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MIKE MONOSTRA/The Sun
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Music Under the Stars
Real estate agent
gives back to
community heroes
By MIKE MONOSTRA
The Sun
Real estate agent Christina
Sciarretta is hoping to give local
heroes some help when it comes
to buying homes.
Sciarretta, an agent for Berk-
shire Hathaways Marlton office,
is bringing Homes for Heroes to a
number of towns in South Jersey.
Homes for Heroes is a national
program providing rebates to vet-
erans, police, fire, medical work-
ers and others when they buy or
sell a home.
The program was founded in
Minnesota shortly after the Sept.
11 attacks in 2001. It was created
to provide home buying and sell-
ing assistance to first responders
to the attacks as a thank you for
their service. Since then, the pro-
gram has grown rapidly and has
spread across the country.
Sciarretta knows first-hand the
importance of thanking heroes.
Her husband is a military veteran
who served in Afghanistan with
the 101st Airborne stationed in
Fort Campbell, Ky. She learned
about Homes for Heroes shortly
after moving back to New Jersey
from Kentucky and decided to
bring the program to South Jer-
sey when she discovered there
were no affiliates in the region.
While much of the focus of
Homes for Heroes is on military
personnel, Sciarretta said the
program isnt just for veterans.
Anyone from emergency person-
nel to doctors and even teachers
can take advantage of the pro-
gram. Sciarretta said many peo-
ple in these professions dont get
the thanks they deserve, and this
is her way of giving back.
How often does somebody go
up to a doctor or teacher and say
thank you? she asked. This isnt
just an empty thank you, this is
from the bottom of the heart.
Sciarretta has brought the pro-
gram to towns such as Cherry
Hill, Haddonfield and Voorhees.
Since the program officially
please see HOMES, page 7
Homes for Heroes rebate program
puts real money in pockets of heroes
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on campus
Thorton Dai of Cherry Hill was
named to the deans list at the
Pratt Institute for the spring 2014
semester.
Matthew Bennett graduated
from Salisbury University with a
bachelor of arts degree in com-
munication and media produc-
tion. Bennett was also a psycholo-
gy minor and a member of the
Lambda Pit Eta honors society.
Jonathan Shepard has been
named to the deans list at Frost-
burg State for the spring 2014 se-
mester.
Ni Zheng was named to the
merit list of Oxford College for
the spring 2014 semester. Zheng
also graduated with an associ-
ates degree.
Kimberly Choi graduated with a
bachelors degree from Emory
University.
The following Cherry Hill resi-
dents were named to the deans
list at University of the Sciences
for the spring 2014 semester.
Jennifer McGuckin, chem-
istry student.
Brittany Nghiem, physician
assistant studies student.
Kristine Thomas, doctor of
occupational therapy student.
Jigna Patel, doctor of phar-
macy student.
Andy Yan, doctor of phar-
macy student.
Daniel Peterson, doctor of
pharmacy student.
Shivangi Shah, doctor of
pharmacy student.
Lalitha Sukumar, doctor of
pharmacy student.
Kyle Morrison, doctor of
physical therapy student.
Parthan Patel, doctor of
physical therapy student.
Emily Bart, master of occu-
pational therapy student.
Hope Ward has been admitted
to the Honors College at the Uni-
versity of Vermont.
Sarah Fritz was named to Mc-
Daniel Colleges spring 2014
deans list with high honors.
The following Cherry Hill resi-
dents graduated from Fairleigh
Dickinson University on May 20.
Amanda Ganelli with a bach-
elors degree in psychology
Jennifer Epstein, with a
bachelors degree in biology
major
Dennis Malonovski, with a
bachelors degree in biochem-
istry major
Sukhvir Boparai, with a mas-
ters degree in taxation
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For 12-year-old Spencer Levy,
baking isnt simply a hobby its
a way to give back to those truly
in need.
Every year since he was only 6
years old, the young Cherry Hill
resident has spent his weekends
in the early spring months baking
his unique brand of giant cookies
to sell and raise money for the
Childrens Hospital of Philadel-
phia.
On a good weekend, Spencer
can make a couple hundred cook-
ies, with adult supervision from
his mom Julie of course, and
since the start of his cookie-bak-
ing journey, Spencer has been
able to raise about $6,500.
Whether it be chocolate chip,
sugar, sprinkle or snicker doodle,
Spencer said he first got the idea
to bake when he saw a bakery for
sale and decided thats what he
wanted to do with his life.
Then, like a 6-year-old would,
things quickly morphed into
Spencer telling his mom that he
wanted to have a bake sale.
Spencer said at first the project
was basically trying make it so
kids could have milk and cookies
with their moms on Mothers Day,
and things just went from there.
It was one of the few hospitals
that I really knew of and I really
wanted to help kids in need now
and always, Spencer said. I feel
like helping kids is a really good
thing, so thats why I picked
CHOP.
Julie said when a 6 year old
says he wants to have a bake sale
to raise money for an institution
such as CHOP, theres no way to
say no.
He has become the cookie kid,
and its gone from his elementary
school and teachers to the teach-
ers in middle school, to the people
in the neighborhood to the fire
commissioner, and it is amazing
to me as a parent how willing peo-
ple are to support a child that
wants to do something good,
Julie said.
Spencer and his mother also
thank ShopRite of Marlton for
annually donating a $25 gift cer-
tificate for Spencer to purchase
supplies, which Spencer said he
always needs as its rare that peo-
ple dont order again the follow-
ing year, and hes always seeing
new people on the order forms.
In his first year of 2008,
Spencer raised about $350, and in
2014 alone, he was able to raise
$1,923, nearly a third of the total
funds hes raised since he first
started.
Its amazing that every year
Im getting more support from
people in my community, and its
just shocking that its gone from
hundreds of dollars to almost
$2,000, Spencer said.
Recently, the Cherry Hill Town-
ship Council honored Spencer for
Boy bakes cookies for CHOP
please see SPENCER, page 10
Summer is the peak season for travel,
recreation and much-needed relaxation
with friends and family. But whether
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club or planning a trip out of town, this
time of year can also present our commu-
nity with a unique set of challenges in
terms of health and public safety.
In addition to staying cool and hydrated
when the mercury rises, its important to
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It got us thinking, though: We have
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many different towns, but how can we
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Our quick answer by being better
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So, even though the beginning of the
next school year is the last thing on
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your brain or at least in part of your
brain for a few moments.
What will be different about this
school year?
Were going to find out. Right now,
our reporters are compiling lists of
questions for school leaders about the
new school year.
Are there new classes students and
parents need to know about?
How about scheduling changes?
Was any work done at the schools
over the summer?
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please see USE, page 13
kicked off in early June, she has
spent a lot of her extra time on
promotion and getting the word
out to various organizations, in-
cluding police and fire depart-
ments.
Right now, its just kind of get-
ting the word out, Sciarretta
said. When Ive spoken to vari-
ous fire departments and police
departments, some of them were
very interested.
The rebate money comes di-
rectly from Sciarrettas commis-
sion. Twenty-five percent of her
gross commission from the trans-
action goes back to the participat-
ing hero who bought or sold their
home. Only agents who are affili-
ated with Homes for Heroes are
permitted to issue the rebates.
An additional 5 percent of the
gross commission goes toward
the Homes for Heroes Founda-
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sistance and housing resources to
heroes who are in need.
The foundation helps disabled
vets to make changes to their
homes, she said.
Sciarretta has seen first-hand
the amount of support her hus-
band received when he returned
home from service.
She feels this is just a small
way she can give back to others in
the community.
It has nothing to do with me
as a real estate agent, she said.
This is just a program that Im
trying to push.
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Continued from page 8
his efforts with a proclamation
saying Spencers generosity is
truly inspiring and serves as a
tremendous example for Cherry
Hill residents of all ages and
marking June 23 as Spencer
Levy Day.
I was really shocked about
that, and I was proud of myself
knowing I was making a differ-
ence throughout my town,
Spencer said.
CHOP also recently proposed
to Spencer that if he commits to
raising money for the next five
years and donates it toward the
new Buerger Center for Ad-
vanced Pediatric Care that CHOP
is building, then Spencer would
be honored with a room in the
name of his Cookies For Kids
bake sales when the building
opens in 2015.
Spencers mother said honors
such as those from the township
council and CHOP always keep
her son excited to bake on, and
Spencer said he believes the best
way he, and other people, can
help the community is to find a
passion and put it toward a good
cause.
I think the best thing, the best
way to help, is doing something
you love to do, Spencer said.
For someone it might be baking,
for someone it might be track and
field. Any way that you want to do
it is really good. I think if youre
really passionate about some-
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