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Packing goodies for Operation Shoebox NJ BY HEATHER FIORE The Montgomery Sun There are soldiers all over New Jersey who have dedicated their lives to serving this country and protecting the land we call home. And, when they're overseas in a foreign land, land, thousands of miles away from the people they love, receiving a tiny piece of home receiving can make a world of difference. Providing that small reminder of home, what soldiers soldiers yearn to see after being surrounded by sand or secluded secluded on top of a mountain for months, if not years at a time, is the mission of Operation Shoebox NJ, and what drew around two dozen seniors to the Otto Kaufman Community Center on Thursday, Jan. 24. Founder of Operat Operation ion Shoebox NJ Rod Hirsch, and one of his volunteers, Earl Wilson, visited the center to explain a little bit more about the organization and engage the seniors in a packing event to help support the cause. Operation Shoebox NJ is an allvolunteer, nonprofit, grassroots organization dedicated to collecting donated supplies and shipping care packages to U.S. troops based in Iraq, Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern countries. It was created in 2005 and coordinates with friends and family members of soldiers stationed stationed overseas to maintain a relation-
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Senior citizens helped pack 300 bags of candy at the Otto Kaufman Community Center on Jan. 24, which will go into care packages that are sent over to troops stationed overseas on behalf of Operation Shoebox NJ.
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“We are bringing this to the forefront since the Skillman Park has gone smoke-free, since our school grounds and athletic fields are smoke-free, and other municipalities throughout New Jersey have gone smoke-free with their parks,” Carey said. “We want to present this opportunity to the township to show leadership and to set a good role model for the kids in our community to choose healthylifestyles.” Although Montgomery Township already has an ordinance that bans smoking on all government-owned land, including the grounds of the municipal building, Talbot and Drummond proposed an ordinance that would ex-
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Women’s club focuses on heart health February is American Heart Month, and Feb. 1 is “National Wear Red Day,” a day to raise awareness about heart disease in women. Heart disease kills more women each year than all cancers combined. The Montgomery Woman’s Club is focusing its February meeting on women’s heart health with a special program entitled “Heart Health in Your 30s and Beyond” on Thursday, Feb. 7 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Princeton Fitness
and Wellness Center. Join John D. Passalaris, MD, FACC, board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine, for this invaluable discussion on preventing and managing cardiovascular disease in your 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond by being proactive through exercise and knowing when to seek treatment for certain symptoms. Dr. Passalaris is a member of the Medical Medic al Staff of Princ Princeton eton HealthCare System.
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Writer: Alimony not a gender issue; it’s time for reform The alimony reform battle rages on. Suffering families vs. NJ Matrimonial Bar. And the Bar fights dirty d irty.. A bill to simply create a committee to study this issue sits in NJ Senate Judiciary Judiciary Committee (Senator Nicholas Scutari, who is the Chairman), where it has languished for over a year year.. Why? Because the Bar is threatening our representatives. Threatening to paint them as “anti-woman” if they support alimony reform. We cannot let these lawyers stomp on decent people. Our representatives to muster the courage to fight for need us, not lawyers who want to keep their cash cow. The Bar even went as far as to organize a “continuing education class” entitled
“Why Alimony Is Necessary.” It should have been renamed “Shameless.” Permanent Alimony Payor Sheila Taylor has formed the organization NJWAR (New Jersey Women For Alimony Reform). Sheila, and many of her members are proof that alimony is not a gender issue. I personally challenge Senator Scutari and his Judicial Committee to debate the current bills addressing Alimony Reform and move them out of their committee. committee. It’s time for democracy to work for people, not lawyers. lawyers. The women of New Jersey deserve nothing less. Sherri A Kurtz
radon kits a Inexpensive good idea for residents In the Jan. 16-22 issue of The Sun, there was an article titled “Radon kits available for county residents.” I believe that offer-
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Eight-Legged Freaks: Grades three to five. 5 to 5:45 p.m. at Mary Jacobs Library. Spiders, ticks, and daddy long legs! Oh my! We'll meet some of the amazing creepy crawlies (live and dead!) as we explore their fascinating lives and learn how they are important members of our natural world. Program presented by the Somerset County Park Commission Environmental Education Center. Registration required; call (609) 924-7073, ext. 5.
Riverside Quartet Sings Songs of Love: 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Mary Jacobs Library. Join us for an evening of classic love songs with the Riverside Quartet. The Riverside Quartet is a group of Central New Jersey vocal musicians. Formed in Montgomery Township in 1999, the quartet quickly
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Packages include treats PACKAGES Continued from page 1 ship with their operating bases to send over care packages throughout the duration of their deployment. "A lot of these men and women women are based at forward operating bases, which are up in the mountains of Afghanistan," Hirsch said. "The mountains are very arid, dry, and it's a very rough terrain and a very unforgiving environment; a lot don't have running water, are pretty stark, and pretty basic." "Our boxes are loaded with stuff that they’re used to having having at their fingertips when they’re home here in the U.S., but when you’re there in that kind of a hostile environment, there’s no 7-11's or Shoprite’s or anything like that, and the Army does provide them with food, but it’s Army food," he added. While speaking to the seniors, Hirsch took out one of the care packages, which contains a variety of treats and necessities that that we sometimes take for granted, but are life-changing for a soldier
whose only source of food has been MREs (meals ready to eat). "I've had some [MREs]." Hirsch said. "They taste terrible." In order to refresh their taste buds from the mundane taste of MREs, Hirsch includes some of the best treats for the soldiers in each of the care packages. packages. Each package contains a onegallon plastic bag full of toiletry items (lip balm, moist wipes, eye drops, sunblock, and things relating to the lack of moisture where they are); a one-gallon bag full of food items (pretzels, cough drops, granola bars, tuna, and whatever other items that are donated); two big bags of assorted candy (Reese's, Snickers, Hershey's, etc.); a Beanie Baby; a box of Girl Scout cookies; a personal letter from Hirsch detailing the organization and why they do what they do; and a "Hero Card," which is a small, wallet-sized card distributed to local students, who then color them in and write a little note or letter to the soldier(s). "We want to make sure this box is absolutely stuffed so there's no empty spaces left," Hirsch said. "Anything that we can do to provide them some sort of comforts
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‘Music of Love’ concert on Feb. 10 Try something new this year for Valentine's Day. Candy, flowers, a card – they're all just fine – but what about a burst of music? Come on out to "Music of Love,” a benefit concert for the Raritan Valley Community Cho-
rus featuring Cassandra Marie Lambros, Soprano and violinist and The Riverside Quartet with pianist Beverly Weber on Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. Many members members of the chorus are residents of Montgomery Township.
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ation Shoebox NJ is particularly proud of. The organization partnered with Girl Scouts and their "Gift of Caring" program, program, where the Scouts ask people to buy cookies for the troops overseas and
started a program where they solicited customers once they were leaving asking them to buy a candy bar to be sent overseas for the troops," he said. "It was only supposed to last for a couple of
Borough, where Wilson visits about once a month or so to pick up all of the candy to drop off at the organization's headquarters in Hillsborough. "I go there with my Pathfinder
marriage." Since its inception, Operation Shoebox has managed to send 61,000 care packages to troops overseas. "There are a lot of people overover-
of home, that’s that’s so important; those are the things that they need." Many may wonder, why is a Beanie Baby included in the package? Well, Hirsch has found that Beanie Babies – which are lying around people’s homes in surplus because of the huge fad several years ago when they were supposed to be worth hundreds of dollars – make a huge impression on the residents of the countries soldiers are stationed in. "They [soldiers] pass them along to the children in the villages as little tokens of friend-
then donate the boxes to the Operation Shoebox NJ. "That's how we got the 10,000 or 12,000 boxes of cookies that are currently in our office," Hirsch said. Hirsch detailed how Operation Shoebox NJ also works with a dental office in Manville, Manville Dental Group, which they partnered with three years ago. "They have a program for Halloween known as the 'Candy Buy Back' program, where they offer young customers $1 per pound of candy that they turn into the of-
months, but two years later, we're still doing it because it's been so successfull. They're selling a lot of candy and they're donating all of that candy to us, and it just keeps coming." At the packing event, the seniors helped assemble assemble one of the one-gallon one-gallo n bags of candy that goes into each care package with candy that was all donated from the Walgreens stores. "What you guys are doing for us is incredibly important; it’s invaluable to the cause and it helps so much," Hirsch said. "Every time you pick up one of those lit-
and each time, the candy fills up the entire back of my car," car," Wilson said. "It's between 250 and 300 pounds pound s of candy candy,, easily." easily." Before the care packages are shipped overseas to the soldiers, volunteers like Wilson have to collect the goods, which are donated from individuals, schools, corporate sponsors and other businesses, and then bring them to various organizations like the senior center for the goods to be bagged and packaged. In a matter of only 15 minutes, minutes, the seniors diligently packed 300 bags, a tribute to how quick and
seas who don’t get mail, so we try to make sure that if that’s the case, at least they they get one of our care packages," Hirsch said. While Hirsch was at the center, he also coordinated with Crowley to hold a smaller-scale packing event at the Otto Kaufman Center sometime in May, which will involve all interested seniors from Montgomery and the surrounding areas. "It's a great program," Crowley said. "They bring it, we pack it. It's a great partnership and I'm so excited about it." For more information about
ship, and they bring them to the hospitals and give them to the children there," Hirsch said. "They [Beanie Babies] have a second life. Kids in Afghanistan have very, very little; it's said. So this brightens up their day." day." And, when it comes to Girl Scout cookies, Hirsch explained how "there's nothing more American," which is an affiliation Oper-
fice, so the dentists send all that candy over to us around November," ber ," he said. Along with Manville Dental Group, Hirsch also created a successful relationship with 15 different Walgreens around New Jersey, which is where Operation Shoebox NJ obtains the majority of its candy. "Two years ago, Walgreens
tle bags and put a piece piece of candy in it, you’re being a real patriot." Of the 15 Walgreens that OperOperation Shoebox NJ works with, there is one hub in Middlesex
efficient they are, according to Community Resource Manager Denise Crowley. "The seniors are packing machines," she said. "It's a perfect
the organization, to send a donation of any kind, or to find out how to volunteer for a future packing event, visit opshoeboxnj.org.
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Ordinance could ‘improve social norms, norms,’’ says Drummond ORDINANCE Continued from page 3 pand the ban on ssmoking, moking, specifically where children are present. “What we do is focus on trying to achieve optimal life for everyone in the community through the Coalition and our activities,” Talbot said. “We want to increase the number of municipalities with smoke-free ordinances.” Drummond added to Talbot’s comments and noted how the Coalition hopes to “improve social norms” with ordinances such as this. “By that we mean we’d like to change social norms away from children seeing adults smoking in
public,” she said. “If your kids are at a soccer game or or if they’re at a baseball game, it would be really nice if we don’t have have a lot of adults modeling smoking for kids. We want to really de-normalize that.” Since 2012, Drummond detailed how 15 municipalities have adopted some sort of smoke-free ordinance, including cities like Paterson, Atlantic City and Asbury Park. However, she also described how there’s also the option of adopting a partial ordinance – specifying when and where smokers can smoke, not banning it completely – which Raritan, Manville and Somerville just recently approved. “It’s whatever you would find useful to your township,” Drum-
mond said. “What you want and what meets your need. We’re a resource; if you need us at all, we’re here to help, but it’s not really about us, it’s about you and what you like.” Deputy Mayor Patricia Graham, who attended the township’s Board of of Health (BOH) meeting prior to the committee meeting where Drummond and Talbot presented this ordinance, noted the main concerns associated with adopting this ordinance, which were discussed amongst BOH members. “One point is, you can’t always find a health justification for barring smoking everywhere in a park,” she said. “The other thing is smokers are residents of the town; they pay taxes, and these are public parks for their benefit
as well, so you’re taking away something from these taxpayers, and I think you ought to have a good justification for it.” Graham, along with committeewoman Christine Madrid, also addressed the issue of enforcement, which Drummond explained as “self-enforcing” since no summonses have been issued in any of the towns that have the ordinance. “I don’t think that you should be adopting ordinances that you don’t intend to enforce,” Graham said. “There may be more limited ways to achieve the same goal. The primary concern, as I heard it before the Board Board of Health and here tonight, is not having smoking around children; so, couldn’t you have a more limited ordinance that says, ‘No smoking at
the playgrounds or no smoking while the soccer game is going on?’ To me, that’s a more reasonable measure. Or, putting up signs may be just as effective as implementing this ordinance.” Committee member Chris Sugden echoed Graham’s comments and stated how signs are a more reasonable approach, opposed to implementing a ban with no intent of legal enforcement. enforcement. “Discouragement is the key here,” he said. Since the ordinance was just introduced, the committee decided to not make a decision until it’s further discussed. “When it comes to an ordinance like this, more discussion, more time, and more thought is definitely better,” Mayor Ed Trzaska said.
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