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Kent Place Middle School Presents Gift to Bay Head and Mantoloking

May 17, 2013 Release credit: Borough of Bay Head, New Jersey. On Tuesday, April 30th, middle school students from the Kent Place School of Summit, New Jersey gathered at a special school assembly and presented a $5000 check to Mayor Bill Curtis of Bay Head and to Nancy Hamilton of the Community Foundation of New Jersey for the Bay Head/Mantoloking Relief Fund. …

The Case for Play: How Recess Makes Schools Safer

May 17, 2013 As bullying in schools increasingly gains media attention, new studies have emerged that link environmental factors to kids’ behavior in schools. Better school breakfast or lunch programs, for example, can improve academic performance and social interaction. Awareness of bullying and the appropriate methods for dealing with it can also help create safer schools.…

CFNJ-Sponsored Town Hall on Sandy Airs Thursday

May 13, 2013 This Thursday, May 16th, NJTV will broadcast what it calls “a special, [two-hour] multi-platform live Town Hall event.” Superstorm Sandy: A Live Town Hall will air at 8:00pm on NJTV as well as WLIW21 on Long Island, WHYY TV in Philadelphia, and THIRTEEN in New York City.…

CFNJ-Sponsored Town Hall on Sandy Airs May 16

May 13, 2013 This Thursday, May 16th, NJTV will broadcast what it calls “a special, [two-hour] multi-platform live Town Hall event.”  Superstorm Sandy: A Live Town Hall will air at 8:00pm on NJTV as well as WLIW21 on Long Island, WHYY TV in Philadelphia, and THIRTEEN in New York City. …

Red Bank High Student Wins Creative Writing Scholarship

May 9, 2013 The Selection Committee of The Jonathan Maslow Scholarship today announced the recipient of its 2013 scholarship award. Kaylah Swanger, a graduating senior at Red Bank Regional High School (RBRHS) and resident of Bradley Beach, will receive a scholarship in the amount of $5,000. …

Q&A on Scholarships: Faith Krueger

May 1, 2013 While many were focused on their NCAA brackets in March, it was a different kind of “March Madness” at the Community Foundation, where scholarship season really kicked into high gear.  Now in May, new scholarship funds continue to open up, guidelines are posted online, and numerous applications are still coming in. …

Heroin Addiction in New Jersey: New Trends Create New Challenges

April 29, 2013 Is heroin in your neighborhood?  Recent data suggests there’s a good chance. Since 2010, heroin has become the most commonly cited drug for emergency department and drug treatment admissions in New Jersey.  Nationally, the rate of first-time heroin users has doubled in less than a decade, so says the U.S.…

Drug Abuse Takes a Turn for the Medicine Chest

April 29, 2013 We first shared the below story on prescription drug abuse in 2012.  But the success of “National Prescription Take Back Day” on April 27th caused us to revisit the issue.  Click here to read how several Morris County communities safely collected and disposed of potentially dangerous (if used incorrectly) prescription drugs – and how you can do the same in your community. …

Standing Up for Students: Anti-Bullying Programs in NJ Schools

April 29, 2013 It used to be spitballs.  But bullying today – as highlighted in media and entertainment and by a growing number of nonprofits – is increasingly severe, damaging to students (psychologically and physically), and disruptive to classrooms. In New Jersey alone, more than 26,000 incidents of violence and bullying were reported in 2011 in accordance with a new statewide anti-bullying law. …

CFNJ Hosts Impact 100 Garden State Information Session

April 23, 2013 This time it was a $133,000 grant that had the Community Foundation’s conference room packed with nonprofit leaders. Impact 100 Garden State, which was established by six New Jersey women just last year, organized the event to discuss the application process and parameters around their sole grant for 2013.…