Mary Pat Christie Announces Candidates for May New Jersey Heroes Online Poll
To mark Military Appreciation Month, First Lady Mary Pat Christie and the New Jersey Heroes Foundation have designated three deserving individuals as nominees for the May online New Jersey Hero poll. The three candidates – Ray Chimileski of Long Valley, Morris County; Tom Cunningham of Raritan, Somerset County and Jack McDonald of...
read moreOperation Chillout nominated for ‘New Jersey Heroes’ award
A 15-year-old non-profit that helps homeless veterans is trying to keep pace as the numbers haves increased with a new generation of veterans home from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Long Valley-based “Operation Chillout” continues to serve the homeless and the organization has been nominated to be named...
read moreIt started with a Facebook request for a two-person tent for a homeless couple to get through Tuesday night.
MILLVILLE — Renee Brecht doesn’t ordinarily fly by the seat of her pants as program director of the Millville office of the American Littoral Society. But Wednesday was different. Brecht has taken over the Code Blue effort in Millville, the only major city in Cumberland County without one. It all started when she wrote a...
read moreProject Homeless Connect held in Phillipsburg and Hackettstown
United Way of Northern New Jersey partnered with the Warren County Department of Human Services, Catholic Charities and other organizations to host Project Homeless Connect on Wednesday in Phillipsburg and Hackettstown. Held in conjunction with the Point in Time Count, the yearly, one-day event provides services to homeless people...
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