Noah Wolfe, a seventh grade student at Grover Middle School, organized a charity 5K walk/run to benefit SmileTrain that will take place on Sunday, March 28, at West Windsor Community Park’s pavilion. Race registration begins at 10 a.m. and the race begins at 11 a.m. Participants are asked to raise a minimum of $36 via sponsors to participate. Register online at www.tinyurl.com/SmileTrainSponsorForm. All registrants will receive free t-shirts.
Wolfe, a West Windsor resident and member of Adath Israel Congregation in Lawrenceville, was moved by the critical need to help poor children born with cleft lip and palate deformities, and organized the event as part of his Bar Mitzvah preparations.
SmileTrain is an international non-profit organization that provides free cleft lip and palate surgeries to millions of children in developing countries, and provides medical training to doctors to perform these surgeries. “It’s hard to believe that for only $250 and only 45 minutes, a child’s life can be changed forever,” says Wolfe, who has decided to dedicate all of the proceeds of the race to children in India and China, where the greatest needs exist.
His mother, Alyssa, works at the NJ Department of Environmental Protection as counselor to the commissioner; and his father, Sam Wolfe, is the director of legal and regulatory affairs at Viridity Energy. His sister, Laura, is a fifth grade student at Village School; and his brother, Jon, is a third grade student at Maurice Hawk School. The family has lived in West Windsor for close to 12 years.
Noah, a former Cub Scout, is now a Boy Scout in Troop 40. He plays guitar and is a member of the Grover Middle School Chorus. He participates in the First Period Paws Program at Grover, where he writes, produces, and anchors live programming about life at Grover. A huge New York Mets fan, he loves to play baseball and tennis.
Wolfe, who has an avid interest in sports, saw an advertisement for SmileTrain when he was reading Sports Illustrated. “He was moved by the pictures of the kids with cleft palate and by this organization which helps cure these birth defects and gives kids a chance to look and feel normal,” says his mother. “When he had to come up with a community service project as part of his Bar Mitzvah preparations, he knew that he wanted to do something for SmileTrain.”
