Giving Back

Democracy House, Middlesex County College’s volunteer service program, collected 42 coats from the College community and gave them to Jersey Cares, which will distribute them to people in need around the county. From left: Arianna Illa, Career Services coordinator who oversees Democracy House; Zaineb Haider (South Brunswick), Asad Faruqi (North Brunswick), Natalie Perera (Edison), Eileen ...

EDISON, NJ -- Middle and Upper School students at The Wardlaw+Hartridge School in Edison created Christmas cards to send greetings and positive thoughts to adolescent immigrants who have been detained for several months at the Tornillo detention camp in West Texas after fleeing violence in Central America.

The facility, which was supposed to be temporary, houses 2,400 currently and the ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The third annual Operation Cookie Swap went into full drive on December 2, mobilizing to bring holiday smiles to active and non-active military families in the area. Operation Cookie Swap is sponsored by the SSG Michael Ollis Freedom Foundation and Amici’s Bakery in Monroe Township. The yummy holiday event is organized by long time borough resident Kimberly Ollis-Loschiavo ...

Edison, NJ -  On Sunday December 16th, promptly at noon, the Terra Nova Garden Club  will present the Wreaths Across America ceremony by laying a wreath on the grave site of every veteran resting at the St James Church Piscataway Burial Ground, located at 2136 Woodbridge Ave., in Edison.  The organization will also pay tribute to all who served and are still serving the ...

SOMERSET , NJ – Over the past few years, non-profit organizations have used “creative and unique” campaigns to bring local and national attention to their cause. 

The ALS Foundation took the country and world by storm during the summer of 2014 with the Ice Bucket Challenge.  Susan G. Komen has spread the word about breast cancer by painting towns pink. The ...