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Food Donation Drive This Weekend
The Luis Ortiz Group of Berkshire Hathaway and the Alex Pagano Team of Cross County Mortgage is partnering with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to collect food for those less fortunate.
Bags will be collected in the Collins Tract section of town Nov. 19 and 20.
For more details or to schedule a donation, call 856-357-0073.
Local Sweepstakes Winner’s Food Bank Donation Is In The Can
Generous Contribution Will Help Feed More than One Thousand Area Families
The Food Bank of South Jersey recently received a big bean-boost, thanks to the winner of a national sweepstakes aimed at members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Six Figure Grant From PSEG Foundation Helps Food Bank Of South Jersey
When the pandemic struck, demand for food increased at the Food Bank of South Jersey, an organization dedicated to helping the food insecure.
So, when PSEG and the PSEG Foundation donated $150,000 to the Pennsauken, New Jersey-based organization as part of the Foundation’s COVID-19 support grants, the funds were “sufficient to feed almost a half-million meals,” said Fred Wasiak, president and CEO of the Food Bank of South Jersey, calculating that a single dollar can provide more than three meals.
Operation Christmas Dinner To Help Service Members Away From Home
By Frank Sinatra, AAP Editor
Heather and Rich Cornforth’s son, Chris, joined the United States Air Force in June, right after graduating high school. And while the Pennsauken residents are fortunate that their son will be home for the holidays, others aren’t so lucky. So on Christmas Day, Heather, Rich, and an army of volunteers are planning on serving 100 military personnel from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst at a local hall in town. They’re calling it, “Operation Christmas Dinner.”
Annual Angel Tree Program Helps Pennsauken Residents
Pennsauken residents and businesses are pitching in to help children in the community during the holiday season through the Angel Tree program, which collects new, unwrapped toys for families in need.
Angel Tree Program Helps Pennsauken Residents In Need
Pennsauken residents and businesses are pitching in to help children in the community during the holiday season through the Angel Tree program, which collects new, unwrapped toys for families in need.
Saint Cecilia’s Little Angels Receives New Playground Through Generous Donation
By Frank Sinatra, AAP Editor
Last week, representatives from P.J. Whelihan’s Restaurant Group, staff from Saint Cecilia’s Little Angels, and parish officials were joined by members of Pennsauken Township Committee for the ribbon cutting of a brand new playground at the preschool and daycare center located on Camden Ave.
Angel Tree Helps Dozens Of Families During Holidays
By Frank Sinatra, AAP Editor
Thanks to the generosity of the local community, Pennsauken’s Angel Tree program was one of the most successful it’s ever been. Last month, over 50 families in need were helped during the holidays.
Turning A Tragic 36th Anniversary Into Something Positive
By Judith Kristen, AAP Columnist
For a generation of kids back in the 1960s a band from Liverpool came into our hearts and never left. Here we are 52 years later and our grandchildren are Beatles fans. February 7, 1964 is a date we all remember, the day those four mop tops walked off a Pan Am plane at Kennedy Airport and joyous American Beatlemania began.
Another date, a very sad date, came 16 years later: December 8, 1980, when John Lennon was gunned down outside his apartment house in New York City. I was 32 years old that day, but I felt like 132.
This December 8, I’ve decided to do more than call friends, play John’s music, and remember his life. I’m going to remember how he told us to “Imagine” and “Give Peace a Chance.”
CarusoCare Gives Back To The Community
As part of the CarusoCare’s commitment to the Pennsauken, Merchantville, and Camden communities and the National Funeral Director Pursuit of Excellence program, the staff of Falco, Caruso, and Leonard Funeral Home from the Pennsauken and Cramer Hill locations donated Easter baskets to both the special children of Saint Anthony of Padua in Camden, N.J., as well as to local families in need through the Saint Vincent de Paul Society of Saint Peter’s Church in Merchantville.
