Education is Key

How can we overcome long-standing misconceptions about mental illness? One way is through education. Becoming informed about any subject takes effort but educating ourselves about mental illness is the first step in erasing stigma. Understanding mental illness and how to get effective treatment leads to full and satisfying lives and reduces negative thinking. In the […]

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Purple Produce

We Americans call it an eggplant, the French and most Europeans call it aubergine. No matter what you call this shiny globular purple vegetable, it certainly is one of the most versatile summer veggies. Carluccio’s in Northfield makes the most incredible pizza, my favorite being their eggplant parm pizza with a big dollop of ricotta

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Wooly Wonder

On weekdays we have a morning routine that most often involves a neighborhood walk that we extend into Millville’s Laurel Lake area. This jaunt includes my husband, a neighbor, and me. We often identify plants and trees as part of the morning activity. I suppose because of my interests this often becomes a stump-the-chump exercise

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Good Deeds…in Pairs

Sometimes it’s the simple things that mean the most to others. A simple act of kindness can change lives in so many ways. Maybe it just showing that someone cares. Maybe it’s giving a hand up or providing something that seems so trivial to some, but can tremendously help a person in need. Blisters on

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The Marvel Age

Beginning today, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Nick Fury will begin battling the Skrulls, the shapeshifting alien race, on the Disney+ series Secret Invasion. Like most MCU characters, the Skrulls are by no means a new threat for comic book readers, dating back as they do to a 1961 issue of Fantastic Four. For those interested

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Passport to Manhood Teaches Etiquette, Manners, and More

Several Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County members attended the Marine Corps – Law Enforcement Foundation (MC-LEF) Gala recently at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. The young men represented the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cumberland County in an outstanding and professional manner. In 2019, current club staffer and Officer Nathaniel Lewis, an officer

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Ready for the Job Force!

Maggie F. completed the C5 Program (Cumberland County Custom Career Club), which is a job readiness program in partnership with the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office, Workforce Development, and under the Boys and Girls Club’s CareerLaunch program area. Congratulations to Maggie who recently started a job as a junior counselor at the Boys & Girls Club’s

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