Abbot Giles Hayes served as a teacher and administrator at the Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, for more than four decades. Committed to social justice, Abbot Giles Hayes has developed and implemented a broad range of service opportunities for families in need in Appalachia.
Each year since 1980, young men from the Delbarton School in New Jersey have provided food and other necessities to families in need. Students begin by collecting clothing, blankets, nonperishable food staples, children's care items, and Christmas toys. All members of the school community may participate in the collection, and student volunteers deliver the items on a selected December Sunday.
Since the program began, Delbarton students have brought much-needed resources to families as far as Magoffin County, Kentucky. Local businesses have also stepped up to help the students succeed. Local media firm GraficaGroup participated in promoting the 2009 event, and New Jersey radio stations WMTR-AM and WDHA-FM have mentioned the project on air. Abbot Giles Hayes continues the program as a way of helping students develop a firsthand experience of poverty's realities as well as an understanding of their role in the wider community.
Each year since 1980, young men from the Delbarton School in New Jersey have provided food and other necessities to families in need. Students begin by collecting clothing, blankets, nonperishable food staples, children's care items, and Christmas toys. All members of the school community may participate in the collection, and student volunteers deliver the items on a selected December Sunday.
Since the program began, Delbarton students have brought much-needed resources to families as far as Magoffin County, Kentucky. Local businesses have also stepped up to help the students succeed. Local media firm GraficaGroup participated in promoting the 2009 event, and New Jersey radio stations WMTR-AM and WDHA-FM have mentioned the project on air. Abbot Giles Hayes continues the program as a way of helping students develop a firsthand experience of poverty's realities as well as an understanding of their role in the wider community.