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By Cheryl Conway

When 18-year old

Paige Cooper of

West Orange

learned that her good

friend’s white blood cellcount got higher she imme-

diately jumped into action.

The senior at Newark

Academy in Livingston

began a Go Fund Me Pageand started selling orange

wristbands to raise money

for 18-year old Jimmy Tier-

nan of West Orange who

has been fighting leukemiasince he was in the eighth

grade. Funds will be used to

help Tiernan and his family

pay for medical treatments.

As of press time, Team

Jimmy’s Go Fund Me Page

had raised $6,832 by 122

contributors in just 13 days.

Cooper began the online

fundraising campaign onFeb. 25 with a goal of

reaching $25K. For the

wristband sale, she had

started with an order of 200

bracelets that say “TeamJimmy” on one side and

“No one fights alone” on

the other side. That order

grew to 500 more in just

days with $1,500 raised.“I’ve known about his

leukemia since he was diag-

nosed,” says Cooper. “It

was dormant.” Recently,

Community Joins West Orange Student’s Fight Against Leukemiathough, his white blood

cells count got higher and

“things became more offi-

cial for a bone marrow

transplant. “I said I’d do

anything I can for you.”Friends with Tiernan

since middle school,

Cooper says “We’re very,

very close; he’s my best

friend. It’s a tangible way toshow him how much I care

about him. Jimmy has al-

ways been so happy go

lucky. I wanted to make

sure people are supportiveof him. He’s such a good

person.

“He’s always been here

for me as a friend; I wanted

to return the favor.”

In looking ahead,Cooper says she may plan a

Team Jimmy in Relay for

Life in May.

Tiernan, a senior at West

Orange High School, is sograteful for Cooper’s

friendship and all of the

support he has gotten from

contributors so far.

“I’m pretty thankful for

it,” Tiernan says. “I’mpretty thankful the commu-

nity is supporting me and

that I won’t be going

through this alone. It’ll help

with future medical costs,”as he will be required to

visit the doctor two to three

times a week after the trans-plant.

It was on Dec. 31, 2011when Tiernan was diag-

nosed with Chronic

Myeloid Leukemia during aroutine blood test over

Christmas break. “Theythought it was a mistake,”

he says. Since then he has

undergone six bone marrowbiopsies and was put on

medication, which he says

had stopped working. He

was put on another medica-

tion and that also stopped

being effective. Tiernan isscheduled for a bone mar-

row transplant at Hacken-

sack Medical Center at theend of March.

“I was matched with afew donors,” Tiernan says.

“The doctor chose one

today,” he told the West Or-ange News during the tele-

phone interview. He will berequired to undergo five

days of chemotherapy be-

fore the transplant and willnot be allowed to finish his

last year of high school at

WOHS.

“I can’t go to graduation

or prom,” he says. Although

disappointed, he says, “It’llbe worth it.” He is hoping

school work will be sent to

the hospital so he can grad-uate and make plans for col-

lege in the fall.Looking ahead, Tiernan

remains positive and says

“In a perfect world cancerwill be gone completely;

but there’s a slight chanceit’ll come back in the future.

I’m looking at it positively.

I know if it does, I gotthrough it once, I can do it

again.”

To purchase a Team

Jimmy wristband or donate

to the Go Fund Me Page,

contact Cooper through theGo Fund Me page at

https://www.gofundme.com

/fbqvrh38. Wristbands canalso be purchased for $5 at

Mark and Julie’s Ice Cream,476 Pleasant Valley Way,

West Orange.


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An 11-year old West Orange girl whoplanned on collecting 1,000 books

that feature black girls as the main

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and plans to keep on collecting.

Marley Dias, a sixth grader at EdisonMiddle School in West Orange, loves to

read but when she realized that most of the

characters she was reading about were ei-

ther about white boys or dogs, she decided

she needed to do something to change that.Marley with the support and help of her

mother’s foundation-GrassROOTS of

Community Foundation in West Orange-began an initiative she titled, #1000Black-

GirlBooks Campaign.

No matter the genre, readers like to re-late to the characters they read in books.

“For every different race there is going

to be a different type of story told,” Marley

explains. “It’s not going to be the same;

they each have a different problem. We all

need to see ourselves in books.”

Marley took notice this year of the lackof books with black girls as the main char-

acter.

“I wanted more diversity in the books I

was reading,” says Marley who likes to

read everyday. She knew she wanted more“black girl books.” She says, “In school I

wasn’t reading them; they weren’t there at

all. I didn’t see them very often and I didn’t

see them in my class.”

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Marley’s mom was raised. When the need

to provide these books to even more com-munities was realized, Marley and her mom

decided to keep collecting.

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Photo by Andrea Cipriani Mecchi.

West Orange Sixth Grader Turns The PageToward Diverse Reading Through Book Campaign

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mom. “We don’t see that’ll end; we see it’s

a need that others are experiencing.”

Janice, who founded the GrassROOTSof Community Foundation in 2011 to sup-

port the health and well-being of women

and girls, says “There are very few books

where black girls are the main character andthey are certainly not being assigned in

schools.”

Studies and reports conducted during a

two to three year period have shown that

there are “three percent of books that actu-

ally have black people as the main charac-ters,” says Janice.

Since starting her campaign, Marley wasfeatured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on

Feb. 3. During the show Ellen awarded her

with a check for $10K right on the show.Marley donated the $10K to Grass-

ROOTS Community Foundation and Super

Girls Camp to assist with the movement

and continue her activations.

Since starting her campaign, she has alsobeen featured on The Charlie Rose Show,

CBS This Morning and The Nightly Show

with Larry Wilmore.

The widened publicity has helped Mar-

ley to collect 4,300 books as of press time.

Donations have come from social media,

schools, teachers, parents, friends and pub-

lishing companies. Janice had so far logged

in 700 independent titles.Those books have been donated to the

Henry C. Lea School in Philadelphia; 1,000

books to Speedway Academy in Newark;

and books most recently to St. Cloud Ele-mentary in West Orange, says Janice.

As far as future book drives, Marley

plans on having an annual book drive. No

dates have been confirmed at this time.

In the meantime, all new book donations

can be sent to GrassROOTS CommunityFoundation: 59 Main Street Suite 323 West

Orange, NJ 07052.Marley says she aspires to “be a maga-

zine editor of my own magazine. I like

being the boss.”She offers advice to others who would

like to implement change.

“Don't dwell on things that don't make

you happy,” says Marley. “Always look for-

ward and always ask for help when youwant to do something. Have fun with read-

ing, don't feel forced about reading, reading

books is fun. Read everything! No matter

what age you are you can make a differ-

ence!”

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and April 2 at 7 p.m. with an April 3 mati-

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On Feb. 11, six exchange students from the Hangzhou

Foreign Language School in China were formallywelcomed to West Orange High School for a one-

week visit accompanied by their teacher and chaperone Liang

Chen.In 2010, the Asia Society and Hanban, the Central Chinese

Education Committee selected the Chinese program of theWest Orange Public Schools as a member of the first cohort

of 20 Confucius Classrooms in the United States. The mission

of the Confucius Classroom is to serve as a Model Program

in Chinese instruction. This year, West Orange has more than

220 students enrolled in classes from level one through Ad-

vanced Placement in Chinese Language and Culture.In addition to the instruction of the language, Asia Society

and Hanban work to facilitate exchange opportunities through

the Partner School Program. This marks the sixth year that

West Orange High School has participated in this programwith a student exchange.

A welcome breakfast was held for visitors and host stu-

dents in the Tarnoff Café. They were greeted by district ad-

ministrators including Assistant Superintendent Dr. Donna

Rando, Assistant Principal Dr. Kimberly Mancarella, Athletic

Director Ron Bligh and World Language/ESL K-12 Depart-

ment Supervisor Mary Quiroz. WOHS Chinese teacher Ya- jing Li was also present, along with Dana Peart, WOHS

WOHS Hosts Visiting Chinese Exchange Students

French instructor.

Mancarella was presented with a silk scroll, a gift fromthe Asia Society and Hanban, decorated with a Chinese char-

acter noting, “good fortune.” Bligh presented the visitors with

gifts on behalf of the school district, including t-shirts, varsity

letters, and pins from the WOHS Athletic Department.The visiting students experienced a day in the life of an

American student as they shadowed their host students at the

high school for the entire day. That weekend, host families

and students participated in various activities that included

attending a basketball game, Valentine’s Day party, ice skat-

ing at Codey Arena, visiting Columbia and Princeton Uni-versities, and enjoying tourist sights in New York City. They

also spent a day visiting Washington, D.C.

During the 2014-2015, school year, 15 WOHS students

visited China during spring break. Besides touring Beijing,Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai, they participated in activ-

ities on the beautiful Hangzhou Foreign Languages School

campus. WOHS students shadowed their host students in

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By Cara Connelly

The month of March has its perks.Daylight savings time means an

extra hour of daylight, spring is near

and the highlight of the month - SaintPatrick’s Day celebrations.

Every year on March 17, the Irish andthe Irish-at-heart across the globe observe

St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious

feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has

become an international festival celebrating

Irish culture with parades, dancing, special

foods and a whole lot of green.Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint

Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is a cultural and

religious celebration held on March 17

since the early 17th century. It marks thetraditional death date of Saint Patrick (c.AD 385-461), the foremost patron saint of

Ireland. The day commemorates Saint

Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ire-

land and celebrates the heritage and culture

of the Irish in general.

Celebrations traditionally involve publicparades, festivals or ceilithe and wearing

green. Christians also attend church serv-

ices and Lenten restrictions on eating anddrinking alcohol are lifted for the day. This

seems to encourage and propagate the hol-

iday’s tradition of alcohol consumption.The Mayo Performing Arts Center is

hosting an event, Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom, a local event on Thurs., March

17, at 8 p.m., that combines story and songs

with traditional Irish music and dance. Ac-

cording to Ed Kirchdoerffer, general

manger, the troupe of nearly 15 entertainers

tell the story of Irish independence, honor-ing the struggle of people of fighting to gain

freedom and democracy through dancers,

singers and musicians. Kirchdoerffer prom-

ises a “fun, family show that will be educa-tional and entertaining and there will be noshortage of a Danny Boy sing-a-long.”

Tickets are $39 - $69. Tickets can be

purchased at www.mayoarts.org or call

973-539-8008.

Other community activities included the

Morris County Saint Patrick’s Day Paradein Morristown on March 12. The parade

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boasts that it has more bands than the Rose

Bowl Parade. 70,000 spectators enjoy thisfamily friendly event that begins with pre-parade events at the Green at 10:30 a.m.

and the parade itself at noon at the corner

of South Street and James Street.

The Union County Saint Patrick’s Pa-

rade in Elizabeth began with a Mass at St.

Patrick’s Church at 10 a.m. on March 12.Activities for the whole family included a

kid’s zone on Stuyvesant Avenue and the

parade begins at 1 p.m. sharp.Local Irish Pubs, such as The Dublin

Pub, will offer their regular Irish fare

along with a few cultural specials and of

course, live Irish music. However one cel-

ebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with family and

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dents to discuss teen interests such as sports,

study abroad and music. Students of bothschools enjoyed cooking and playing basket-

ball together. They also put on a concert inwhich they sang pop songs for each other.

WOHS students also received lessons on

Chinese folk songs and arts from the school

music and art teachers. On the weekend, each

student went home with a host student to ex-

perience authentic home life.The visitors returned to China on Thurs.,

Feb. 18. WOHS Chinese language studentsplan to visit the Hangzhou Foreign Lan-

guages School in China in April during

Spring Break.

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Wed., March 16, St. Francis Health Re-sort, Denville, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Fr., March 18, Madison Area YMCA,Madison, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Tues., March 29, Drew University Center

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When founded in 2011, the idea was that

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Through partnerships with communityorganizations, schools, local governmentand others, Moms Helping Moms has col-

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diapers, clothing, formula, nursing supplies,

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dreds of families in New Jersey.President and Founder Bridget Cutler

started the organization “by accident” when

she began collecting excess baby things her

friends no longer needed. Cutler said, “I

had a large network of friends with babies.”

With an assortment of baby productsstored in her garage, Cutler began her or-

ganization. She said, “We’re like a food

bank with diapers and babies.”

Six months ago Moms Helping Moms

paired with Homeless Solutions, Inc., inMorristown, which began as Morris Shelter

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children ages three and under. Then Moms

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full time employees on staff. It’s a constantwork in progress.”

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we would love to be open all the time, but

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Pictured from left, are Kate O'Conner, volunteer; Megan Deaton, secretary of board; and Bridget

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tant, Beth, are making rounds to multiple

schools in the community spreading thegood word about taking care of teeth.

Armed with a PowerPoint presentation

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important that children become aware of

the choices around them and be armed with

information,” said Goldberg. “It was excit-ing to hear from a number of students that

they prefer fruit over candy.”

Beth said, “We see a number of mouth

injuries in the office due to sports, so we felt

it was important that both children and theirparents know that mouthguards are impor-

tant. “The children went home today with a

goody-bag that included an information

sheet to help parents know their options

with mouthguards. A boil-and-bite mouth-

guard is inexpensive, but doesn’t provide

proper protection. A properly fitting guardis really imperative.

“We’ve already received a number of

calls from patients inquiring about different

topics on the information sheet. Its excitingto see such interest and involvement from

the parents. As dentists, assistants, hygien-

ists, and administrators in the dental office,

we love it when parents get into Dental

Health Month, too! For this reason, we

made the information sheet available to the

public on our website.” The direct link is

http://www.morriscountydentist.com/pa-tient-education/.

Goldberg owns Morris County Dental

Associates, LLC, located at the Roxbury

Mall above the Bank Of America. He per-

forms general dentistry for the entire fam-

ily, and is extremely well known for his

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By Cheryl Conway

H

andbags from Lucy’s Gift in Morris-town carry much more weight than

a wallet, checkbook, lipstick and

other miscellaneous items.With every purchase, customers carry on

their shoulders an effort to help children with

special needs and end violence. The pain of losing her husband five years ago lingers for

owner Marisa Spagnoletti of Morristown,

but six months ago she found a way to chan-

nel her loss by opening a non-profit boutique

to raise money for various charities such atthe P.G. Chambers School in Cedar Knolls.

Spagnoletti opened Lucy’s Gift bou-

tique in Morristown in Oct. 2015 and do-

nates 100 percent of the proceeds to honorher late husband Maurice Spagnoletti, a

prominent New Jersey banker tragicallykilled in June 2011, while working in San

Juan, Puerto Rico.

As the founder of Lucy’s Gift, as well as

the Maurice J. Spagnoletti Foundation

(MJSF), the former Florham Park widow hasmade it her mission to help children in need,

victims of crime and honor those who serve

and protect others.

Named after their 10-year old daughter,

Lucy, Spagnoletti says “Lucy’s Gift is ourgift back to the world. It’s just what I wanted

to do. It has grown beyond my dreams. I

don’t have a website or a Facebook page. I

have emails from people all over the coun-

try,” and plans to open a second boutique in

a “major retail strip mall.”With a background in sales marketing-

brand management, Spagnoletti had worked

as a marketing director for Crowe Horwath

accounting firm in New York for 13 years,

but when her husband was killed, her worldchanged.

Her business “started haphazardly” be-

cause of her husband’s death. It began from

helping a small charity and blossomed into

a non-profit business.

Maurice had been good friends with theirdaughter’s doctor, John Connor. It was

through that friendship that Maurice came to

support the Children of China Pediatric

Foundation (CCPF), a charity Dr. Connor

supports by performing free surgeries for or-phans.

“When my husband was murdered my

daughter was very sick,” explains Spagno-

letti. “The day after he was buried, we met

Dr. Connor in Morristown” to take care of

Lucy who has been faced with health issues.“Upon our return to NJ, Dr. Connor was

there and will always be there for us,” Spag-

noletti says. “I told Dr. Connor I would keep

my husband’s promise” as he labeled thedoctor their ‘hero.’

Instead of taking money for Lucy from

those who sent donations after her tragic

loss, Spagnoletti directed donations be sent

to the CCPF in her husband’s memory.

As donations increased, CCPF opened a

rehabilitation training program for chroni-cally disabled and post-surgical orphans in

his honor – the Maurice Journey of love sup-

port and hope J. Spagnoletti Rehabilitation

Program. After three years, when she got

back on her feet, Spagnoletti supported theseefforts by holding small handbag auctions.

In 2012, “I started doing handbag events;

women in large numbers started buying

handbags,” she says. By 2014, this grew to

a sold out crowd. This led to an annual eventin June, raising tens of thousands of dollars

for charity.

After setting enough money aside, Spag-

noletti decided to open Lucy’s Gift to sell

handbags on a regular basis for charity.

“My idea for selling handbags for charity

has exploded,” says Spagnoletti. “I put theseed money in for the boutique,” in hopes to

get money back to cover her salary and health

insurance. After that, all proceeds will go to-

ward helping others.“I don’t have wealth,” explains Spagno-

letti. “I created a business where all the net

profits will go to the foundation, which go to

our charities.”

Inside her boutique, Spagnoletti decorated

using pink, blue and purple hues. She ex-plains the pink represents children in need;

blue for the victims of crime; and purple forthe purple heart.

Through her foundation, MJSF has ex-

panded its charity to children with specialneeds at P.G. Chambers School in Cedar

Knolls to support children in need; is helping

victims of crime by supporting domestic vi-

olence and sexual assault safe houses such as

SAFE in Hunterdon; and aid charities thatsupport the Federal Bureau of Investigation,

whose agents – and families – “inspire

Marisa with their heroic efforts to protect us

domestically,” as explained in the MJSF mis-

sion statement.

“When you buy something, you want toknow where your money is going,” she ex-

Handbags For Charity Carry Mission To Help Children And End Violence

plains.

Spagnoletti selected P.G. Chambers as acharity recipient after meeting one of the

mothers who sends both of her kids who are

in wheelchairs to the school, which provides

the most comprehensive education and ther-

apy programs for children with disabilities.“We met by chance,” says Spagnoletti

about Annabella Rossi, the mother of the twostudents at P.G. Chambers. “At that moment

she was having a bad day; I was having a bad

day.”Out of the 35 volunteers at MJSF, Rossi

became her eighth volunteer.

“She started coming to my house; we be-

came friends.” Spagnoletti honored Rossi

in 2013 when she presented her with the

Maurice Spagnoletti Foundation CaregiverAward. “Annabella is a role model to me.”

Every year, Spagnoletti presents the care-

giver award to an individual, a teacher,

mother or nurse. In June 2015, she gave the

award to a woman named Tiffany who cre-ated a park for disabled children near the Jets

Training Facility. Tiffany’s daughter also at-

tends the P.G. Chambers School.

Lucy’s Gift specializes in mostly hand-

bags, and jewelry. Featured are 200 handbags

on display varying in color, price and func-tion, from popular name brands like Gucci,

authentic lines, fake leather to unheard labels.

Prices of bags range from $50 to $2,000.“Handbags are my life,” she says. “The

sky is the limit for us; we even carry men’swallets,” and bags for men. “Within two

months, we were able to triple our inventory.”

Customers can also find unique costume

jewelry pieces and accesories, ranging from$18 to $350, as well as distinct unique items

such as a wine tote, her number one seller

found in a Texas boutique.

“I travel the country and find really neat

boutiques,” she says, bringing back those rareitems, such as a little mirror that attaches to

an Iphone, to resell.“When you come to my boutique, every-

thing is sacred,” says Spagnoletti. “Our

dream is to bring luxury to all women. I grewup lower income; I didn’t have money to

spend. I always dreamed I’d be able to pro-

vide fashion to everyone.”

Instead of a bow or ribbon, every bag or

purchase is adorned with a barrette.

To her surprise, Spagnoletti’s mission istaking off. Concert-singer Naomi Miller, who

was singing in Italian on the streets in Mor-

ristown, attended her grand opening; Spag-

noletti has been getting emails of support

from around the country; and she recently ap-peared on the NBC Today Show with Al

Roker.

“After five years, I’m finding peace. My

husband was brutally assassinated. Honoring

him was my life mission. The FBI is still in-

vestigating the case,” she adds.A prominent banker for Doral Financial,

Maurice was shot and killed at the age of 57

by unknown assailants, June 15, 2011, whilesitting in his car in traffic on the highway.

Employed with the company for just oneyear, he had been assigned to work in Puerto

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Rico in Jan. 2011, says Spagnoletti.

“Justice is coming I believe that. The people who killed

my husband will be brought to justice. We seek justice for all.

Hope is something we have and something we have to workfor. Hope with positive action prevails. The men and women

I’ve come to know are beyond extraordinary; they are the real

heroes. ”

Part of Spagnoletti’s mission is to put an end to violence.

“My husband was everything to me,” says Spagnoletti.“You don’t heal from violence. It is prevention, awareness

and treatment that will lead to end violence. In my very small

way I’m going to make an impact. It’s my mission to end vi-

olence and I will. I want my husband’s memory honored.

Nothing brings my husband back; my daughter needed her

father.”

She says, “My husband died a hero.” To honor him, MJSFplans to award a $1,500 Future Hero scholarship to a junior

college student in need from Morris County who aspires a

career in preventing or stopping violence. Eric Mohberg,

whose fiancé was brutally murdered 26 years ago, joined herMJSF board and is helping her create the scholarship.

At last year’s annual Handbag Auction held in June at the

Hanover Manor in East Hanover, $30,000 was raised for the

charities. Participants paid $75 for all “you can eat,” dancing,

raffles, silent auction of handbags and other items, and pre-

sentations by charity organizations.

Through her mission, Spagnoletti has rechanneled her

anger to provide a healthy environment for her daughter. She

explains, “I can only focus on positive so she can grow upand be positive.”

“It’s amazing what could be done for the memory of one

hero. Through all of this I’m really finding peace. I was so

low and so sad, but now I’m back. If I’m working 24 hours a

day, it’s not work, it’s what I love to do. I know I never lethim down. I feel my husband smiling when I can do things

like this. I do my little part in helping them; every year I feel

like I’m doing more.”

On her boutique wall hangs a framed poem titled “Life

Does Not Frighten Me At All.” A girl that Spagnoletti met

one year ago at P.G. Chambers School read her that poem.

“Honestly they teach me more,” she says. Since then, Spag-noletti has adopted a class there and “I go and visit her. Noth-

ing frightens this little girl who has all these issues. I would

sell my life for her.”

Spagnoletti has come up with a program in which com-panies pay people to volunteer.

“Corporations can give not to the foundation, but to the

P.G. Chambers School. For that donation, we will train that

staff. Let’s get people to commit to volunteer work.”

As a way to market and add new revenue source for her

boutique, Spagnoletti recently started Lucy’s Gift Treasure

Chest, in which she provides non-profits, fair priced tricky

tray or auction items. Her idea came about after she gave a

handbag to a church who asked her for a tricky tray donation.Lucy’s Gift is open Tues. and Wed., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.;

Thurs., Fri. and Sat., 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Sun. 11 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit mauricejspagnoletti.com or

email [email protected].

Handbags For Charity...continued from previous page

New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York

Blood Center, which supplies blood products and

services to 60 hospitals throughout the state, is in

need of volunteers at blood drives. The blood service vol-unteer is an integral member of the collection team whose

task it is assist donors with registration, escorting and can-

teen duties, and to watch for post donation reactions. Vol-

unteers should have the ability to relate to the public, be

able to perform different jobs as needed and have the will-ingness to follow the rules. For additional information con-

tact, Manager of Community Relations, R. Jan Zepka at

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Students looking to make a differencewhile enjoying time off from schoolcan take part in what has become

known as an alternative spring break. In-stead of cutting loose on the beach, stu-

dents can pick up a spackle bucket andpatch holes. Rather than hitting the slopes,they can hit some nails to put up sheetrockand improve housing alongside homeown-ers.

Morris Habitat for Humanity has build-ing projects in Morristown, Dover andBudd Lake. Others are beginning to getunder way as well, because this year Mor-ris Habitat is committed to completingnine projects before the end of 2016.Much of the effort at the active work sites

involves indoor work and there are warm-ing stations and hot drinks available. Mor-ris Habitat welcomes all volunteers, butthey’re hoping to encourage help from stu-dents on spring break!

If over 16 years of age, consider help-ing to make someone’s dream of home-ownership a reality. Get a group of friendstogether and make it an even more specialexperience.

There are thousands of families livingin inadequate or substandard housing inMorris County because they can’t affordthe area’s high prices. Morris Habitat isdedicated to building decent, affordable

housing with low-income families. Thosechosen by lottery to own a Habitat Housemust commit to at least 400 hours of “sweat equity” to help build their futurehome. So come on out to a constructionsite and build along with the family andother community members.

These alternative spring breaks allowstudents to serve communities in a mean-ingful way. They can travel, meet newpeople, and feel the satisfaction that comesfrom working to improve communities —

and lives. With or without experience,every volunteer hour brings the homescloser to being completed.

To volunteer, contact Stephanie Sayki,director of Volunteer Services, at 973-891-1934 ext. 103; or go to www.MorrisHabi-tat.org to sign up.

Students learn how to install trim as ahome build winds down for a new MorrisHabitat for Humanity Home.

About Morris Habitat for Humanity:Morris Habitat for Humanity is part of

a global, nonprofit housing organizationoperated on Christian principles by build-ing homes, communities and hope. Morris

Habitat is dedicated to eliminating sub-standard housing locally and worldwidethrough constructing, rehabilitating andpreserving homes; advocating for fair and just housing policies; and providing train-ing and access to resources to help fami-lies improve their living conditions.Habitat for Humanity was founded on theconviction that every man, woman andchild should live in dignity and safety, andthat decent shelter in decent communitiesshould be a matter of conscience and ac-

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Since 1985 Morris Habitat has served400 households though home ownershipopportunities, home preservation, and in-ternational home building programs. Of these 62 home were home repair projects

and 74 new homes were built as well.Morris Habitat has set a goal of 12 housingstarts for 2016, completing 9 homes duringthe year. In addition, proceeds from theReStore, opened May 2007, have funded18 homes and diverted almost 5,100 tonsof useable material out of landfills. Lo-cated at 274 South Salem Street, Ran-dolph. Store hours: Tues. & Thur. 10 - 8p.m., Wed., Fri. & Sat. 10 - 6 p.m.

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