26. Wegmans Customers Donate $2.5 Million to Hunger Relief in Fall 2024
Wegmans customers raised more than $2.5 million during the company’s fall 2024 hunger relief checkout scanning campaign. Since its inception over 30 years ago, Wegmans’ Check Out Hunger campaign has raised more than $55 million for hunger relief. In 2024, Wegmans customers raised $3.2 million to help reduce ...
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27. Alfred N. Sanzari Family Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Fall Grant Program
$52,500 awarded to 15 local non-profits to support community-focused programs in 2025 and beyond
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28. KBC Advisors Contributes $50,000 to the Sharing Network Foundation to Help Save and Enhance Lives Through Organ and Tissue Donation
(NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ) – NJ Sharing Network (NJSN), the federally designated nonprofit organization responsible for saving and enhancing lives through the recovery of donated organs and tissue in the Garden State, has received a significant boost for its lifesaving mission with a generous $50,000 grant from KBC Advisors (KBC) to ...
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29. New Jersey’s Michael Rizzo Recognized During the 2025 Rose Parade in Pasadena
(Pasadena, CA) – On New Years Day, heart and tissue transplant recipient Michael Rizzo of Upper Saddle River, NJ, participated in the world’s most visible campaign to inspire organ and tissue donation. Rizzo proudly served as a float rider on OneLegacy’s Donate Life Rose Parade? float in Pasadena, CA. His ...
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30. Hamburg Resident Lawrence Bologna Gives Thanks for Lifesaving Liver Transplant and Honors His Organ Donor
(Hamburg, NJ) – This holiday season, Lawrence “Larry” Bologna is especially mindful of the precious gift he received 19 years ago. On November 20, 2005, Larry’s life was forever changed by a lifesaving liver transplant. This year, surrounded by family, Larry will honor his donor and remember the gift that ...
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31. The Valley Hospital Dedicates Family Care Pavilion in Honor of Audrey Meyers and Her 45 Years of Service to Valley
PARAMUS, NJ, December 23, 2024 – Valley Health System is pleased to announce the dedication of the Audrey Meyers Family Care Pavilion, named in honor of Audrey Meyers, FACHE, CEO Emeritus of Valley Health System. A dedication ceremony was held on Wednesday, December 18, and attended by members of Valley ...
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32. New Jersey’s Michael Rizzo Sponsored by the Sharing Network Foundation and MTF Biologics to Participate in the 2025 Rose Parade
... federally designated non-profit organization responsible for the recovery of donated organs and tissue in the Garden State, hosted a reception to honor heart and tissue recipient Michael Rizzo of Upper Saddle River, NJ, as he gets set to participate in the 2025 Rose Parade? in Pasadena, CA, on New Year’s ...
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33. Student Secures NJ Sharing Network Scholarship
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College respiratory therapy student Karsen Griffin has earned one of six $1,000 health science scholarships from the NJ Sharing Network Foundation recognizing students dedicated to careers that support organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
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34. PSEG Foundation Celebrates 10 Years and Nearly $8M in Grants, Empowering Communities Across New Jersey and New York
The Neighborhood Partners Program has supported over 400 nonprofits in 14 counties across New Jersey and Long Island
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35. RRT N.A. Celebrates a Year of Service
Rapid Relief Team Ends 2024 with a Total of 58,000 Meals Served at 270 Events Across North America [Ridgefield Park, NJ – December 5, 2024] – The Rapid Relief Team (RRT), the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC), celebrates the end of a banner year. In 2024, ...
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36. TRAVEL WEEKLY HONORS BEST OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY
NEW YORK – Travel Weekly, the most influential source of news, research, opinion and analysis to the travel industry, honored the winners of its 22nd annual Readers’ Choice Awards at a black-tie gala dinner and ceremony on December 11 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. 
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37. Juniper Village at Paramus Recognized as Best In Wellness by ICAA
November 20, 2024 (Paramus, NJ) – Juniper Communities, a premier owner/operator of senior living communities, is proud to announce that their Paramus location, Juniper Village at Paramus, has earned the prestigious 2024 ICAA NuStep Beacon Award for “Best In Wellness” by the International Council on Active Aging? (ICAA) and NuStep, ...
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38. Sharing Network Foundation Awards Health Sciences Scholarships to College Students
Scholarship Aims to Empower Future Healthcare Leaders Committed to Organ and Tissue Donation NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – The Sharing Network Foundation is proud to announce the honorees of its inaugural Health Sciences Scholarships, awarded to six exceptional college students from New Jersey who are dedicated to careers that support ...
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39. The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County Celebrates National Philanthropy Day and Awards Grants Totaling $115,000 to Nonprofit Agencies
(Eastern Bergen County, New Jersey; November 18, 2024) -- The Community Chest of Eastern Bergen County opened National Philanthropy Day and announced 28 grants were awarded, totaling $ 115,000, to 29 nonprofit agencies responding to increased need in the community. 
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40. USPS Operation Santa Launches Online Catalog Santa’s Gift Shoppe Powered by Toys“R”Us?
New e-commerce option for gift fulfillment makes it easy to shop for and ship the perfect gift
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41. Valley Health System Honored For Digital Excellence As a 2024 Digital Health Most Wired Survey Recipient
PARAMUS, NJ, November 18, 2024 – Valley Health System has been recognized as one of the nation’s “Most Wired” according to The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Digital Health Most Wired? 2024 survey.
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42. Organ Transplant Recipients, Living Donors, and Donor Families Celebrate Transplant Games Medal-Winning Success at MetLife Stadium Homecoming
(EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ) – Organ transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut gathered at MetLife Stadium to celebrate their inspiring achievements at the 2024 Transplant Games of America held in Birmingham, Alabama.
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43. Veterans Day Story of Hope: Local Vietnam Veteran Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Lifesaving Heart Transplant
... honor the brave men and women who served our country this Veterans Day, Joseph Doll, a Vietnam veteran from Green Brook, reflects on his own incredible journey - not only as a proud serviceman but as a heart transplant recipient who recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of his lifesaving transplant.
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44. Valley Medical Group Co-Director of Urogynecology Honored as 2024 Raymond A. Lee Lecturer
PARAMUS, NJ, November 6, 2024 – Valley Medical Group congratulates Patrick Culligan, MD, FACOG, FACS, Co-Director of Urogynecology for Valley Medical Group, for his recognition as the 2024 Raymond A. Lee Lecturer presented by the American Urogynecology Society (AUGS).
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45. From Lifesaving Kidney Transplant Recipient to Advocate: NJ Sharing Network Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by Highlighting the Inspiring Journey of Nancy “Zoeh” Arana of Roselle
(Roselle, NJ) – According to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN), over 22,000 Hispanic individuals are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list. In 2023, Hispanic Americans made up about 15% of all organ donors in the U.S. This ...
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46. Feds Select Bergen for $2.97 Million Grant
PARAMUS, N.J. – The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a $2.97 million grant to develop support programs that will help students remain enrolled and positioned to earn associate degrees.
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47. Morristown’s Kerry O’Connor Celebrates 11th Anniversary of Lifesaving Pancreas Transplant and Advocates for Organ Donation
(Morristown, NJ) – Kerry O’Connor is celebrating a significant milestone this September – it is 11 years since a pancreas transplant saved her life. Reflecting on her journey, Kerry is using this anniversary to advocate for NJ Sharing Network and encourage people to register as organ and tissue donors to ...
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48. HUD Awards $425,000 to the Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey to Fight Housing Discrimination
Funding will support and promote fair housing nationwide. NEW JERSEY - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $31.7 million from its FY 2024 budget to support 75 fair housing organizations across the nation through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP).
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49. NJ Sharing Network’s Live Healthy and Move Community Event
Vera Ames Park, Paterson, NJ NJ Sharing Network, the non-profit organization responsible for the recovery of donated organs and tissue in the Garden State, works throughout the year with community partners and grassroots organizations to improve the health and wellness of residents. NJ Sharing Network’s Live Healthy & Move ...
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50. Alfred N. Sanzari Family Foundation Announces Recipients of 2024 Spring Grant Program
... dedicated to improving communities across the Northeast, is proud to announce it has awarded nine grants totaling $50,185 for its Spring 2024 grant program. Grant recipients include Youth Consultation Service, Push to Walk, Community Meals Inc., Community Scholarship Fund of Teaneck, Emmanuel Cancer Foundation, Rebuilding Together North Jersey, Oasis, 180 ...
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