'Save the Seraphs' campaign surpasses fundraising goal
Students, parents and supporters have reached their goal in a bid to keep a Catholic high school in Monmouth County from closing. Mater Dei Prep announced in February it will close in June because
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Mar 27, 2015, 2:22 PM
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Students, parents and supporters have reached their goal in a bid to keep a Catholic high school in Monmouth County from closing.
Mater Dei Prep announced in February it will close in June because of financial problems unless it can raise $1 million.
The Save the Seraphs campaign announced this week that they surpassed the goal and continue to raise funds.
Suspended NBC News anchor Brian Williams attended a fundraiser this month and donated $50,000 toward the cause. Williams was a 1977 graduate of the school.
Organizers say they working to establish an endowment that would sustain the school into the future.
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