Giving Back

ELIZABETH/ROSELLE, NJ - Residents and their dogs were on hand as the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders officially cut the ribbon and opened the Warinanco Dog Park in Roselle this past Saturday.

The new dog park is located behind the Warinanco Sports Center located at 1 Park Drive in Warinanco Park, Roselle. The opening was attended by local elected officials, county freeholders and ...

ROSELLE, NJ - Assemblyman Jamel Holley is asking the community to help each other enjoy the Holiday Season by giving back with a donation of toys for 200 children in the Roselle community.

“It's that time of the year again when we join together as a community to help each other enjoy the Holiday Season by giving back. We have identified 200 children in the area who are ...

SOMERSET , NJ – Over the past few years, non-profit organizations have used “creative and unique” campaigns to bring local and national attention to their cause. 

The ALS Foundation took the country and world by storm during the summer of 2014 with the Ice Bucket Challenge.  Susan G. Komen has spread the word about breast cancer by painting towns pink. The ...

ROSELLE PARK, NJ - The local non-profit Roselle Park 24/7 is asking everyone to start the season of giving with a donation to their annual Toys 4 Kids program. Toys collected will be donated to the St. Claire Home for Children and Trinitas Hospital Cancer Care Center Toy Drive program. 

Toy drop off locations in are as follows:

*Joe & Jodi's Barbershop located at 210 Chestnut ...

ROSELLE PARK, NJ - The Roselle Park Police Dept. participated in the “No Shave November” event happening across the area. For these officers, it was a very meaningful event because they were doing it in support for one of their brothers, Lt. Manuel Jimenez.

Chief Paul W. Morrison of the Roselle Park Police Department said the “No Shave November” was a great opportunity ...

ELIZABETH, NJ - As families gather for Thanksgiving this week and celebrate all they have, one 20-year-old in Elizabeth is grateful for something most people take for granted – her car.

Nicole Jenkins has not had an easy life, she was living within the state child welfare system and looking for a place to call home until she became a member of Community Access Unlimited (CAU) in 2016.

ROSELLE, NJ - Local resident Walter Wimbush and his organization the Walter Wimbush Scholarship Program, hosted their 4th Annual Free Haircuts for the Holidays event on Monday afternoon.

Barber Justin Austin of Loyals Barbershop located at 405 E. 2nd Ave. in Roselle donated his time once again to the organization and to the students who came in for their free haircut and left looking ...

ROSELLE, NJ - Roselle Fireman Wendell Williams and his team presented a football jersey to his fellow fireman during last Sundays police vs fire football game.  The jersey was presented by Williams and his boys of the Roselle Rams 7u team as a thank you.  

Earlier this year Williams, head coach of the team for 2 years, decided that he wanted to give his boys an experience that they ...

ROSELLE/ROSELLE PARK, NJ - Roselle-Roselle Park Rotary Club President Keyanna Jones will be honored for her service to our country at Rotary International District 7475 (north Jersey) Eat, Drink and Share, a fundraiser for the Rotary Foundation. 

An Army veteran, Jones served as an interrogator/linguist and is fluent in German, Dutch and Russian.

Rotary International District 7475 ...

ROSELLE, NJ - The cold weather didn’t stop residents from coming out to Borough Hall on Saturday afternoon to make a donation, or for others, to get a warm coat.

Third Ward Councilwoman Cynthia Johnson, in conjunction with Abraham Clark High School’s Sigma Beta Club and National Honor Society, were collecting sweatshirts, hats and gloves, and dispersing those items to many homeless ...