Rowan University Engineering Students Improve Veterans’ Quality of Life

Quality of Life Plus (QL+), a non-profit organization headquartered in McLean, VA, is sponsoring a capstone project at Rowan University (Rowan) that will dramatically improve a veteran’s quality of life. Rowan engineering students are designing and building a “One-Arm Paddle Device” as their capstone project for Army veteran David Snypes. Snypes, a QL+ “Challenger,” is […]

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Bottino Cancer Foundation Donates $150,000 to Cancer Care Programs

Bill Bottino Cancer Foundation (BBCF) representatives held a check presentation ceremony to provide a $150,000 donation to two area cancer care organizations, the Inspira Health Foundation and the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Washington Township at Jefferson Health in New Jersey. The $150,000 in donated funds were raised during this year’s annual events that included

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First Bike

Christmastime has historically been used by many as an opportunity for thinking not of one’s self, but of others—especially of those in need. On December 5 and 6, more than 100 volunteers gathered at the YMCA of Cumberland County in Vineland, to assemble and distribute bicycles to local at-risk youths during Ron Jaworksi’s 2nd Annual

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Monumental Gift

Entrepreneur and philanthropist John F. Scarpa has pledged $8 million to the Stockton University Foundation. It is the largest gift in the university’s history. The gift from The John F. Scarpa Foundation, courtesy of John and Jana Scarpa, will target two primary initiatives—Stockton’s expansion of its Academic program in Atlantic City and its Health Sciences

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Vineland Holiday Lighting Contest Announced

The City of Vineland and the Vineland Municipal Utilities are accepting entries for the 2019 David Di Giovacchino Holiday Lighting Contest. The contest is an annual opportunity for residents to showcase their creative talents with wonderful holiday displays. Participants are encouraged to be original, colourful, and imaginative with their use of lights, seasonal characters, scenes,

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2020 Challenge

As we made our way through 2019, the year was dotted with all manner of retrospectives on NASA, Apollo 11, and the moon landing. Part of this look over our collective shoulder included looking back at the early 1960s and the start of the space race during the Kennedy administration. Almost all the 50th anniversary

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