Role Models

The Pascale Sykes Foundation will host Working Together For Working Families: The Whole Family Approach on Thursday, February 13, at Rowan College of South Jersey’s Luciano Center in Vineland. The one-day conference will focus on how the Foundation’s acclaimed Whole Family Approach is strengthening America’s low-income working-class families It follows the highly successful 2017 Working […]

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Roses Are Red

For centuries, the color red has been associated with passion, deep love, desire, and romance—so naturally, it’s the hue of choice for Valentine’s Day, the celebration of romantic love. It’s not the only color that’s supposed to mean something that day, too. Just ask the bewildered customer trying to pick out the proper rose to

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A Lasting Legacy

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) presented its three annual awards and one special award for outstanding service and noteworthy philanthropy at its January 6 annual awards banquet, held during the annual Presidents Institute in Marco Island, Florida. The Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc. earned the 2020 Award for Philanthropy (Organization). Accepting the award

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Attitude of Gratitude

A grateful heart lifts your own spirits and the spirits of those around you. When you commit to an attitude of gratitude, you foster more meaningful relationships with the ones you care about—yourself included. I want to give you three simple ways to express gratitude each day, and show you how each one has been

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Service Above Self

The Tri-County (VMBN) Rotary Club recently named Rev. Robert J. Murray, O.S.A., Shaun Connors, and Shirley Santos as its first-ever Vocational Service Award recipients. ​The awards recognize non-Rotarians, who through their chosen vocation, make a positive difference in the lives of others and the communities in which they live and work. “These individuals embody the

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On the Wine Trail

Give your sweetheart the perfect treat for Valentine’s Day by visiting New Jersey wine country for the Wine & Chocolate Wine Trail Weekend presented by the Garden State Wine Growers Association. This year the event will be celebrated on two weekends— February 8 and 9 and February 15 and 16 from noon to 5 p.m.

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2020 Lineup

I’m going to take this occasion to give you a sneak peek at the year ahead and give you a rundown of the events we have in store. Details for many of the events will be forthcoming and we may have some additions to the schedule, as time goes on. Here’s what we have so

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Off the Shelf

Last month, Patricia Martinelli, curator of the Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society, began the process of unlocking a portion of town founder Charles K. Landis’ archives that had never been explored or documented in any detail over the past century. Two bookcases, filled with books and other material owned by the Landis family during the

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Bridgeton Native Recognized as Hospice Nurse of the Year

Sandy Dutra, a nurse at Angelic Health as been named Hospice Nurse of the Year for 2019 by the International Nurses Association. “Sandy exemplifies everything one would want a hospice nurse to be…kind, compassionate, caring,” said April Gall, RN, director of admissions. “She puts patients at ease and helps guide them and their loved ones

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