SJM_Community_Super_Kids Dept_1223_REG3_4FINAL.qxp_Dept 12 / 18 / 23 5 : 46 PM Page 2 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION been so supportive that they began care , cultivated by relationship - based , ask asking for the homemade treats for the experiential learning , and guided by the holidays , on special occasions and Christian faith , UrbanPromise some have monthly dog treat deliv - proudly stands as a beacon of hope expert q & a eries . Berger and Soni have also collab - for the families of Camden and orated with both nonprofit and for - Chavez embodies its core values profit organizations to raise money for through and through . ATTORNEY a variety of charities . Now juniors at Cherry Hill High Ava Walsh School East , Berger and Soni continue March for Our Lives & The Alice to devote many hours to raising money Paul Institute for this worthy cause , despite main - Walsh , a junior at taining a very rigorous course load . Rancocas Valley Soni remembers getting an email from Regional High , CHOP stating that “ the kits were a huge became an advo - hit , ” which inspired them to just keep cate for gun doing more . In addition to their hard reform following work in the classroom and for CK4CC , the Parkland Berger is an editor for the Eastside school shooting in Newspaper and Soni plays for the 2018 . She has attended two March for Cherry Hill East Tennis Team . Our Lives protests in Washington D.C . , How do I modify my Court Order for the first one when she was 11 years custody or parenting time ? Pablo Chavez old . Determined to impact her com - UrbanPromise munity , Walsh created the Burlington New Jersey Courts consider Orders for custody and parenting time “ impermanent ” because Always there County Chapter of March for Our the conditions that would serve a child’s best when you need Lives in August 2022 when she was 15 . interests cannot conclusively be determined at him , Chavez cares Under her leadership , her chapter a single point in time through a single Court about his commu - has participated in phone banks , ral - Order . However , once an Order for custody nity . There , the lies and events for the cause . They’ve and parenting time is entered , a parent seek - sophomore also sent two care packages to a ing to modify that Order must show that the donates his time teacher who was affected by the 2022 circumstances that formed the basis for the in many different mass shooting in Uvalde , Texas . original Court Order have subsequently ways for his school in the form of Understanding the impact this type of changed in a substant ial way . summer employment , volunteering activism has on one’s mental health , When a paren t files a Motion with the Court to modify a custody or parenting time afterschool with children ministries Walsh has hosted a healing circle to Order , that parent must first prove to the and a plethora of other ways . Over the give her members a safe space to Court that there has been a substantial summer , Chavez was employed express their collective sadness from change in circumstances warranting the through UrbanPromise as a River - the frequent news of gun violence . Court’s review of the Order . If a parent can Guide , where he and his peers took She has hosted letter - writing events , convince the Court that the current approximately 800 participants out on urging President Joe Biden’s adminis - circumstances are materially different from the Cooper River . Through this pro - tration to implement universal back - those at the time of the prior Order , the gram , RiverGuides lead community ground checks and appoint a Superior Court Judge is required to determine paddles , provide safety briefings , pad - Director of Gun Violence Prevention . whether modifying the prior Order for custody dling stroke demonstrations , and envi - Walsh was proud of her chapter and parenting time is in the child’s best interests , which is the primary and overarch - ronmental education about our water - when the White House responded . ing consideration before the Court . ways and the importance of keeping “ My goal with March for Our Lives In implementing a custody Order and them healthy . When the season was Burlington County is to make my determining the child’s best interests , the over , Chavez sought other opportuni - community safer , ” says Walsh . “ I’m Court must examine fourteen express factors ties and participated in tabling events proud of everything we’ve accom - set forth in the New Jersey Statute , as well as where he spoke about the impact that plished so far , but seeing the news any other factors the Court deems to be he and his peers made over the tells me that there’s still more work to appropriate . summer . be done . ” During the school year , Chavez Walsh swims for the Tarnsfield donates his time by providing after - Torpedoes and the RV Red Devils . school care and enrichment activities She has participated in her school’s for students with staff for Camden For - theater program , choir , Model UN , Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli & ward School . In that program , a nur - and is a proud National Honor Tipton LLC turing environment is provided as the Society and National Spanish Honor Brian Budic , Partner kids have a safe place to play until they Society member . Walsh further 1010 Kings Highway South are picked up by their parents . Chavez develops her skills as an advocate Building 1 , 2nd Floor Cherry Hill , NJ 08034 also donates his time to the Office of and a leader through her involve - ( 856 ) 628 - 8377 Experiential Learning , as he assists them ment in the Alice Paul Girls Leader - FlorioLaw.com with pre - trip packing and loading before ship Council , where she discusses they head off on trips with students . issues relating to gender equity and ? Built on a holistic framework of human rights . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 20 issue 9 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 55