Weekly roundup: WTHS boys soccer season comes to an end, local earns lead position with national nonprofit
Also, fundraising and awareness efforts aim to reach the community for local family in need
Washington Township boys soccer season came to an end with a 1–0 loss against Princeton High School on Tuesday, while resident Lindsay Groff follows her dreams, earns position with national milk banking association. Also, a fundraising efforts kick-off to support local family in need after toddler is diagnosed with rare heart disease. Check out some of the top stories from the past week in the Weekly Roundup.
Minutemen’s season of wins comes to an end in state semifinals
Washington Township High School boys soccer earned its fourth consecutive South Jersey Group IV title with a 2–0 win over Rancocas Valley Regional High School on Friday, Nov. 10. However the successful run came to an end with a 1–0 loss in the NJSIAA Group IV State Semifinals against Princeton High School on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Rowan University.
Local to lead national ‘sisterhood of milk banks’ in effort to aid mothers and infants in need
Washington Township resident Lindsay Groff never thought her passion and career would ever intertwine. However, seven years after receiving the news her daughter would be born with a birth defect, which brought to light the impact of breast milk for ill and premature babies, as well as the importance of nonprofit breast milk banks, Groff was named executive director of the nonprofit Human Milk Banking Association of North America.
Fundraising from the heart: Local family in need after toddler diagnosed with heart condition
Samantha Lubowsky knew the doctors were missing something when she was pregnant with her now 2-year-old son JJ. After a false positive test for trisomy, a second trimester screening to determine if a patient is at risk for chromosomal abnormalities, Lubowsky’s intuition told her something was wrong. One week after JJ’s first birthday, he was transported and admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with a heart rate of 303 beats per minute, more than 200 beats per minute higher than the normal resting heart rate of a baby his age, which should typically range from 80 to 130. It was determined JJ had four strands of the genetic disease Brugada Syndrome, and the toddler became the youngest known survivor in the world.
