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Thanksgiving Bowling Event for Individuals with Disabilities
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November 15, 2012, 2:51PM
The Family Resource Network's Family Co-Options will hold its 12th Annual Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving morning for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to provide parents an opportunity to prepare thanksgiving dinner uninterrupted. Full story »
Supporting Children After Sandy Hook
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December 15, 2012, 10:24AM
In times like these we grapple with questions about how and why heartless crimes occur and what will happen next. Speaking with my father this morning, he recalled how he walked two miles to school each day (rain, shine, and over hills of course) through the streets of Boston. "How did we come to this," he asked? As grief... Full story »
Helping Hands: New Jersey Cares
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December 07, 2012, 5:23PM
WHAT IT DOES Jersey Cares joins with local nonprofit organizations to implement volunteer projects meeting community needs. By coordinating volunteer projects, Jersey Cares offers the other groups a consistent supply of volunteers. "We seek out organizations we think will be good partners," Dean said. "We find them through the communities." An affiliate of the HandsOn Network, Jersey Cares offers various... Full story »
Helping Hands: HANDS-ON
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December 04, 2012, 9:27AM
WHAT IT DOES HANDS-ON is a program that gives its volunteers a way to meet and talk about their emotional difficulties while helping others. Some HANDS-ON volunteers are recent immigrants, looking for a place to belong. Some are mothers whose children have grown up and left home. Some simply find that helping others helps them. “We were trying to... Full story »
Good Grief Expands to Central New Jersey to Serve Hundreds More Children!
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November 15, 2012, 8:35PM
Good Grief will open its FIRST satellite location in Princeton, New Jersey! The announcement was made during Good Grief's New Jersey's Children's Grief Awareness Day festivities earlier this evening. The satellite will open its doors on February 6, 2013 and is expected to serve hundreds more children from 35 towns in central New Jersey and even more grieving children in the years to come.... Full story »
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Helping Hands: LIFETIES
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November 08, 2012, 10:15AM
“Some kids don’t ever get off their own street or the street three blocks away. It’s no wonder they never learned to dream big — that they’re afraid to dream big,” said Mary Inzana, founder of LifeTies. Full story »
Helping Hands: HomeSharing Inc.
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November 02, 2012, 10:30AM
HomeSharing Inc. helps combat homelessness by matching people who wish to share their homes with people seeking a place to live Full story »
Helping Hands: 4 the Dogs Rescue
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November 01, 2012, 9:00AM
A volunteer group in central New Jersey is working to see that dogs which have lost their homes can find new ones Full story »
2nd Annual Ocean County Caregiving Awareness Night
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October 25, 2012, 2:14PM
In honor of National Caregivers Month in November, the Ocean County Caregivers Coalition will hold a Caregiving Awareness Night on November 15th at the Elks Lodge on Washington Street in Toms River from 4:00 to 7:00pm. Full story »
Health conference to educate family caregivers and professionals
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October 12, 2012, 11:21AM
Workshops include an assistive technology demonstration, advances in epilepsy treatment, health literacy, caring for our veterans, financial planning, mental health first aid and much more. For a full list of workshop topics and descriptions, speaker information or to register as a family or professional, please visit www.nationalcaregiversconference.org. Full story »
Fall Speakers Will Highlight Local NJ Environmental Issues
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October 05, 2012, 1:49PM
Dr. Judy Shaw, senior research associate and director of the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, will enumerate the myriad environmental issues these neighboring watersheds must address—especially the issue of flooding—as well as some environmental solutions residents of both regions can share. Full story »
Peppermints and Ginger Comfort Kits, Inc.
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October 04, 2012, 5:44PM
Peppermints and Ginger Comfort Kits, Inc. is dedicated to providing care packages for patients undergoing chemotherapy Full story »
New Jersey's Death with Dignity Bill will Impact Grieving Children
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September 27, 2012, 5:09PM
On September 24, Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) proposed the New Jersey Death with Dignity Act. Legislation around bills concerning end-of-life care is often fueled with emotion. I have the interesting perspective of having studied Medical Ethics with renowned Theologian and Ethicist Dr. Margaret Farley in 2005, which is when Terry Schiavo was in the spotlight. I am also a... Full story »
Walk for New Jersey Families with Autism, Epilepsy & Other Disabilities
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September 25, 2012, 12:33PM
The Family Resource Network (FRN) will hold its 8th Annual Walk for a Brighter Tomorrow rain or shine on Sunday, October 7th in Roosevelt Park. All funds raised will benefit NJ families affected by intellectual and developmental disabilities including autism, epilepsy and chronic illness. Full story »
Good Grief Changes Lives
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September 20, 2012, 1:48PM
On Thursday, September 13th Good Grief started its 5th Night of Support only two days after our 5th Birthday! Here is the story of a mom, whose life was changed by Good Grief and now, as the first participant to become a facilitator, she is paying it forward for other grieving families. THIS is her story: "Good Grief changed... Full story »
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