Giving Back

MONTVILLE, NJ – In a very special ceremony, every year members of Montville’s Veterans of Foreign War Post 5481 travel to each cemetery in Montville and, assisted by students from Lazar Middle School, exchange the American flags at each veteran’s gravesite.

But with Montville schools being closed due to the COVID-19 crisis and the mostly senior citizen standing of ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – When nine New Jersey kids saw the need for nursing home residents and hospital patients to be able to communicate with loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic, they formed a non-profit to make that possible.

Colin and Grace Volpe are freshmen at Montville Township High School. Colin said his aunt is a nurse in Massachusetts who is working with both COVID and non-COVID ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – With the COVID-19 pandemic have come lay-offs, and with no income has come increased need at the Montville Kiwanis Food Pantry. Cedar Hill Elementary School’s Fifth Grade Committee decided to help out by hosting a “food pantry parade.”

The fifth graders collected and shopped for the items needed by the food pantry, then on May 7, the students joined mom ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – It may be shut down from letting diners inside, but Rails Steakhouse has definitely been busy.

Unfortunately, the decrease in demand forced Rails administration – as with many small businesses – to lay off 75 employees. But that has not stopped Mike Mulligan, Director of Rails Steakhouse from doing something positive for his employees and the community. Each ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – When a group of friends, neighbors and relatives got together, the result is a program that has fed hundreds of frontline workers and offered a nourishing, hot meal to people who are feeling the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rob Zwigard of East Hanover; his friend Ted Stanziale, and Stanziale’s neighbor Chris Mazzarella both of Parsippany; Stanziale’s cousin ...

MONTVILLE, NJ - In an effort to continue to support those in need in our community, The Leonidas Foundation was proud to donate 110 meals to the residents of the Bonnie Brae School this week.

Located in Liberty Corner, NJ Bonnie Brae takes youth from crisis to success by providing the most comprehensive care for at-risk New Jersey boys and their families. Their extraordinary school and ...

NEWARK, NJ – In a salute to frontline COVID-19 responders, the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds, the U.S. Navy and Air Force trick fighter jet squadrons, will be making a joint flyover near the George Washington Bridge on Tuesday, April 28, the squads announced on Twitter Monday.

A formation of six F-16C/D Fighting Falcon and six F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft will conduct these ...

Volunteers are creating thousands of Hearts of Hope gifts in an effort to offer hope to healthcare workers and others at the front line of the Coronavirus crisis. A worldwide movement of compassion, Hearts of Hope has responded to national and international tragedies since 9/11 as well as to hospitals, grief centers, and the military worldwide. 

“Our hand-painted hearts are symbols ...

MONTVILLE, NJ – A Montville business has made a sizable donation towards treating area healthcare workers to hot, nourishing meals, all while providing supportive signs that have painted Montville red, white, and blue with support for healthcare heroes.

Sign Your House, a business owned by Shari Feinstein and Alyssa Rabinowitz, is not even a year old and rents lawn signs to help declare ...

The Coronavirus pandemic has placed the entire country in a state of grief, according to Judy Pedersen, Executive Director, Hearts of Hope Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable corporation, and a trained grief counselor. Sudden, unpredictable losses – from jobs to social circles to health – have launched Americans into feelings of loss and isolation. 

“This is ...