Tag: Operation Gratitude
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Lip balm, dental floss needed to send to troops overseas
North Brunswick Township High School student Chloe Rossmann is collecting unopened lip balm and unopened dental floss to send to troops overseas. She is working with Operation Gratitude, a non-profit organization with the mission of thanking our troops, veterans and first responders for their service. Donations may be dropped off from 8:30 a.m. to 4…
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YMCA of MEWSA will recognize Sept. 11 with service projects
METUCHEN — The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy will recognize the 2017 September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance by bringing YMCA staff and volunteers together with other civic groups to perform a service project in each of the three communities served by a YMCA membership facility — Metuchen, Edison and…
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Library patrons create cool-ties to help troops overseas
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Residents are invited to help troops overseas stay cool while in the depths of military action. Operation Gratitude is a non-profit organization that sends care packages to military personnel and first responders. Barbara Battles, head of Outreach Services for the South Brunswick Library, has a nephew who is in the U.S. Air…
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Charity drive set for July 22 at South Brunswick Library
The South Brunswick Republican Organization will hold a Charity Awareness Open House and Collection Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 22 in the library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. There will be speakers both talking about their mission and collecting items: The South Brunswick Food Pantry (canned goods and…