Tag: Popcorn for the People
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Woodbridge new COVID-19 cases remain low, township farmer’s market opens June 27
WOODBRIDGE – The township reported six new cases in a two-day period, which bring the total number of cases to 2,093, according to Mayor John McCormac in his coronavirus report on June 24. There were three new cases reported on June 22 and three new cases reported on June 23. “Let’s keep up the effort…
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Four ESCNJ students work at Monday Night Football game
Four students with autism from the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey (ESCNJ) enjoyed Monday Night Football in a whole new way. Arthur Harris, Michael Ciaccio and Marcus Wilson from ESCNJ’s Pathway to Adult Living Program (PAL), and Jonathan Gomez from the Future Foundations Academy (FFA), had the opportunity to serve popcorn at the Philadelphia…
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East Brunswick Art & Music Festival set for June 1
The Township of East Brunswick’s Department of Recreation & Parks will hold its annual Art & Music Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 1, rain or shine, outside of the East Brunswick Community Arts Center, 721 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. This daylong event includes the 17th annual juried art show and sale,…
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Hundreds of residents wine and dine at NMG’s Chocolate & Wine event
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Mouths were moving at a record pace on Jan. 27 – mostly because people were eating sweet treats, drinking wine samples and talking with old friends for most of the afternoon. At Newspaper Media Group’s (NMG) fourth annual Chocolate & Wine event, more than 600 people meandered through the Reflections Ballroom…
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ESCNJ prepares students for independent living
While discussing Community-Based Instruction (CBI) on the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey’s (ESCNJ) Better Together podcast, first-year South River Public Schools Superintendent Sylvia Zircher remarked on the organization’s value in “teaching you how to fish” when it comes to operating educational programs. Zircher, a first-year ESCNJ board member as well, noted how the support…
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Popcorn orders will benefit trainees with autism
The South River Special Education PTA (SEPTA) is selling popcorn to help raise awareness of Popcorn for the People and the Let’s Work for Good non-profit organizations that train and hire young adults with autism and other disabilities. Download the order form at www.southriverpta.org/pdf/SEPTA_Popcorn_Fundraiser_Form_Student.pdf Orders are due by Dec. 8. For more information, visit www.southriverpta.org/popcorn-for-the-people-fundraiser/ or www.popcornforthepeople.com.
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Popcorn firm that employs adults with autism opens new facility
EAST BRUNSWICK Creating edible kernel flavors ranging from cookies and cream to buffalo wing, Popcorn for the People opened its newest location. Popcorn For the People is a project through Let’s Work For Good, which was founded in 2015 by developmental pediatrician Barbie Zimmerman Bier and her husband Steven, along with their son Samuel, who…