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We’re proud to announce the recipients of our 2013 Jetty Get Rad Scholarship, Kaitlyn Sharkey & Connor McGlynn. Both Southern Regional grads, Kaitlyn & Connor will be heading to Brookdale CC for fashion merchandising & UNC Wilmington for business entrepreneurship respectively. We’re stoked on their entrepreneurial spirit and community involvement…keep up the great work and good luck (after having a fun & safe Summer)!

On June 5th, 966 scholarships were awarded to 288 students of the Class of 2013 by 291 donor organizations. The awards totaled $504,070. Chief School Administrator, Craig Henry, opened the evening thanking the community for the support it has given to the senior class and to Southern Regional. This year marks the largest donor group and a record amount of scholarship money awarded.

Jetty Hall of Fam’r Ann Coen recently popped up on the APP Summer Guide with a playlist of Summer songs. Thanks to her, we can listen to some great vibes while we promote and spend local during a very important Summer season post-Sandy!

Jetty Team Rider John Streit & The Wet Boys are playing with Donavon Frankenreiter at an outdoor, at-the-beach show at the 31st Street Stage in Virginia Beach on Saturday, June 8th, at 6:30pm! We’re sure that a couple of thousand people will come out for this FREE concert! Look out for a great recap from our friends at The Wildlyfe soon after the event!

Last week some of our local school children attended The White House to garden with Michelle Obama! All of these students from the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District have been affected by Super Storm Sandy and should be commended for continuing their education through a very difficult time. We couldn’t send them down to Washington D.C. without some fresh Jetty Unite + Rebuild T’s! Check out the links below to a couple of articles as well as a video…

MSNBC: Michelle Obama gardens with Hurricane Sandy kids at White House

NJ.com: New Jersey students help Michelle Obama Harvest White House garden

Here’s a sneak peak at our most recent Local Sessions ad featuring our new SS13 gear! Don’t forget to check out our 100% custom Pocket T’s & Tanks, Rock Board Shorts, Walk Shorts & Hybrids on Jettylife.com!

Check out the Wood is Good Surfcraft Demo on Saturday, June 1st at Nelson Avenue in Beach Haven, NJ. Hey, if Jetty Team Rider Randy Townsend rides ‘em, then you should probably give them a whirl!

Everyone benefited from our recent partnership with the University of Delaware, Lee Mikles & Google! Please check out this UDaily article describing a semester-long project for Mr. Mikle’s Information Technology Applications in Marketing class. We enjoyed visiting the campus, engaging with the students and some extra traffic to Jettylife.com! A huge thank you goes out to Lee who constructed this program and made it happen!