The 24-hour endurance test, “AJ in a Box”, returns to East Haven for a sixth year.
EAST HAVEN, Conn. — A tradition continued in front of McDermott Chevrolet in East Haven when AJ, part of the radio team from “Chaz & AJ in the Morning” on 99.1 WPLR-FM returned to tackle “AJ in a Box”.
AJ has braved the elements for a daylong marathon for the past six years. The veteran radio personality spends 24 hours inside a plexiglass box all to raise money for the radio host’s signature toy drive in December.
“it’s the kids, it’s raising money for kids, if I don’t do this or the toy drive then there are a bunch of kids who get nothing for Christmas and that’s unthinkable,” said AJ.
Making AJ’s temporary existence even tougher to endure, the box he’s confined to (with a port-o-potty next to it) has a speaker blaring a loop …