Tag: The YMCA of Metuchen Edison Woodbridge South Amboy
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5K to honor late director of the Metuchen YMCA
The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy (MEWSA) will hold its annual Janice Garbolino 5K event on Sept. 23. Each year, walkers and runners participate in the 5K event in memory of Janice Garbolino, the former Health & Wellness director of the Metuchen Branch YMCA. Garbolino lost her battle with breast cancer in…
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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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YMCA will hold food drive this summer
The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy will hold its annual Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation food drive from July 1 through Aug. 31. The Y will collect donations of nonperishable food items and deliver them to the Metuchen Food Pantry at the First Presbyterian Church. The pantry regularly helps individuals and families experiencing…
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YMCA offers camp programs
The YMCA of Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge and South Amboy (MEWSA) will offer 11 camps this summer that will make sure kids and teens in the community are adventurous, active and healthy in both body and mind. Camp locations include Edison, Metuchen, Woodbridge, South Amboy, Avenel, Piscataway, Colonia and Fords. YMCA camps offer traditional, specialty and…
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90th Annual Memorial Day Parade May 29
METUCHEN — A former Metuchen police officer and United States Navy veteran will serve as grand marshal of the 90th annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony. The parade will step off at New and Pearl streets at 10 a.m. on May 29 with the theme “Honoring Law Enforcement.” At 17, Charles Moore enlisted in the…