Woman’s Club of Parsippany working with Operation Chillout

Club Members hard at work making pocket note cards for homeless veterans: Mary Ann Coyne, Marilyn Marion, Diana Freidinger (club State Special Project Chairman), Marilyn Zarzycki, Joan Garbarino, Betty Lagitch and Janet Reilly. (Woman’s Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills) Every two years the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s...

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Union Rotary Hosts Its 9th Automobilia Event to Benefit Union Child and Homeless Veterans

UNION, NJ – The Rotary Club of Union held its 9th Annual Automobilia Night, the Rotary’s major fundraising event, Friday evening, as guests marveled at the private collection of automobiles, bicycles, games, and thousands of other items of memorabilia. The evening was hosted by the Rotary Club and the Rotaract Club of Kean...

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Stanhope’s Valley Road School salutes veterans

STANHOPE — Fanfare and touching tributes were part of the annual “Salute to Honorable Citzenship” at the Valley Road School on Thursday. Students, administration, faculty and staff, as well as members of the community, honored veterans through song, speeches and special presentations. “I’d like to...

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Passaic brings homeless out of the cold with ‘Dignity’

Winter’s deadly cold stops at the door of the old firehouse on the corner of Broadway and Linden Street in Passaic, which the city has converted into a temporary homeless shelter in an effort to lure people off the streets amid a deepening freeze. The floorboards have a few holes in them and the place is dimly lit, but there...

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Resources available to those in need during cold weather – New Jersey Herald

NEWTON — While the frigid temperatures that have settled down over the county may be an unpleasant inconvenience for some, the current frozen conditions could have dire consequences for those who struggle to find a warm place to stay. According to a point-in-time study done in January by Monarch Housing Associates — a...

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