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Community Joins West Orange Students Fight Against Leukemia

By Cheryl Conway
hen 18-year old
Paige Cooper of
West
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learned that her good
friends white blood cell
count got higher she immediately jumped into action.
The senior at Newark
Academy in Livingston
began a Go Fund Me Page
and started selling orange
wristbands to raise money
for 18-year old Jimmy Tiernan of West Orange who
has been fighting leukemia
since he was in the eighth
grade. Funds will be used to
help Tiernan and his family
pay for medical treatments.
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contributors in just 13 days.
Cooper began the online
fundraising campaign on
Feb. 25 with a goal of
reaching $25K. For the
wristband sale, she had
started with an order of 200
bracelets that say Team
Jimmy on one side and
No one fights alone on
the other side. That order
grew to 500 more in just
days with $1,500 raised.
Ive known about his
leukemia since he was diagnosed, says Cooper. It
was dormant. Recently,
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though, his white blood

cells count got higher and
things became more official for a bone marrow
transplant. I said Id do
anything I can for you.
Friends with Tiernan
since
middle
school,
Cooper says Were very,
very close; hes my best
friend. Its a tangible way to
show him how much I care
about him. Jimmy has always been so happy go
lucky. I wanted to make
sure people are supportive
of him. Hes such a good
person.
Hes always been here
for me as a friend; I wanted
to return the favor.
In
looking
ahead,
Cooper says she may plan a
Team Jimmy in Relay for
Life in May.
Tiernan, a senior at West
Orange High School, is so
grateful for Coopers
friendship and all of the
support he has gotten from
contributors so far.
Im pretty thankful for
it, Tiernan says. Im
pretty thankful the community is supporting me and
that I wont be going
through this alone. Itll help
with future medical costs,
as he will be required to
visit the doctor two to three
times a week after the transplant.
It was on Dec. 31, 2011
when Tiernan was diagnosed
with
Chronic

Myeloid Leukemia during a

routine blood test over
Christmas break. They
thought it was a mistake,
he says. Since then he has
undergone six bone marrow
biopsies and was put on
medication, which he says
had stopped working. He
was put on another medication and that also stopped
being effective. Tiernan is
scheduled for a bone marrow transplant at Hackensack Medical Center at the
end of March.
I was matched with a
few donors, Tiernan says.
The doctor chose one

today, he told the West Orange News during the telephone interview. He will be
required to undergo five
days of chemotherapy before the transplant and will
not be allowed to finish his
last year of high school at
WOHS.
I cant go to graduation
or prom, he says. Although
disappointed, he says, Itll
be worth it. He is hoping
school work will be sent to
the hospital so he can graduate and make plans for college in the fall.
Looking ahead, Tiernan
remains positive and says

In a perfect world cancer

will be gone completely;
but theres a slight chance
itll come back in the future.
Im looking at it positively.
I know if it does, I got
through it once, I can do it
again.
To purchase a Team
Jimmy wristband or donate
to the Go Fund Me Page,
contact Cooper through the
Go Fund Me page at
https://www.gofundme.com
/fbqvrh38. Wristbands can
also be purchased for $5 at
Mark and Julies Ice Cream,
476 Pleasant Valley Way,
West Orange.

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ooking for a fun activity to get ready

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A bunny is coming to greet all the kids;
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he Garden State Yacht Club on scenic Lake Hopatcong invites the public to visit their waterfront facilities.
Literally, just minutes drive, experience
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The Garden State Yacht Club offers a
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Two open houses are scheduled to see
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West Orange Sixth Grader Turns The Page

Toward Diverse Reading Through Book Campaign

By Cheryl Conway
n 11-year old West Orange girl who
planned on collecting 1,000 books
that feature black girls as the main
character has gone way beyond her goal
and plans to keep on collecting.
Marley Dias, a sixth grader at Edison
Middle School in West Orange, loves to
read but when she realized that most of the
characters she was reading about were either about white boys or dogs, she decided
she needed to do something to change that.
Marley with the support and help of her
mothers foundation-GrassROOTS of
Community Foundation in West Orangebegan an initiative she titled, #1000BlackGirlBooks Campaign.
No matter the genre, readers like to relate to the characters they read in books.
For every different race there is going
to be a different type of story told, Marley
explains. Its not going to be the same;
they each have a different problem. We all

need to see ourselves in books.

Marley took notice this year of the lack
of books with black girls as the main character.
I wanted more diversity in the books I
was reading, says Marley who likes to
read everyday. She knew she wanted more
black girl books. She says, In school I
wasnt reading them; they werent there at
all. I didnt see them very often and I didnt
see them in my class.
That led Marley to starting her social
media campaign in Nov. 2015, with an original plan to finish the collection Feb. 1 and
donate the books to an elementary and middle school in Jamaica, West Indies, where
Marleys mom was raised. When the need
to provide these books to even more communities was realized, Marley and her mom
decided to keep collecting.
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extended it, says Janice Dias, Marleys

mom. We dont see thatll end; we see its
a need that others are experiencing.
Janice, who founded the GrassROOTS
of Community Foundation in 2011 to support the health and well-being of women
and girls, says There are very few books
where black girls are the main character and
they are certainly not being assigned in
schools.
Studies and reports conducted during a
two to three year period have shown that
there are three percent of books that actually have black people as the main characters, says Janice.
Since starting her campaign, Marley was
featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on
Feb. 3. During the show Ellen awarded her
with a check for $10K right on the show.
Marley donated the $10K to GrassROOTS Community Foundation and Super
Girls Camp to assist with the movement
and continue her activations.
Since starting her campaign, she has also
been featured on The Charlie Rose Show,
CBS This Morning and The Nightly Show
with Larry Wilmore.
The widened publicity has helped Marley to collect 4,300 books as of press time.

Donations have come from social media,

schools, teachers, parents, friends and publishing companies. Janice had so far logged
in 700 independent titles.
Those books have been donated to the
Henry C. Lea School in Philadelphia; 1,000
books to Speedway Academy in Newark;
and books most recently to St. Cloud Elementary in West Orange, says Janice.
As far as future book drives, Marley
plans on having an annual book drive. No
dates have been confirmed at this time.
In the meantime, all new book donations
can be sent to GrassROOTS Community
Foundation: 59 Main Street Suite 323 West
Orange, NJ 07052.
Marley says she aspires to be a magazine editor of my own magazine. I like
being the boss.
She offers advice to others who would
like to implement change.
Don't dwell on things that don't make
you happy, says Marley. Always look forward and always ask for help when you
want to do something. Have fun with reading, don't feel forced about reading, reading
books is fun. Read everything! No matter
what age you are you can make a difference!

WOHS Spring Musical Production of

Aida To Premiere

he West Orange High School Drama

Department has announced that their
Spring Musical, Aida, will debut
on March 31.
The Tony-winning musical for Best
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the reworking of Guiseppe Verdis classic
opera with contemporary music and sensibility.
The tried-and-true epic plot of love, loyalty and betrayal chronicles the love triangle between Aida, a captured Nubian
princess; Amneris, an Egyptian princess
preparing to take the throne, and Radames,
an Egyptian soldier engaged to Amneris
who falls in love with Aida without knowing her true identity.

The plot twists and turns through treachery, murder, and selflessness while featuring soaring ballads and rousing choral
anthems. Aida becomes a modern twist on
a classic tale that will speak to young and
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Performances will be March 31, April 1,
and April 2 at 7 p.m. with an April 3 matinee at 2 p.m. A special performance for
West Orange senior citizens will be held
March 30 at 6:30 p.m. free of charge.
Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10
for students and senior citizens in advance.
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WOHS Hosts Visiting Chinese Exchange Students

n Feb. 11, six exchange students from the Hangzhou

Foreign Language School in China were formally
welcomed to West Orange High School for a oneweek visit accompanied by their teacher and chaperone Liang
Chen.
In 2010, the Asia Society and Hanban, the Central Chinese
Education Committee selected the Chinese program of the
West Orange Public Schools as a member of the first cohort
of 20 Confucius Classrooms in the United States. The mission
of the Confucius Classroom is to serve as a Model Program
in Chinese instruction. This year, West Orange has more than
220 students enrolled in classes from level one through Advanced Placement in Chinese Language and Culture.
In addition to the instruction of the language, Asia Society
and Hanban work to facilitate exchange opportunities through
the Partner School Program. This marks the sixth year that
West Orange High School has participated in this program
with a student exchange.
A welcome breakfast was held for visitors and host students in the Tarnoff Caf. They were greeted by district administrators including Assistant Superintendent Dr. Donna
Rando, Assistant Principal Dr. Kimberly Mancarella, Athletic
Director Ron Bligh and World Language/ESL K-12 Department Supervisor Mary Quiroz. WOHS Chinese teacher Yajing Li was also present, along with Dana Peart, WOHS

French instructor.
Mancarella was presented with a silk scroll, a gift from
the Asia Society and Hanban, decorated with a Chinese character noting, good fortune. Bligh presented the visitors with
gifts on behalf of the school district, including t-shirts, varsity
letters, and pins from the WOHS Athletic Department.
The visiting students experienced a day in the life of an
American student as they shadowed their host students at the
high school for the entire day. That weekend, host families
and students participated in various activities that included

attending a basketball game, Valentines Day party, ice skating at Codey Arena, visiting Columbia and Princeton Universities, and enjoying tourist sights in New York City. They
also spent a day visiting Washington, D.C.
During the 2014-2015, school year, 15 WOHS students
visited China during spring break. Besides touring Beijing,
Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai, they participated in activities on the beautiful Hangzhou Foreign Languages School
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Saint Patricks Day History And Local Celebrations Planned

By Cara Connelly
he month of March has its perks.
Daylight savings time means an
extra hour of daylight, spring is near
and the highlight of the month - Saint
Patricks Day celebrations.
Every year on March 17, the Irish and
the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe
St. Patricks Day. What began as a religious
feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has
become an international festival celebrating
Irish culture with parades, dancing, special
foods and a whole lot of green.
Saint Patricks Day, or the Feast of Saint
Patrick (L Fhile Pdraig) is a cultural and
religious celebration held on March 17
since the early 17th century. It marks the
traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c.
AD 385-461), the foremost patron saint of
Ireland. The day commemorates Saint
Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and celebrates the heritage and culture
of the Irish in general.
Celebrations traditionally involve public
parades, festivals or ceilithe and wearing

green. Christians also attend church services and Lenten restrictions on eating and
drinking alcohol are lifted for the day. This
seems to encourage and propagate the holidays tradition of alcohol consumption.
The Mayo Performing Arts Center is
hosting an event, Celtic Nights: Spirit of
Freedom, a local event on Thurs., March
17, at 8 p.m., that combines story and songs
with traditional Irish music and dance. According to Ed Kirchdoerffer, general
manger, the troupe of nearly 15 entertainers
tell the story of Irish independence, honoring the struggle of people of fighting to gain
freedom and democracy through dancers,
singers and musicians. Kirchdoerffer promises a fun, family show that will be educational and entertaining and there will be no
shortage of a Danny Boy sing-a-long.
Tickets are $39 - $69. Tickets can be
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973-539-8008.
Other community activities included the
Morris County Saint Patricks Day Parade
in Morristown on March 12. The parade

boasts that it has more bands than the Rose

Bowl Parade. 70,000 spectators enjoy this
family friendly event that begins with preparade events at the Green at 10:30 a.m.
and the parade itself at noon at the corner
of South Street and James Street.
The Union County Saint Patricks Parade in Elizabeth began with a Mass at St.
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Activities for the whole family included a

kids zone on Stuyvesant Avenue and the

parade begins at 1 p.m. sharp.
Local Irish Pubs, such as The Dublin
Pub, will offer their regular Irish fare
along with a few cultural specials and of
course, live Irish music. However one celebrate Saint Patricks Day with family and
friends, dont forget to wear green, sing an
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study abroad and music. Students of both
schools enjoyed cooking and playing basketball together. They also put on a concert in
which they sang pop songs for each other.
WOHS students also received lessons on
Chinese folk songs and arts from the school

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music and art teachers. On the weekend, each

student went home with a host student to experience authentic home life.
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Feb. 18. WOHS Chinese language students
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conduct local blood drives which
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Wed., March 16, St. Francis Health Resort, Denville, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Fr., March 18, Madison Area YMCA,
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Mon., March 28, Knights of Columbus,
Netcong, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tues., March 29, Drew University Center
Ehinger Center, Madison,1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
New Jersey Blood Services, a division of
New York Blood Center (NYBC) is asking
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Moms Helping Moms Partners With Homeless Solutions Of Morristown

By Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta
oms Helping Moms Foundation,
Inc., a non-profit charitable organization has been helping families who face financial distress help meet
their babies basic needs.
Whether its providing access to essential baby supplies or connecting moms with
a variety of services to support them during
pregnancy and the first three years of parenthood, such as parenting support, child
development education, financial literacy,
and health and wellness.
When founded in 2011, the idea was that
no baby should have to go without lifes
basic needs.
Through partnerships with community
organizations, schools, local government
and others, Moms Helping Moms has collected and distributed tens of thousands of
diapers, clothing, formula, nursing supplies,
and countless other baby essentials to hundreds of families in New Jersey.
President and Founder Bridget Cutler
started the organization by accident when
she began collecting excess baby things her
friends no longer needed. Cutler said, I
had a large network of friends with babies.
With an assortment of baby products
stored in her garage, Cutler began her organization. She said, Were like a food
bank with diapers and babies.
Six months ago Moms Helping Moms
paired with Homeless Solutions, Inc., in
Morristown, which began as Morris Shelter
Inc. in 1983, created as a private, not-forprofit, tax-exempt organization. It expanded to Homeless Solutions, Inc. and
provides shelter for homeless men, women
and families.
Homeless Solutions sends Moms Helping Moms a wish list for women with

children ages three and under. Then Moms

Helping Moms is able to provide the organization with diapers, strollers, and clothing;
filling in the gap of what food stamps dont
cover.
You name it, we have it, Cutler said.
With the exception of car seats and cribs;
both have legal issues, wed need to do
thorough inspections.
Moms Helping Moms recently obtained
a $2,500 grant from National Diaper Bank
Network. They were one of 29 national recipients of the inaugural Funds for Change
grant. Cutler plans to use the money to reorganize their space, allowing for more inventory storage and to streamline their
operational procedures.
Money is always the biggest challenge,
according to Cutler. She said, Were a nonprofit. Were new. We dont have experience with grant writing. Most of the money
is private donations. Weve gotten smaller
grants here and there. We dont have any
full time employees on staff. Its a constant
work in progress.
Time is another issue for Moms Helping
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Local Dentist Makes Rounds To Local Schools For Healthy Teeth

ebruary was Dental Health Month,

and in the spirit of all things smiles,
Dr. Ira Goldberg and his dental assistant, Beth, are making rounds to multiple
schools in the community spreading the
good word about taking care of teeth.
Armed with a PowerPoint presentation
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Beth said, We see a number of mouth
injuries in the office due to sports, so we felt
it was important that both children and their
parents know that mouthguards are important. The children went home today with a
goody-bag that included an information
sheet to help parents know their options
with mouthguards. A boil-and-bite mouthguard is inexpensive, but doesnt provide
proper protection. A properly fitting guard
is really imperative.
Weve already received a number of
calls from patients inquiring about different
topics on the information sheet. Its exciting
to see such interest and involvement from
the parents. As dentists, assistants, hygienists, and administrators in the dental office,
we love it when parents get into Dental

Health Month, too! For this reason, we

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Handbags For Charity Carry Mission To Help Children And End Violence

By Cheryl Conway
andbags from Lucys Gift in Morristown carry much more weight than
a wallet, checkbook, lipstick and
other miscellaneous items.
With every purchase, customers carry on
their shoulders an effort to help children with
special needs and end violence. The pain of
losing her husband five years ago lingers for
owner Marisa Spagnoletti of Morristown,
but six months ago she found a way to channel her loss by opening a non-profit boutique
to raise money for various charities such at
the P.G. Chambers School in Cedar Knolls.
Spagnoletti opened Lucys Gift boutique in Morristown in Oct. 2015 and donates 100 percent of the proceeds to honor
her late husband Maurice Spagnoletti, a
prominent New Jersey banker tragically
killed in June 2011, while working in San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
As the founder of Lucys Gift, as well as
the Maurice J. Spagnoletti Foundation
(MJSF), the former Florham Park widow has
made it her mission to help children in need,
victims of crime and honor those who serve
and protect others.
Named after their 10-year old daughter,
Lucy, Spagnoletti says Lucys Gift is our
gift back to the world. Its just what I wanted
to do. It has grown beyond my dreams. I
dont have a website or a Facebook page. I
have emails from people all over the country, and plans to open a second boutique in
a major retail strip mall.
With a background in sales marketingbrand management, Spagnoletti had worked
as a marketing director for Crowe Horwath
accounting firm in New York for 13 years,
but when her husband was killed, her world
changed.
Her business started haphazardly because of her husbands death. It began from
helping a small charity and blossomed into
a non-profit business.
Maurice had been good friends with their
daughters doctor, John Connor. It was
through that friendship that Maurice came to
support the Children of China Pediatric
Foundation (CCPF), a charity Dr. Connor
supports by performing free surgeries for orphans.
When my husband was murdered my
daughter was very sick, explains Spagnoletti. The day after he was buried, we met
Dr. Connor in Morristown to take care of

Lucy who has been faced with health issues.

Upon our return to NJ, Dr. Connor was
there and will always be there for us, Spagnoletti says. I told Dr. Connor I would keep
my husbands promise as he labeled the
doctor their hero.
Instead of taking money for Lucy from
those who sent donations after her tragic
loss, Spagnoletti directed donations be sent
to the CCPF in her husbands memory.
As donations increased, CCPF opened a
rehabilitation training program for chronically disabled and post-surgical orphans in
his honor the Maurice Journey of love support and hope J. Spagnoletti Rehabilitation
Program. After three years, when she got
back on her feet, Spagnoletti supported these
efforts by holding small handbag auctions.
In 2012, I started doing handbag events;
women in large numbers started buying
handbags, she says. By 2014, this grew to
a sold out crowd. This led to an annual event
in June, raising tens of thousands of dollars
for charity.
After setting enough money aside, Spagnoletti decided to open Lucys Gift to sell
handbags on a regular basis for charity.
My idea for selling handbags for charity
has exploded, says Spagnoletti. I put the
seed money in for the boutique, in hopes to
get money back to cover her salary and health
insurance. After that, all proceeds will go toward helping others.
I dont have wealth, explains Spagnoletti. I created a business where all the net
profits will go to the foundation, which go to
our charities.
Inside her boutique, Spagnoletti decorated
using pink, blue and purple hues. She explains the pink represents children in need;
blue for the victims of crime; and purple for
the purple heart.
Through her foundation, MJSF has expanded its charity to children with special
needs at P.G. Chambers School in Cedar
Knolls to support children in need; is helping
victims of crime by supporting domestic violence and sexual assault safe houses such as
SAFE in Hunterdon; and aid charities that
support the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
whose agents and families inspire
Marisa with their heroic efforts to protect us
domestically, as explained in the MJSF mission statement.
When you buy something, you want to
know where your money is going, she ex-

plains.
Spagnoletti selected P.G. Chambers as a
charity recipient after meeting one of the
mothers who sends both of her kids who are
in wheelchairs to the school, which provides
the most comprehensive education and therapy programs for children with disabilities.
We met by chance, says Spagnoletti
about Annabella Rossi, the mother of the two
students at P.G. Chambers. At that moment
she was having a bad day; I was having a bad
day.
Out of the 35 volunteers at MJSF, Rossi
became her eighth volunteer.
She started coming to my house; we became friends. Spagnoletti honored Rossi
in 2013 when she presented her with the
Maurice Spagnoletti Foundation Caregiver
Award. Annabella is a role model to me.
Every year, Spagnoletti presents the caregiver award to an individual, a teacher,
mother or nurse. In June 2015, she gave the
award to a woman named Tiffany who created a park for disabled children near the Jets
Training Facility. Tiffanys daughter also attends the P.G. Chambers School.
Lucys Gift specializes in mostly handbags, and jewelry. Featured are 200 handbags
on display varying in color, price and function, from popular name brands like Gucci,
authentic lines, fake leather to unheard labels.
Prices of bags range from $50 to $2,000.
Handbags are my life, she says. The
sky is the limit for us; we even carry mens
wallets, and bags for men. Within two
months, we were able to triple our inventory.

Customers can also find unique costume

jewelry pieces and accesories, ranging from
$18 to $350, as well as distinct unique items
such as a wine tote, her number one seller
found in a Texas boutique.
I travel the country and find really neat
boutiques, she says, bringing back those rare
items, such as a little mirror that attaches to
an Iphone, to resell.
When you come to my boutique, everything is sacred, says Spagnoletti. Our
dream is to bring luxury to all women. I grew
up lower income; I didnt have money to
spend. I always dreamed Id be able to provide fashion to everyone.
Instead of a bow or ribbon, every bag or
purchase is adorned with a barrette.
To her surprise, Spagnolettis mission is
taking off. Concert-singer Naomi Miller, who
was singing in Italian on the streets in Morristown, attended her grand opening; Spagnoletti has been getting emails of support
from around the country; and she recently appeared on the NBC Today Show with Al
Roker.
After five years, Im finding peace. My
husband was brutally assassinated. Honoring
him was my life mission. The FBI is still investigating the case, she adds.
A prominent banker for Doral Financial,
Maurice was shot and killed at the age of 57
by unknown assailants, June 15, 2011, while
sitting in his car in traffic on the highway.
Employed with the company for just one
year, he had been assigned to work in Puerto
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Rico in Jan. 2011, says Spagnoletti.

Justice is coming I believe that. The people who killed
my husband will be brought to justice. We seek justice for all.
Hope is something we have and something we have to work
for. Hope with positive action prevails. The men and women
Ive come to know are beyond extraordinary; they are the real
heroes.
Part of Spagnolettis mission is to put an end to violence.
My husband was everything to me, says Spagnoletti.
You dont heal from violence. It is prevention, awareness
and treatment that will lead to end violence. In my very small
way Im going to make an impact. Its my mission to end violence and I will. I want my husbands memory honored.
Nothing brings my husband back; my daughter needed her
father.
She says, My husband died a hero. To honor him, MJSF
plans to award a $1,500 Future Hero scholarship to a junior
college student in need from Morris County who aspires a
career in preventing or stopping violence. Eric Mohberg,
whose fianc was brutally murdered 26 years ago, joined her
MJSF board and is helping her create the scholarship.
At last years annual Handbag Auction held in June at the
Hanover Manor in East Hanover, $30,000 was raised for the
charities. Participants paid $75 for all you can eat, dancing,

raffles, silent auction of handbags and other items, and presentations by charity organizations.
Through her mission, Spagnoletti has rechanneled her
anger to provide a healthy environment for her daughter. She
explains, I can only focus on positive so she can grow up
and be positive.
Its amazing what could be done for the memory of one
hero. Through all of this Im really finding peace. I was so
low and so sad, but now Im back. If Im working 24 hours a
day, its not work, its what I love to do. I know I never let
him down. I feel my husband smiling when I can do things
like this. I do my little part in helping them; every year I feel
like Im doing more.
On her boutique wall hangs a framed poem titled Life
Does Not Frighten Me At All. A girl that Spagnoletti met
one year ago at P.G. Chambers School read her that poem.
Honestly they teach me more, she says. Since then, Spagnoletti has adopted a class there and I go and visit her. Nothing frightens this little girl who has all these issues. I would
sell my life for her.
Spagnoletti has come up with a program in which companies pay people to volunteer.
Corporations can give not to the foundation, but to the
P.G. Chambers School. For that donation, we will train that
staff. Lets get people to commit to volunteer work.

As a way to market and add new revenue source for her

boutique, Spagnoletti recently started Lucys Gift Treasure
Chest, in which she provides non-profits, fair priced tricky
tray or auction items. Her idea came about after she gave a
handbag to a church who asked her for a tricky tray donation.
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Thurs., Fri. and Sat., 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Sun. 11 a.m.
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tudents looking to make a difference

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can take part in what has become
known as an alternative spring break. Instead of cutting loose on the beach, students can pick up a spackle bucket and
patch holes. Rather than hitting the slopes,
they can hit some nails to put up sheetrock
and improve housing alongside homeowners.
Morris Habitat for Humanity has building projects in Morristown, Dover and
Budd Lake. Others are beginning to get
under way as well, because this year Morris Habitat is committed to completing
nine projects before the end of 2016.
Much of the effort at the active work sites
involves indoor work and there are warming stations and hot drinks available. Morris Habitat welcomes all volunteers, but
theyre hoping to encourage help from students on spring break!
If over 16 years of age, consider helping to make someones dream of homeownership a reality. Get a group of friends
together and make it an even more special
experience.

There are thousands of families living

in inadequate or substandard housing in
Morris County because they cant afford
the areas high prices. Morris Habitat is
dedicated to building decent, affordable
housing with low-income families. Those
chosen by lottery to own a Habitat House
must commit to at least 400 hours of
sweat equity to help build their future
home. So come on out to a construction
site and build along with the family and
other community members.
These alternative spring breaks allow
students to serve communities in a meaningful way. They can travel, meet new
people, and feel the satisfaction that comes
from working to improve communities
and lives. With or without experience,
every volunteer hour brings the homes
closer to being completed.
To volunteer, contact Stephanie Sayki,
director of Volunteer Services, at 973-8911934 ext. 103; or go to www.MorrisHabitat.org to sign up.
Students learn how to install trim as a
home build winds down for a new Morris
Habitat for Humanity Home.

About Morris Habitat for Humanity:

Morris Habitat for Humanity is part of
a global, nonprofit housing organization
operated on Christian principles by building homes, communities and hope. Morris
Habitat is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide
through constructing, rehabilitating and
preserving homes; advocating for fair and
just housing policies; and providing training and access to resources to help families improve their living conditions.
Habitat for Humanity was founded on the
conviction that every man, woman and
child should live in dignity and safety, and
that decent shelter in decent communities
should be a matter of conscience and action for all. Morris Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all
backgrounds and serves people in need of
decent housing regardless of race or religion.
Since 1985 Morris Habitat has served
400 households though home ownership
opportunities, home preservation, and international home building programs. Of
these 62 home were home repair projects

and 74 new homes were built as well.

Morris Habitat has set a goal of 12 housing
starts for 2016, completing 9 homes during
the year. In addition, proceeds from the
ReStore, opened May 2007, have funded
18 homes and diverted almost 5,100 tons
of useable material out of landfills. Located at 274 South Salem Street, Randolph. Store hours: Tues. & Thur. 10 - 8
p.m., Wed., Fri. & Sat. 10 - 6 p.m.

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