Giving Back
By TAPINTO WATCHUNG STAFF
June 27, 2020
WATCHUNG, NJ - Feed To Give presented a check for $1280.33 to the Watchung Community Foundation on Wednesday, June 24. This donation was a result of the two successful fundraisers held at Valley View Middle School on May 6 and June 10 when the Borough of Watchung partnered with FEED TO GIVE and the ...
WARREN, NJ - Need more chicken? Feed to Give is back in Warren. The Warren Township Committee is pleased to assist the Bernard's Regional Chamber of Commerce in hosting another FEED TO GIVE fundraising project. 100% of the proceeds of this fundraiser will support the Warren Township Lions Club who ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - Need chicken? Want to help? New Providence is partnering with FEED TO GIVE to offer a drive-thru discounted boneless chicken fundraiser with all proceeds donated to the Community Service Association of New Providence. The product being offered is fresh, uncooked, ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - Need Chicken? Want to help? The call went out and the community responded. In just a few days, 400 families signed up to pick up chicken and donate to the Somerset County Food Bank through Feed to Give. Feed to Give said: “Another successful fundraiser! We had over 400 cars ...
WARREN, NJ – First responders and healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic will be honored on April 30 as part of “Worldwide Day of Gratitude,” a global coming together through the arts organized by the student-run organization, YOUnison, including Watchung Hills alumni Andrew ...
WARREN, NJ - Need chicken? Want to help? Now you can have both. The Township Committee announced at Thursday’s meeting that they will be assisting Ridge High School student Carys Law and the Bernard's Regional Chamber of Commerce in hosting a fundraising project called FEED TO GIVE to support the ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - No, it’s not December. The Captain and President of the Watchung Rescue Squad along with the Mayor of Watchung held a short virtual ceremony for residents through Facebook live on Wednesday night relighting the tree on the Village Green to honor frontline and essential workers and to ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - Watching Rescue Squad is inviting the community to join them on Facebook this Wednesday, April 15 at 8 pm for a virtual tree lighting and to celebrate the community. They are relighting the tree “to honor our first responders, frontline workers, medical teams, and essential workers ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The North Plainfield Firefighter’s annual St. Baldrick’s Day Event is traditionally held in fire headquarters on the 1st Saturday after St. Patrick’s Day. This year would’ve been our 17th annual event, a family-friendly celebration of brave Shavee’s who shave their heads ...
WARREN, NJ – Some 80 student athletes from Watchung Hills Regional High School (WHRHS) participated in December in a seasonal Toy Drive, helping to collect some 400 toys, and then helping them to be distributed to nearly as many children and families who benefit from the Autism Healthcare ...
WARREN, NJ - A Warren family lost everything in a fire this weekend at their home on Washington Valley Road and a fundraiser has been started to help them. The fundraising site says: On Saturday morning the Viola’s family home caught on fire in Warren, NJ. The family was lucky to have ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - During the past month, the North Plainfield Fire Department members participated in two important and successful endeavors. In November, a number of the firefighters took part in the national “No Shave November” campaign just as they did last year. This month-long ...
GREEN BROOK, NJ - The Green Brook Lions were on hand on Sunday, December 8, to assist in a river clean-up event sponsored by the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership. LRWP has been doing similar clean-ups since 2014. More than 50 people were on hand to venture into the woods and the stream in ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - The 29th Annual Tree of Lights once again lit up the Village Green on Saturday, Dec. 7. This year’s Tree of Lights is dedicated in honor of the active members of the Fire Department and Rescue Squad who have achieved the status of “Life Member” by serving their respective ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - The 29th Annual Tree of Lights will once again light up the Village Green this holiday season. Festivities begin Saturday, Dec. 7 at 5:30 PM. The names of honorees and remembrances will be posted on the illuminated display on the Village Green in time for the ceremony for those ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - Watchung has a new “Little Free Library’ thanks to the MOMS Club of Warren, Watchung, and Green Brook. Watchung Mayor Keith Balla cut the ribbon on Monday with a fully stocked Little Free Library. ( see video here) Just over a month ago, the MOMS club presented the idea to the ...
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ - The Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) will be working in partnership with the Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women to collect winter coats for children in need from Oct.1 through Nov. 1. The donation drive, Project Warm Your Heart, will ...
WARREN, NJ - Warren Township Food Truck Festival hosted by the Warren PBA is set for Saturday, Oct. 5 from 11am-4pm at the Watchung Hills Elks Club at 1 Elks Trail off Bardy Rd. The Food Truck Festival includes several food trucks, live music by The Big Roy Band, beer garden, several blow-up ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Car Nutz Car Club, celebrating its 15th Anniversary this year, is gearing up for its annual show at the inaugural North Plainfield Festival on Saturday. The North Plainfield Fall Festival is a community wide event designed to bring local organizations together with the ...
WARREN, NJ - Century for a Cure will ride again on Sunday, Sept. 22 Warren’s Camp Riverbend has hosted and supported Century for the Cure for all 15 years of their epic ride. Scott Glickman, a former Camp Riverbend parent, started the charity bike ride after surviving a Stage-4 Non-Hodgkin's ...
FRANKLIN, NJ -Gabriella Novoa scored two goals to lead Watchung Hills over Franklin on Friday, 3-0. Jadyn Fleischhacker added a goal, and Lauren Dolce and Sara Sifert each added an assist for Watchung Hills. Isabella DeGiovann and Rebecca Schell combined for the shutout for Watchung ...
WARREN, NJ - The Arc of Somerset County has set to break ground after a five year capital campaign initiative launch for Camp Jotoni, a special needs summer camp located at 51 Old Stirling Rd. in Warren. Supporters, camp families and the surrounding special needs communty celebrated “Shovels and ...
NEW YORK, NY - He’s famous! Toby Claxton from Warren, NJ will be featured on the big screen in the heart of New York City as a part of the National Down Syndrome Society’s (NDSS) annual Times Square Video presentation on Sept. 14. The Times Square Video presentation kicks off Down Syndrome ...
WARREN, NJ – The call for help went out in July and the Watchung Hills Community responded. Court Appointed Special Advocates of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties (CASA SHaW), through their partnership with Watchung Hills Regional High School, provided approximately 100 backpacks to give to ...
WARREN, NJ - Bryson is the one dog left after the Somerset Regional Animal Shelter’s successful Clear the Shelters event. “Come adopt this sweet boy,” they said. “He's affectionate and social!” The shelter says he does well with some dogs and loves people. He lived with another dog Meet and ...
WARREN, NJ - The Warren-Watchung Rotary Club presented a big check to the Warren Township Rescue Squad at the last meeting of the Warren Township Committee. Warren Mayor Gary DiNardo and Ward Scheiderman of the Warren Township Rescue Squad thanked the Rotary Club of Watchung-Warren for ...
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ - The Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) continues their dedication to contributing to the community all year-long. On August 9, SCLSNJ staff donated 22 boxes of school supplies to the Food Bank Network of Somerset County through the Project First Class ...
WARREN, NJ - It’s time to clean out closets and get ready for a new year. And you can help the Watchung Hills Marching Warriors in the process. Drop off usable clothing and more to earn cash per pound for the Marching Warriors. WHEN: Aug.19 through Aug. 28 WHERE: Drop bagged items next to the ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - The Watchung Special Education Parent Advisory Group (SEPAG) is holding a shoe drive fundraiser beginning Aug. 1 through Nov. 1 to raise money to offset cost for programs and services for students of all needs. “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.” The Watchung SEPAG ...
WARREN, NJ - Do you want to help children in foster care get ready to go back to school? Watchung Hills is collecting school supplies this summer to be distributed to children in foster care through CASA-SHaW. WHRHS Superintendent Elizabeth Jewett said, “Our district leadership team ...