As Little Egg Harbor residents, Pinelands Regional students, friends and family geared up for a purposeful walk on Saturday morning, May 30, Isabella Russo offered them some powerful words of encouragement.

(Photos by Emma Desiderio)

“Every step you take today is changing lives. I want you to imagine that every step you take is creating vibrations, shaking and rippling and spreading across the world,” she said.

Russo, a junior at Pinelands Regional High School, organized the Walk for Water, a fundraiser that ended up raising…