Giving Back

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Project Graduation is hosting a Super Bowl Pool and is inviting residents to get in on the action by picking a grid in its upcoming super fundraiser. Numbers will be picked at random once all the grids are filled. Fifty percent of the proceeds go to the winner and 50 percent goes to support the Class of 2019's Senior Week festivities. For additional payout amounts, visit the ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - January is National Blood Donor Month and with flu cases on the rise, New Jersey Blood Services is urging residents to join in the New Year's resolution to give blood. Spotswood will be hosting a blood drive on Monday, January 14 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Spotswood VFW.

Donors should be between the ages of 17 and 75 and be in good physical health. A donor can be 16 years ...

MILLTOWN, NJ - The Milltown Education Foundation is celebrating Valentine's Day a little early with a Sweetheart Pancake Brunch on Saturday, February 9 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The last seating for the bruch is at 12:45 p.m. Teachers from the Parkview and Joyce Kilmer Schools will be serving the brunch, which includes pancakes, eggs, bacon, fruit salad, coffee, tea and juice. There will also ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Spotswood High School's Project Graduation is holding a dine-to-donate at the Panera Bread at Brunswick Square Mall on Friday, January 11 from 4 p.m to 8 p.m. Twenty percent of the receipt will be donated to the Class of 2019's Senior Week festivities. Diners can show an electronic version of the flyer on their smartphone. Orders can also be placed online for rapid ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood Recreation Department is seeking volunteers interested in serving on its REC Board. Spotswood's Recreation Departments is run by a committee of 13 residents typically appointed by the mayor. The Rec Department offers a wealth of sports activities, programs, events and summer camps including the annual September 5K race, fishing derby, trunk or treat S'wood ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Feeling lucky? Project Graduation is holding a raffle to benefit the Class of 2019's Senior Week festivities and the prize is an Apple Macbook Pro. Raffle tickets are $5 and will be available until the February 1 Designer Bag Bingo at Spotswood High School. A winner will be chosen at the February bingo event.

All Spotswood High School seniors are selling raffle tickets, but ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Pre-sale tickets will be sold on January 7 and January 18 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. outside the Spotswood High School Gymnasium in the main hallway for the Designer Bag Bingo and Mini Tricky Tray on February 1. The pre-sale tickets are $30 and include admission, three board/bingo games for 10 bingo games as well as one grand prize basket raffle ticket.

This always-popular ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood ShopRite on Old Stage Road in the borough will be one of six ShopRite's throughout New Jersey and New York to host a coat drive in January. All six ShopRite's are taking part in Coats for our Neighbors, which was started by Vicks in December. All of the coats collected will be donated to One Warm Coat along with $10,000.

One Warm Coat is a national ...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - With only eight shopping days until the big day, what better week to skip cooking and head out to a dine-to-donate to support Project Graduation/Senior Week 2019. Diners heading to Chipotle in East Brunswick on Tuesday, December 18 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. will have 33 percent of their receipt donated to Project Graduation for the Class of 2019.

Participants can show the ...

SPOTSWOOD, NJ - He's a mean one, but the Spotswood Police Department has been working hard all year to rehabilitate the Grinch and his band of holiday-haters. To show just how much progress the Grinch and his gang have made, the boys are holding a Holiday Food Roundup on Thursday, December 20 beginning at 6 p.m. The Grinch and his crew in conjunction with the Spotswood Police Department will ...