Fr. Santora in Downs Hall, Room 130. For more information, please call the Campus Ministry at 7-4835.