Applebee’s Teams up with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Applebee’s restaurants nationwide are teaming up with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for their 15th year in the fight against childhood cancer and to fund pediatric cancer research and family support programs. Again this year, neighbors who visit any of the more than 1,000 participating Applebee’s restaurants now through August 11 can purchase lemon-shaped pin-up cards […]

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Dog Days Report

It’s been a hot time on The Ave for kids this past month, and I don’t mean just the temperature. The second year of Play Streets in Vineland is a wrap and it continues to build momentum. Let’s look at “the tale of the tape” to look at this year’s success. For the first four

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Camden Poet

In the final eight years of his life, poet Walt Whitman finally earned the acclaim he had sought during the previous several decades. But his new fame wasn’t the only change he would experience during these last years in Camden. According to Walt Whitman’s America by David S. Reynolds, Whitman was faced with a quandary

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland & Salem Counties Receives $100,000 Grant for Mentoring

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cumberland and Salem Counties (BBBS) has been awarded a $100,000 Core Mission Grant by Impact100 South Jersey, a women’s collective giving fund at Community Foundation of South Jersey. The grant will be paid over a two-year funding cycle—July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021. BBBS will use the grant to

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County Habitat for Humanity Elects Board Leaders

Cumberland County Habitat for Humanity would like to announce the election of our new Board of Directors President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. On Monday, July 8, during the annual reorganizational meeting, Rob Buono was elected as President of Board, Linda Hinckley was elected Vice President of Board, Debbie Holman was elected Secretary and Frank

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Sweeney Visits County Library

New Jersey Library Association Executive Director Pat Tumulty, Cumberland County Library Director Susanne Sacchetti and Deputy State Librarian Peggy Cadigan met with New Jersey Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney recently. He was very impressed with everything happening in the libraries in his district and throughout New Jersey. In the photo, Sweeney holds a poster the

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