Hampton Rotary recognizes Kuefner and Beier

Hampton Twp. - Two Kittatinny students, Lauren Kuefner and Melanie Beier, were recently recognized by the Hampton Twp. Rotary Club for demonstrating behaviors of “service above self” in their ongoing community activities. Kuefner received the award in September, Beier was honored in October. Beier is the daughter of Carol Beier of Stillwater and Herbert Beier of Wantage. Along with various volunteer school-related programs, she has been a student volunteer for the Stillwater Litter Free Day, the youth group, the Rotary volunteer program, Biological Hazard Day, and the peer leadership Stokes State Forest clean-up program. President of her senior class, Beier is also active in many school programs including student council, National Honor Society, peer leadership, K3D, cross-age, science league, and Future Business Leaders of America. She has consistently maintained high honor roll status throughout high school and was a 2005 N.J. girls’ state delegate. She participates in field hockey and track at Kittatinny, and in September she was named athlete of the month. Kuefner is the daughter of Ronald and Mary Ellen Kuefner of Swartswood. She was a junior volunteer at Newton Memorial Hospital for several years and was a member of a group that helped motivate teens to help in their communities. She serves as a volunteer lifeguard for special events and is active in school-related programs, such as blood drives, K3D, and cross-age training to prepare sixth-grade students for high school. President of the student council, she is a member of the National Honor Society, peer leadership, cheerleading and the prom committee. Kuefner performed with the Kittatinny Chamber Choir in Disneyland, Calif., last May, and recently represented her town at the N.J. State Fair as Miss Stillwater 2005. “The records of these two students speak for themselves,” said Kittatinny principal Susan Kappler. “Melanie and Lauren have consistently given of themselves, not only to better the communities where they live, but also at school where they help to foster a sense of camaraderie in school-related activities as they help other Kittatinny students find a secure place in our high school environment. They are wonderful school leaders and with their service-oriented attitudes, they are destined to become successful leaders in their communities.”