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[email protected] Website: www.jrfnj.org JRF AND OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL SCHOOL MOTIVATE YOUTH TO PAY IT FORWARD 158 students to participate in local community service initiative Asbury Park, NJ. 4/28/2016 –The Jewish Renaissance Foundation’s (JRF) AmeriCorps members will host a three-hour activity centric event for 158 students of the Our Lady of Mt Carmel School (OLMC) in honor of Pay It Forward Day; an international movement aimed to inspire acts of kindness around the world. Pay It Forward will take place on at OLMC’s school grounds located at 1220 First Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ in place of their afterschool program on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Inspired by Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of the 1999 novel, Pay It Forward, the initiative took national momentum with the success of the motion picture Pay It Forward, which starred Mr. Kevin Spacey, Ms. Helen Hunt, the adorable Haley Joel Osment and Jon Bon Jovi. In 2015, people from 75 countries participated in Pay It Forward Day with individuals working on proclamations in 42 states & 48 cities. For 2016, Pay It Forward Day (PIFD) aims to inspire over 10 million acts of kindness around the world. This will be AmeriCorps second year at OLMC participating in PIFD. “We are honored to serve the students and community of Asbury Park with an event that promotes kindness and strengthening communities through giving back in small gestures” stated Shakila Woltz, AmeriCorps Program Manager. “We hope the students will be encouraged and inspired to Pay It Forward as often as they can.” On Pay If Forward Day Event 12 of JRF’s AmeriCorps members will facilitate seven activities to the students by grade level.