Stafford Township Board of Education member Joe Mangino, no stranger to leading the charge against state officials when something is amiss, has a message for the community.

“We know what a community can do when we pull together,” Mangino said at the podium outside the front doors to the Oxycocus School on Oct. 18. “We’ve seen it after Sandy. We’ve seen it every time one of our friends and neighbors is in need. We see it when we throw a fundraiser because we raise a lot of money.