Supporting Summit High's Performing Arts Is No Fringe Cause

Back near the end of 2011, the had our 1st Douglas Fill 'Er Up Food Drive. At and Douglas Volkswagen, we collected nearly 750 lbs of food for the Community Food Bank of NJ at Hillside. A substantial amount of the food was collected through the efforts of 's Performing Arts Group. There was an event at Summit High School and the Summit Performing Arts students made sure the food drive flyers were distributed to all the local high schools in attendance. The Douglas VW van rolled onto the scene that morning and all the Summit Performing Arts students came out on that bitterly cold day to donate cans of food. Not only did their goodwill gesture of their food donations catch my eye but their polite, respectful and warm personalities made an impression on me. Their parents also continually checked up upon myself, my wife and two small kids to make sure we weren't hungry or needed hot cocoa to keep ourselves warm.

Now these deserving kids need our help. They were one of only 40 high schools in the United States chosen to participate this Summer at the largest performing arts festival in the world, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Many times throughout the year, we all get inundated with various organization asking us to donate our precious resources. The problem is always, "which ones do I help out because I can't help them all?" Well, if you are going to pick and choose whom to help, I can vouch that these children and their parents are people worth helping. These children embody what I want my 2 small children to turn out to be: responsible and caring teenagers who will only improve the world once they embark on their adult lives. Please help their cause:

Here is a link to their donation page: http://shsfringe.tk/