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Temecula Preparatory Students Raise Money to Help Fight Child Abuse

TPS donated $630 to Humanity of Justice Foundation, which was founded by Riverside County Senior Deputy District Attorney Burke Strunsky and his wife, Geraldine Strunksy.

The proceeds of a fundraiser held by Temecula Preparatory School students were recently donated to the Humanity of Justice Foundation, a local nonprofit with a stated mission of ending child abuse and helping its victims, it was announced.

TPS Principal Terri Marek on Nov. 6 presented Geraldine Strunsky, co-founder of Humanity of Justice Foundation, with a $630 checkโ€”the proceeds of the students' fundraiser, according to a news release.

Strunsky and her husband, Burke Strunsky, Riverside County senior deputy district attorney, founded the nonprofit corporation with the mission of "providing partnerships and funding to root out child abuse across the United States."

The senior deputy DA was a recent guest speaker during a TPS student assembly that focused on the need for social justice, according to the news release.

Temecula Preparatory School is located in Winchester. It is a K-12 public, non-profit, tuition-free charter school managed by Heritage Classical Charter Schools.


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