Through the Kids Heart Challenge in 2020, right before COVID-19 forced all schools in New Jersey to close their doors for a few months, the Ocean Acres Elementary School raised just under $27,300 for the American Heart Association. The Dolphins blew way past that mark this February.
“They’ve done amazing things here at Ocean Acres,” said Andrea Mrusek, the AHA’s youth market director for Ocean, Monmouth and Atlantic counties. “They’re definitely heart heroes.
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