Tag: Macy’s Believe campaign
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Youngsters continue to ‘Make-A-Wish’ and deliver 311K letters written to Santa as part of Macy’s Believe campaign
Every holiday season, Anthony “A.J.” Silvestri and Jillian Bresocnik rally their community in Old Bridge and beyond to write letters to Santa for the annual letter campaign for Make-A-Wish New Jersey through Macy’s Believe campaign. It’s a letter writing campaign near and dear to the hearts of A.J., as a Make-A-Wish recipient, and Jillian, as…
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Old Bridge pupils collect letters to Santa for Macy’s Believe campaign
https://youtu.be/YseeGQYKabE A.J. Silvestri and Jillian Bresocnik did it again. This year the duo garnered 136,512 letters to Santa for the annual letter campaign for Make-A-Wish New Jersey through Macy’s Believe campaign. Old Bridge Township Public Schools Superintendent of Schools David Cittadino announced the grand number, which was met with applause from those who attended to…
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Memory of young Old Bridge girl remembered during annual Macy’s Believe campaign
EAST BRUNSWICK – When 7-year-old Kendall Bresocnik was granted her wish from Make-A-Wish New Jersey in the spring, she asked her mother if she was going to be able to ride in the sleigh with AJ Silvestri during his annual delivery of holiday letters as part of the Macy’s “Believe” campaign. And ride the sleigh…
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Old Bridge community ‘Believes in Unicorns’ for this year’s Macy’s Believe campaign in memory of young girl
OLD BRIDGE – AJ Silvestri, a junior at Old Bridge High School, is teaming up with one of his biggest supporters, Jillian Bresocnik, a fifth grader at Southwood Elementary School, to spearhead his annual letter campaign for Make-A-Wish through Macy’s Believe campaign. Jillian and her sister, Kendall, were among AJ’s biggest supporters. The Bresocnik family…
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AJ Silvestri reaches beyond Old Bridge to collect more than 175K letters for Macy’s Believe campaign
OLD BRIDGE — Last year, AJ Silvestri accepted a challenge from Old Bridge Schools Superintendent David Cittadino to collect 125,000 letters for the Make-A-Wish Foundation through the Macy’s Believe campaign – and then raised more than 50,000 more. AJ, a freshman at Old Bridge High School, collected some 175,987 letters. On Dec. 7, with the help…
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Make-A-Wish grants young Old Bridge boy’s wish to swim with the dolphins
MONROE — Tricia DiPietro heard about the Make-A-Wish Foundation through her son’s school in Old Bridge. Year after year, students in the Old Bridge Public Schools write letters for the Make-A-Wish Foundation through the Macy’s Believe campaign in November and December. Student A.J. Silvestri, himself a Make-A-Wish kid, has been instrumental in collecting hundreds of…
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Old Bridge eighth grader helps make wishes of others come true
OLD BRIDGE — Year after year AJ Silvestri, an eighth grader at Carl Sandburg Middle School, sets out to essentially beat his mission of collecting as many letters for the Make-A-Wish Foundation through Macy’s Believe campaign. This year, AJ, himself a Make-A-Wish kid, collected a record number 78,257 letters. With the help of supporters including…
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Monroe Make-A-Wish
The 10th annual Macy’s Believe campaign is in full swing and some area police officers were in on the launch. From the beginning of November through Dec. 24, “Believers” of all ages can mail a letter to Santa Claus at the big red letterbox at any Macy’s store or online at macys.com/believe. For every holiday…