Giving Back

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Longtime Livingston resident and volunteer extraordinaire Keith Hines was recently selected as the recipient of the 2021 Humanitarian Award by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Oranges & Maplewood Branch and will be honored during the local chapter’s Freedom Fund Gala on Saturday, May 8, at 7 p.m. 

Hines, a ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston’s Holli Ehrlich and Robert Allen, husband-and-wife founders of New Media Connection, along with Livingston residents Martha Ackermann and Alan Karpas from Healthy Community Healthy Youth (HCHY) and Neeli Berger Margolis from LTown Lowdown reunited last weekend to produce their second musical telethon to benefit Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Impact100 Essex, a collective giving circle of 100-plus Essex County women, hosted a virtual panel earlier this month called “On the Ground,” which discussed inequities facing local nonprofits competing for funding. Members considered how changes in the grant-making process could reduce the impact of privilege and the racial funding gap for local ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — A group of Heritage eighth graders who have been promoting autism awareness and acceptance since second grade as Jr. Autism Awareness Ambassadors for Autism New Jersey and members of Livingston’s Super 6, recently teamed up with fellow ambassador and advocate Timothy Rohrer to spread awareness and acceptance of Autism Spectrum Disorder within the community during ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Horseneck Motorcycle Riding Club, based in Livingston since 2014, kicked off its 2021 riding season this weekend with a Patch Rebranding Celebration.

In addition to a members’ breakfast that include a presentation of the newly designed patches and banner, a spiritual ceremony for a safe riding season by Navajo Christine Ayala and a group ride, ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston resident Connie Breece is looking to establish a chapter of Young Men’s Service League (YMSL) in Livingston and is currently recruiting mom-and-son teams as well as board members and additional volunteers to join her efforts.

The YMSL is an organization that helps foster compassion, confidence and leadership in teens throughout their high school years as ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — A live, virtual, music-based fundraising initiative that aired on April 5, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to raise awareness and funds for Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors (LNHN) returns this Sunday in an effort to once again connect the Livingston community spiritually and emotionally.

During the first “Livingston Sings!” event, dozens ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr. Krisitn Fless, Division Chief for Pulmonary Medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, has been added to the list of women honored during this event for her dedication as a pulmonologist in the care of critically ill COVID-19 patients. 

EDITOR'S NOTE: Livingston resident Jeanne Silberman, known locally for helping hundreds of residents ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — In response to the recent spate of Asian hate crimes, the Livingston High School (LHS) Chinese Culture Club, Chinese Honor Society and Filipino Club have been fundraising for Stop AAPI Hate, a non-profit organization that tracks and reports hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

As part of their collaborative fundraising efforts, the three clubs are ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston native Jason Cohen, a local realtor at Coldwell Banker who has been passionate about keeping litter off the streets of Livingston for the last few years, recently became known for these efforts as he started extending the invitation to other residents to join in bi-monthly Saturday-morning cleanups.

Cohen, who was publicly recognized by the ...