It is our great honor to provide a Weather NJ Special Event Forecast for the 8th annual 2019 Operation Halloween charity event this weekend!
WEATHER NJ SPECIAL EVENT FORECAST
Friday (Oct 25) daytime high temperatures should reach into the upper-60s at the campground. Skies should be mostly clear with light winds out of the SW. Temperatures should fall into the 5os as the sun sets and the event concludes.
Saturday (Oct 26) daytime high temperatures should reach near-60 at the campground. Skies should be mixed during the day but increase in coverage by evening. Winds should be light out of the E/NE. Temperatures should again fall through the 50s from sunset through the rest of event hours.
BENEFICIARIES
100% of the proceeds from Operation Halloween go to benefit the many participating charities. The primary beneficiaries are the hosts of the event: The Southern Ocean Rotary Club and The Jersey Shore Council Boy Scouts of America.
With over 1.2 million members worldwide, Rotary is made up of three parts: at the heart of Rotary are local clubs that are supported by Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. Proceeds from Operation Halloween in the past have gone to support scholarships for local students and local habitat for humanity construction projects as well as donations to Polio Plus and Shelter Box to support humanitarian relief efforts overseas.
Boy Scouts of America – Jersey Shore Council, headquartered in Toms River, serves more than 6,000 young people in Ocean, Burlington, Atlantic, and Cape May counties. Proceeds from Operation Halloween in the past have helped support the many community service projects the Scouts perform as well as make upgrades and repairs to the facilities at the Joseph A Citta Scout Reservation in Brookville, where the event is held.
In addition to the Scouts and Rotarians, there are also several other non-profit groups who support and benefit from the event as vendors and volunteers. These have included: Hometown Heroes, Zonta, Habitat for Humanity, Healing the Hurting Places, Polio Plus, Shelter Box, Local Interact Clubs, Various local Boyscout Troops and Various local Rotary Clubs.
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