River Dell Students Hold “Tape the Principal” Fundraiser for Family Promise

In November, students at River Dell Middle School found a creative way to raise money to provide Thanksgiving dinners to local residents struggling with hunger—duct taping Principal Robert Urbanovich to a wall.

The school’s Student Government Organization held a “Tape the Principal” fundraiser in support of Family Promise of Bergen County’s annual Thanksgiving dinner program, which provides free holiday meals to families and individuals facing food insecurity. Students, teachers, and administrators raised $647 through this unique event, which the school then used to purchase 25 spiral hams and ingredients for 30 dozen cookies that the seventh and eighth graders baked themselves.

The hams and cookies were served as part of our Thanksgiving dinner on November 28, which took place at the Bergen County Housing, Health, and Human Services Center and Christ Church in Hackensack.

Great job and thank you, River Dell Middle School!