Organization:  Best Friend Dog and Animal Adoption, Inc. Location:  P.O Box 335, Cranford NJ 07016. We are a foster based rescue and do not currently have an adoption or holding facility. Contact Information:  email:  bestfrienddogadopt@gmail.com, Instagram:  @bestfriendadopt, Facebook:  Best Friend Dog and Animal Adoption, Inc, Facebook (Thrift shop):  Best Friend Thrift Store What is Best Friends Dog & Animal Adoption? Best Friend Dog and Animal Adoption, Inc is an all volunteer organization that is committed to providing a safe haven for rescued stray and abandoned animals by supplying...

By Amelia Katz Before the creation of film and the creation of screens, writing was the only way that ideas could travel around the world. The only way to get an idea of what life was like for others was to sit down and read about it. Today, with the ability to communicate with anyone we want at any time, some forms of communication have been lost. The rise of technology created a shift in the way younger generations communicate and learn. Libraries are starting to feel obsolete, and is that something we can truly afford? What is the price that we are paying by digitizing everything and moving...

By Caroline Cleaveland Chasing Good, the New Jersey nonprofit that awards a monetary prize to deserving deed-doers, has just completed its second year of rewarding good deeds!  Chasing Good is a family-run, local organization that strives to ensure that no good deed goes unnoticed.  Although it may seem hard to find, Chasing Good is a nonprofit organization here to teach the world that good is rampant in humanity. Nominate someone in the future at www.chasinggood.org. The 2023 Winners Carolyn Daurio came in first place for the award, winning one thousand dollars.  Carolyn has devoted an abundance...

Your name: Stephanie Levine Organization: Cranford Schools Friends of the Performing Arts (CSFOPA) Title: Co-President along with Annette Noll Location: Cranford, NJ Contact Information: Cell:917-568-0956, Email: StepLevine@aol.com   Can you provide a bit of history about your organization? The Cranford Schools Friends of the Performing Arts is a non-profit 501c3 organization that supports the performing arts programming in the Cranford Public Schools. We have several fundraising events to raise money for our organization. The largest fundraising event we have is the Cranford Film Festival....

Three Westfield High School students have been recognized with the Lift While You Climb Award, in honor of the late WHS principal Dr. Derrick Nelson. Nelson, who died in 2019 from complications suffered while donating bone marrow to a boy he didn’t know in France, once said:  “We have an obligation to our fellow human beings that if we are in a position to help someone, you do it.  You lift as you climb. If you can do that, you have contributed more to society than anything your bank account can produce and, ultimately, contribute more to your own well-being.” Nominated by WHS faculty and staff...