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How to Help With Anxiety in Children During the Pandemic

Signs of anxiety in children can manifest in different ways, including behavior issues, changes in eating or sleeping habits, lack of interest in activities they typically enjoy, and nervousness.

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South Jersey COVID-19 Response Fund Helps Students Continue Education At Our Lady of Mercy Academy

One-hundred percent of the critical funds were appropriated to students and families with need.

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Ocean County YMCA’s Crochet Club Hosts First-Ever Made With Love Event The HOPE Center

The Ocean County YMCA partners with national nonprofit to provide warmth for those in need this winter.

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Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation Distributes Critical PPE to Northeasterners on Frontlines of COVID-19

The donations include pallets of PPE including face shields, KN95 masks, antibacterial and disinfecting hand wipes, and hand sanitizer, for a total retail value of $12,000 to each community.

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Creek Food Mart (in Newly Named “Creek Plaza) Set to Open in March

The food mart is the first tenant that will open in the strip that had been sitting mostly vacant and dilapidated for years.

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Impact100 South Jersey Women’s Collective Giving Initiative to Award $200K in Grants to Local Nonprofits

Impact100 grant review volunteers will begin the process of awarding one $100,000 Core Mission Grant and two $50,000 General Operating Grants to nonprofit organizations that serve Burlington, Camden, Gloucester or Cumberland Counties.

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William Paterson University Adjunct Professor Named as N.J. Nurses New President

Mary Ellen Levine keeps focus to COVID-19 crisis.

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Leading Loyalty Marketing and Rewards Provider Contributes Hundreds of Pounds of Food

Rymax’s heartfelt donation included hundreds of pounds of pasta, hearty soups, cereal, tuna, macaroni and cheese, vegetables, beverages and more.

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NJ Judiciary Drug Court Participant Has Urgent Reason to Interrupt Session

Just 10 minutes into the session, Desmond Causey-Jones interrupted Superior Court Judge Jeffrey J. Waldman with an important message, telling the judge he needed to sign off.

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Sam and Luke Goldstein Honored With Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award

Sam and Luke Goldstein of Linwood proudly display the award for being honored as Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy by the Association of Fundraising Professionals New Jersey Southern Chapter. Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties nominated the brothers for their commitment to hosting food collections, clothing drives and raising revenue for the non-profit agency. (Photograph provided by Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties)