Lance Congratulates Westfield Student for Winning Anti-Tobacco Awareness Contest

Congressman Leonard Lance (NJ-7) today met with ten-year-old Sara Wheatley of Westfield in his Capitol Hill Office. During the meeting, Lance congratulated Sara as the 2012 State of New Jersey winner of an important tobacco-free educational campaign and contest.

The nationwide contest known as “Tar Wars” is a tobacco-free education program for 4th and 5th graders presented voluntarily by family physicians and other healthcare professionals to public and private schools within their communities.  As part of the contest, students create a poster displaying a positive message regarding what they have learned about the importance of being tobacco free. 

“I was pleased to meet with Sara and her family and commend her for her participation in this important national tobacco-free educational contest,” said Lance.  “Sara is a very bright, dedicated and talented young person who cares about the safety, health and well being of her friends and members of her community.”

Sara is the daughter of Maria Suarez and Matthew Wheatley of Westfield. She attends in Westfield.