From the Editor: Thank you for supporting the Needy Cause Fund

Thanks, Central Jersey.

Once again, Central Jersey residents, as they have done for decades, show their generosity and goodwill to help their less fortunate neighbors by donating to our annual Needy Cause Fund during the holiday season.

Despite inflation hitting and concerns about the pandemic, the response to the annual fundraiser has been heartwarming.

The Needy Cases Fund is a Central Jersey holiday tradition that has been going on for more than seven decades. The community service project is sponsored by the Home News Tribune and its predecessor, the Daily Home News, working with the Lions Club of New Brunswick. In recent years, the Courier News has joined the Home News Tribune in sponsoring the charity.

From Thanksgiving to Christmas, The Home News Tribune, Courier News and MyCentralJersey.com detail 10 organizations serving Central Jersey. This year’s agencies are Make-A-Wish New Jersey, Elijah’s Promise, Franklin Food Bank, Casa of Middlesex County, Lions Club of New Brunswick, Martin Luther King Youth Center, Community Access Unlimited, Aldersgate Outreach Community Center and Fish Inc. . Dunlen was there. Area.

And you responded with kindness and empathy to the stories of our neighbors in Central Jersey for whom the holiday season is not a joyous one. Every day they face challenges presented by health and economic circumstances beyond their control.

You don’t forget them.

Needy Cases 2022:Lions Clubs stick to their vision

Thanks to your generosity, this year the Fund for Needy Cases received over $11,280. Over the past two decades, more than $550,000 has been raised.

Funds for needy cases are kept in a separate account by the Lions Club of New Brunswick, and distribution of funds is split between MyCentralJersey.com and club representatives.

We thank the following donors this year for showing once again that generosity is stronger than adversity:

• In loving memory of Thomas V. Horvath From Gail Aiello

• From Gail Aiello In Loving Memory of Brandon M. Jackson

• Diane and Brian Davis of Milltown

• Kevin Rogers of Highland Park

• Frederick J Booth and Ann Kiernan of New Brunswick

• Ann H. Turner of Somerset, in memory of many patrons

• Douglas and Donna Smith of Highland Park, in memory of Arthur and Eric Smith

• Jeffrey and Gail Aaron of Highland Park

• In memory of Vincent and Doris Crawbach of South River, their son Rhett and their parents, Frederick and Mary Fisher and Lenny and Katherine Crawbach

• Arthur and Karen Goldenberg of East Brunswick

• Michael Mlynix of Marilyn and Perlin

• Edison’s Jane B. Keibler

• Rotary Club of the Plainfields

• Michelle Senko of South River

• Steven and Ellen Johnson of Bridgewater

• John and Carol Strick of Somerset

• Merrill Marsh of Branchburg

• Joyce DeProspo of East Brunswick

• Caryl and Katherine Smith of Milltown, in memory of Arthur Gaetzer

• Michael and Eileen Lagarte of Milltown, in memory of their niece Nadine Peacock

• In memory of the Domino and Grosso families of John and Marylou Domino of Milton, Massachusetts, New Brunswick

• Margaret Shallcross of North Brunswick in memory of Frank Mumber and Lawrence Shallcross

• Roslyn Sherman of Somerset

In addition there were 17 donors who wished to remain anonymous.

Joe Martino is news director for the Courier News, Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com. He can be reached at 908-243-6608 or [email protected]

This article was originally published on MyCentralJersey.com: Thanking Central Jersey for Supporting the Needy Cases Fund

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