Giving Back
By DAWN MILLER
February 6, 2022
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Going thrifting? Then be sure to put the SHOP at St. Peter's on the list. Spotswood's St. Peter's Church is the home of the popular Thrift Shop. Its part of St. Peter's community outreach programs which includes the Alice's CUP Food Pantry, the Wednesday Night Community Suppers, the ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The borough's Newspaper Photography Project continues to make progress, with more volunteers joining the effort to create a digital record of people, events, and places recorded in Somerville’s now defunct weekly newspapers, some dating back to the 1850s. Volunteers work at home ...
MANVILLE, NJ - Make your vote count! Nominate your favorite charity or non-profit to win Valairco Care's next giveaway of $500. Voting deadline January 31, 2022. Click here to nominate your charity or nonprofit. The most recent winner was Elle Foundation out of Bridgewater. Laurie and Dean ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Volunteer Squad, based in Bridgewater, has posted an Amazon Wish List for anyone wishing to donate to the Stani family after mother Michelle died of COVID complications three weeks after giving birth to her youngest child. According to the Squad, her oldest child, a ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - A 37-year-old Somerville woman who gave birth to a baby boy three weeks ago has died of COVID-19 complications without ever having the chance to hold her newborn, according to family and friends. Michelle Stani, who had recently moved to Somerville from Bridgewater also had an ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - All it takes is a great cause, passion, and a lot of donated dresses. Girls empowering girls across the world while promoting sustainability equals huge success. Dress Express Boutique is gearing up for their second event offering donated, gently-worn formal and ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ — Elijah Lewis hit for 21 points and eight rebounds to lead Watchung Hills over Hunterdon Central on Tuesday, 51-36. Alec Graf added 15 points and Zach Cohen and Brayden Kolakowski each chipped in six points for the Warriors. “Although it wa sloppy at times, we ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- Wear pink on Tuesday! The Watchung Hills and Hunterdon Central Boys' Basketball teams are teaming up for a good cause. All three levels of the basketball squads; Freshmen, JV and Varsity will be standing united in bringing awareness and raising money for breast cancer awareness ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - A Hodge Drive family escaped with no injuries after a fire spread from their garbage can to their office Dec. 26. According to police, the call came in at 4:36 a.m. Sunday about a fire on Hodge Drive, which had started in the garbage can located outside the garage. Capt. John ...
SOMERSET, NJ – TAPinto, a network of more than 90 franchised online local news sites in New Jersey, New York and Florida, announced it has a created “TAPinto Gives Back,” a new program to enable its local franchise owners to further give back to their community by providing a local 501(c)(3) ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – NJ Sharing Network honored lung transplant recipient Dawn Burke of Keyport, NJ, and paid tribute to the memory of organ donor Dr. Jamila Irons-Johnson, daughter of Janice Campbell of West Orange, NJ, as Burke and Campbell get set to participate in the 2022 Donate Life Rose ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - A memorial service for eight-year-old Cecelia Faith Brizuela, who was killed in a house fire on Eastern Avenue Dec. 10, will be held at the First Baptist Church, West High Street on Wednesday, Dec. 22 from noon-4 p.m. Three other people, including her mother, Rebecca Nash, ...
Public Asked to Help ‘Rebuild the Boardwalks’ with a Tax-Deductible Gift for Outdoor Fun BASKING RIDGE, NJ – The Somerset County Park Foundation and the Somerset County Park Commission’s Environmental Science Department have received donations totaling $7,875 for the “Rebuild the Boardwalks” ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - It's been little more than a week since a devastating fire swept through a home on Eastern Avenue in the early-morning hours of Dec.19, killing an eight-year-old girl and sending her nine-year-old sister and two adults to the St. Barnabas Hospital Burn Unit, yet the outpouring of ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ -Because "Cece" loved the color purple, the Somerville community and her classmates at the Van Derveer Elementrary School are paying tribute to the third-grader, who died in a house fire Friday, with a wave of purple ribbons tied around trees, posts and light poles throughout ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ -Because "Cece" loved the color purple, the Somerville community and her classmates at the Van Derveer Elementrary School are paying tribute to the third-grader, who died in a house fire Friday, with a wave of purple ribbons tied around trees, posts and light poles throughout ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Santa has millions of flight miles under his big, black belt, but that experience wasn't enough to overcome dangerous crosswinds that forced cancellation of his flight into Central Jersey Regional Airport Sunday. But that didn't prevent Santa from settling into a hangar ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - A GoFundMe account has been created online to help raise money for the funeral expenses of an eight-year-old girl and the three surviving family members displaced by a horrific fire that destroyed their two-story home on Eastern Avenue early Friday morning. In the first six ...
WATCHUNG, NJ – The weather cooperated and the green was packed as the Watchung Rescue Squad dedicated this year’s Tree of Lights to the educators of Watchung. Educators from Bayberry, the Giving Nest Preschool, Mount St. Mary Academy, Valley View and Watchung Hills Regional High School were ...
FANWOOD, NJ -- Santa came early to Fanwood's Famous Christmas House on Saturday, Dec. 4. Hundreds of families stood in a line that wound around the block for a chance to meet St. Nick. Santa's scheduled 2-1/2 hour visit extended to four (4) hours. Santa sat with every child -- and four dogs -- ...
MANVILLE, NJ - ELLE Foundation is the recipient of a $500 donation from the Valairco Cares program. Kevin McHugh, Owner of Valairco Heating and Cooling, and company's founder Richard Valenti recently presented a check to Laurie and Dean Richmond at Valairco headquarters in Manville. Valairco ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ - The Salvation Army Plainfield Corps, which offers a soup kitchen three times a week at its 615 Watchung Avenue location, augmented its services over the summer with a Mobile Canteen feeding program for additional outreach to the area's homeless population. Volunteers serve food and ...
GREEN BROOK, NJ -- Green Brook Turkey Trot is on for 2021! When: Thanksgiving morning November 25, 2021, 8:00 am Where: Green Brook Middle School 132 Jefferson Ave., Green Brook, NJ 08812 Plan Your Thanksgiving Day Race, And Experience The Best Of Green Brook. Bring the family! They can ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Alex Cleveland is following in the footsteps of his father, Larry, who became an Eagle Scout in 1984, and his brother, who earned his Eagle badge in 2017. "I am hoping to continue the legacy," he said in the midst of his Eagle Scout Community Service project which he ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- The North Plainfield Lions Club at its last meeting reported the resounding success of its first Fiore Ciarfello Memorial Golf Outing. The outing was held at Beaver Brook Country Club, in Annandale, on September 13. This Lions fundraising event was chaired by former ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Excess Halloween candy is being collected by Operation Shoebox New Jersey, a volunteer, non-profit organization that ships personal care packages to members of the US military stateside and those deployed overseas. The sweet treats are a welcome addition to the care packages, ...
MANVILLE, NJ - Make your vote count! Nominate your favorite charity or non-profit to win Valairco Care's next giveaway of $500. Voting deadline October 31, 2021. Click here to nominate your charity or nonprofit. The most recent winner was Emmanuel Cancer Foundation (ECF) out of Clark, NJ. ECF, ...
FAR HILLS, NJ - After a year off due to the pandemic, the 100th running of the Far Hills Race Meeting was one for the books on a warm October Saturday. Known popularly as "The Hunt," the annual steeplechase event attracts people from all over the Northeast and raises money to support local ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- The Church of the Holy Cross is hosting a Pumpkin Patch and needs help Sunday around 3 p.m. The call went out: Please HELP! The pumpkins are coming and we need as many volunteers as possible. 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 The tractor trailer of pumpkins for the Holy Cross pumpkin patch ...
SOMERVILLE, N.J. - Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson was joined by police officers and other members of law enforcement and public officials Friday to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness month with the support of specially-trimmed pink police vehicles to help heighten awareness of the ...