MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The MAPSO Storytelling Show returns to the Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Road in Maplewood, on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m. The show revolves around real stuff that happens to real people: funny stuff, sad stuff, everyday stuff that’s random and puzzling and true. Ordinary local people share their life experiences […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The four finalist nominees for the Impact100 Essex 2019 grant award were announced recently. One of the finalists will be voted the recipient of the $120,000 grant by the Impact100 Essex membership at the organization’s annual meeting on Jan. 21 at Seton Hall University in South Orange. “Once again, identifying only […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Gifting Days are here again! South Orange Rotary and the South Orange Public Library will be working with Wynona’s House, Isaiah House, M.E.N.D. and Diller Teen Fellows to collect items for donation. The collection will run through Dec. 16 and all items can be dropped off at the SOPL, 65 Scotland […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Junior League of the Oranges & Short Hills, together with MEND and other volunteer organizations, came together at America’s Grow-a-Row in Pittstown to harvest fresh produce. Together, volunteers picked more than 4,000 pounds of tomatoes, which will provide more than 16,000 servings of farm fresh produce for so many individuals […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood’s Department of Community Services will kick off #Socktober sock drives with a “Rock Your Socks Off” free family dance party this Saturday, Sept. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. Admissions is a recommended donation of a pair of new socks. “Rock Your Socks […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — MEND is hosting its annual fundraiser, the Green Bean Gala, on Saturday, March 9, from 7 to 11 p.m. at The Woodland, 60 Woodland Road in Maplewood. The Green Bean Gala is a cocktail reception that will feature gourmet tasting stations, specialty drinks, music and dancing, and live and silent auctions. Named […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Whether by the truckload, carload or one-by-one, the West Orange community came through in a big way to provide turkeys and sides to all the members of the Holy Trinity-West Orange Food Pantry. “As always, we are so grateful for our amazing community and their compassion and support for the food […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — For more than three decades there has been a strong relation between Food Pantry at Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange and the parish school. In the weeks before the annual Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter food drives, the eighth-grade girls and boys can be seen hauling bags of food that […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange Public Library’s VolunTEEN program kicked off with motivational speaker and Columbia High School graduate Coobee Darcelin, third row, far left. The VolunTEENS are running their summer food drive through Aug. 31 to benefit local food pantries through Meeting Emergency Needs with Dignity. Non-perishable low-salt food can be dropped at […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A big green bus is about to become the public face of the MEND Hunger Relief Network, bringing the message of healthy food for all to local streets. Partnering with the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills, MEND has outfitted a former school bus with a new color scheme […]