Giving Back

GLEN ROCK, NJ - In response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, local artists have banded together to offer assistance in the best way they know how: through their art.

On Saturday, May 21, Art for Peace NJ is hosting an art auction fundraiser for Ukraine, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m at Thielke Arboretum, 460 Doremus Avenue.

The Art For Peace event, organized by a grassroots group of local ...

ROXBURY, NJ – Donations are being sought to help a 24-year-old Succasunna man whose once-active life, including college and career plans, has been derailed by a serious case of ulcerative colitis that began when he was 19 and was complicated by the COVID-19 crisis.

The GoFundMe site, accessible here, seeks to raise $50,000 for Larry Frank, Jr. The site was launched by Frank’s ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Three Hasbrouck Heights community groups recently partnered to provide veterans returning to the workforce with professional attire during the "Dress for Success" clothing drive. 

The Hasbrouck Heights Green Team and Junior Women's Club again partnered up with A Hero's Welcome North Jersey to collect professional attire for veterans who are ...

PROSPECT PARK, NJ - Sakaria "Zack" Zahhan, a twenty-one year old New Jersey resident who is credited for helping identify the alleged perpetrator of a mass shooting on a Brooklyn subway on April 12, will be honored in Prospect Park Friday by Mayor Mohamed Khairullah and Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali.  The subway shooting suspect, Frank James, 62, was arrested in part thanks to ...

FAIR LAWN, NJ - Put together in just the last several weeks, the Concert for Healing, hosted by the Sunrise Rotary, is poised to put a spotlight on locals' efforts to help war-ravaged Ukraine, and in this case, children with cancer.

"100% of the proceeds are going toward children in Ukraine evacuated and being treated for cancer," Stella Lemberg said.

The event is scheduled ...

FAIR LAWN, NJ - The Sunrise Rotary is holding its "Service Above Self Awards Dinner" on April 27 when it plans to honor Alan & Mary-Edna Krutchkoff, Michele Gaffney, Gary Haar and Wayne Robbins.

Each has contributed to Fair Lawn as follows: The Krutchkoffs for their Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon; Michele Gaffney as a special educator at Fair Lawn High School in the Bridges Program; ...

NEW JERSEY — NJ native and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jon Bon Jovi is teaming with Gov. Phil Murphy to help raise money to feed Ukrainians displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine.

Bon Jovi and Murphy hope to raise $2 million in total. Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea, have committed $500,000 to the effort. 

The rock star is almost as famous for his generosity as ...

FAIR LAWN, NJ — The community held another "Fair Lawn Helps Ukraine" event a month after the first one, gathering goods using Borough Hall as a drive-thru donation drop-off site.

U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined the event, organized by Council member Gail Rottenstrich and members of the community working with the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Ascension ...