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No. 7 Vol. 11 www.mypaperonline.com November 2015

By J. L. Shively

The Chester M. Stephens Elementary School in Budd

Lake is running a bottle cap collection that will ben-

efit the Wounded Warriors Project. Sue Sigler, a

CMS parent, decided to begin the school-wide collectionafter she had already begun the project with a friend in her

home.

The collection will be taking place throughout the

With Thanksgiving

and the holidayseason right

around the corner, families

are looking to prepare for

the holidays in many wayspossible whether it involves

holiday shopping, preparing

festive meals, or makingtravel arrangements to visit

family in state or across the

country.

Although those are manythings people look forward

to at this time, another thing

people should think aboutthis holiday season involves

giving back to the commu-

nity, especially those in

need of food, clothing, toys,etc. To do so, the publishers

of New View Media Group,

the company responsiblefor the Mt. Olive News as

well as 17 other publica-

tions will be holding a holi-

day toy and clothing drive

New View Media Group Prepares for Holiday Season by Sponsoring Toy/Clothing Drive

continued on page 2

Bottle Caps Collected At CMS For Wounded Warriorsschool year at the Chester M.

Stephens Elementary School inBudd Lake. There will be a con-

tainer for donations in the lunch

room for children to leave bottlecaps. This project will consist of

the collection of plastic bottle caps

of any size or color.The caps will then be taken and

recycled. The money received

from recycling the bottle caps is

then donated toward the Wounded

Warriors Project. From conception,Sigler has been collecting the caps

with a friend to donate towards the

Wound Warriors. Currently, Sigler

explains, a need arose in the com-munity for funds to be donated to alocal child with cancer. Once the

child receives the necessary care,

the bottle cap donations will con-

tinue to go towards the Wounded

Warriors Project.

The collection has been catchingon among CMS students and many

caps have already been collected.

“The kids seem to like it,” Siglersays and in the first week she col-

lected one full garbage bag of bottle

caps and by the following week,five full garbage bags. “It’s a good

thing for the community and a good

cause,” Sigler states.

Recycling the caps makes use of

something that would otherwise bethrown in the trash and it is some-

thing small that can make a huge

difference.

CMS Principal Kevin Moore,stated that he was “immediatelysupportive of the idea,” after Sigler

approached him about the collec-

tion. “I believe promoting an

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now until Dec. 15.

New View Media Group, lead by hus-

band and wife publishing team, Joe Nicas-

tro and Mary Lalama, will be holding their

second annual holiday toy and clothingdrive.

“I raised three children on my own and

I know the struggles and hardships families

face and I want to encourage people to give

back to those in need now,” stated MaryLalama.

Joe Nicastro, a Mt. Olive Township

Council President said that “being involved

in the community, I always try to help

where I can.” “My wife had the idea of

helping the local residents through a pro-motion in our newspapers.” Nicastro con-

tinued “There are so many needy people

right here in our own communities.” Any-

thing we can do to help.

As New View Media Group holds thisclothing and toy drive, they are looking for

people to donate new unwrapped toys, as

well as new clothing including t-shirts,

socks, pants, and winter necessities such as

hats, coats, gloves, and scarves (sizes rang-

ing from newborn to 14 year olds). Gift

cards will also be accepted.

Please drop off all donations to the fol-

lowing locations….

• New View Media Group, 1 Old WolfeRoad, Budd Lake, NJ (in back).

• Weis Supermarkets, Rt. 206, Flanders

(drop off at the courtesy counter)

• Route 46 Chevy- 412 Route. 46, Budd

Lake• Budd Lake Bagels -141 Route 46,

Budd Lake

• Mt. Olive Bagels - 135 Route 46 East,

Paramount Plaza, Budd Lake

• Fanucci's - 134 Ledgewood Ave. (Rt.

46 E.), Netcong• Red Dot Firearms – 22 Main Street,

Stanhope

• Charmoy Dental, 924 Route 10 West,

Randolph

• Philly Pretzel - 150 Mountain Ave,Hackettstown

( 3 FREE Pretzels when you drop off)

• Motion Kia - 379 Route 46, Hack-

ettstown

• HomeTown Hardware - 234 Main

Street, Hackettstown

• Fresco Mexican – 137 E. Main Street,

ChesterFor additional information regarding this

toy drive or to ask for a list of businesses

involved, call Mary on her cell phone at

(973)-768-1815 or email at

[email protected], she will be able

to help with any of your needs as well ascomply a list of children and gifts they want

for the holiday.

Toy/Clothing Drive...continued from front page


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awareness of the challenges facing

wounded veterans coming home is one that

is not spoken about nearly enough.”

According to the Wounded Warriors

Project website, the project is an apoliticalgroup that aims to serve all of its alumni.

Their motto is “it’s not about the war; it’s

about the warrior” and the group holds

strong to that endeavor by supplying much

needed assistance to any veteran or servicemember who was harmed on or after Sept.

11, 2001.

The Wounded Warriors Project also sup-

ports the family of alumni who have been

injured or killed as a result of their service.The website states that their volunteers are

equipped to assist with any injury, even the

ones that are not visible to the naked eye.

Students at CMS will be taking some-

thing important away from their contribu-

tions.“Our students can certainly gain a new

perspective about the physical and mental

sacrifices our men and women in uniform

make in defending American interests

abroad and how many will be living with

those challenges for the rest of their lives,”

says Moore.Often, soldiers are thought of only dur-

ing their tour of duty, yet it is important not

to forget that these soldiers bring many

kinds of scars home with them. The sup-

port they need is not limited to their time of

service.In collecting the caps for our wounded

warriors, children will learn an important

lesson about giving back, especially that

sometimes the smallest of things can make

the largest of differences.Moore closes by stating “Anything we

can do as a school to promote and con-tribute” to a program that “assists these vet-

erans is a worthy project.”

Any resident of Mt. Olive can contribute

to this cause and is not limited to the col-

lection of bottle caps. For more informa-

tion on the Wounded Warriors Project or to

find out how to donate or volunteer visit the

website at http://www.woundedwarriorpro- ject.org.

Bottle Caps Collected...continued from front page N

ew Jersey Blood Services, a divi-

sion of New York Blood Center,

which supplies blood products andservices to 60 hospitals throughout the

state, is in need of volunteers at blooddrives. The blood service volunteer is an in-

tegral member of the collection team whose

task it is assist donors with registration, es-

corting and canteen duties, and to watch for

post donation reactions. Volunteers should

have the ability to relate to the public, beable to perform different jobs as needed and

have the willingness to follow the rules. Foradditional information contact, Manager of

Community Relations, R. Jan Zepka at 732-

616-8741 or [email protected].

Volunteers Needed


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Jenna Niro and Dominick Hendrickson Home Coming Queen and King 2015 at Mt. Olive High

School.

Homecoming Queen & King 2015


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T

imothy Stolarz, a

member of Boy Scout

Troop 156 in Flan-ders, recently completed his

Eagle Scout project by reno-vating and reconstructing the

horseshoe pits and building

new picnic tables at the

Knights of Columbus Hall in

Flanders.

The horseshoe pits hadovergrown weeds and deteri-

orating wood frames, all

were replaced with pressure

treated pine lumber. Two pic-nic tables were constructed,from the same material.

Pressure treated lumber will

endure the harsh winter

weather, and provide the

Knights with many years of

enjoyment. A wrought ironbench was assembled and

placed adjacent to the horse-

shoe pits. In addition, a new

set of horseshoes were pre-

sented to the Knights of

Columbus, Council 5410 tocomplete the project.

More than 80 hours were

needed to complete the proj-

ect and all hardware used

was galvanized steel. The

following pictures show the

picnic tables, horseshoe pits,

wrought iron bench and

horseshoe kits. Timothy, asenior at Mt. Olive High

School, plans to pursue his

college career at County Col-

lege of Morris in Randolph

in 2016.

This year’s Mount Olive Area Chamber

of Commerce Fall Food Drive once

again will help answer the needs of

the community. As many families’ neighborscontinue to struggle, the food drive clearlyhelps folks cope with trying times.

Last year the chamber's drive collected

more than 5,300 pounds of food and more

than $2,000 in monetary and gift card dona-

tions. Indeed, the amount of food collectedthrough this drive has steadily increased dur-

ing the past several years due to a higher de-

mand and the generosity of people who care.

In 2005, when demand was not as high, the

organization collected only 820 pounds.

“We hope to make it a record-collectionyear," said Greg Stewart, president of the

Chamber, which is working on this year's

project in association with the Mt. Olive

Food Pantry and the Kiwanis Club of Mt.

Olive. “Our community has always beenvery supportive of the food drive and clearly

the need remains high."

The Annual Fall Food Drive was initiated

many years ago by Dr. John Berezny of

Berezny Chiropractic in Flanders. Today, it

has become one of the community's most im-

portant activities.

Suggested food donations may includenon-perishable foods, boxed cereals, peanutbutter, jam, and other canned goods. Personal

care items are also welcome. The food drive

takes place through November, with the do-

nations being given directly to the Mt. Olive

Food Pantry.A number of participating businesses and

organizations will have collection boxes

throughout the area. For a location nearest to

you, call the pantry.

Monetary donations can also be made on-

line at yougivegoods.com/mountolivepantry.Any checks dropped off should be made out

to Mt. Olive Pantry. For additional informa-

tion, contact Susan Morse at the Pantry, 862-

251-3938; 201-274-3701; or

[email protected] further information about the Mt.

Olive Area Chamber and its varied programs

and member benefits, visit www.mounto-

livechambernj.com.

MO Boy Scout Renovates KnightsOf Columbus

Mt. Olive Area Chamber’s Annual Food Drive Helps Feed Area Families


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The holiday season is a time to celebrate withfriends and family. Several holidays are cele-brated in this relatively short time period, making

this one of the most festive times of the year.Many holiday celebrations focus on the exchange of

presents, which may be exchanged with relatives, friendsand even coworkers. But are you familiar with the originsof exchanging gifts?

Gift exchanges trace their origins to both religious andsecular traditions, each of which has helped shape the hol-

Traditions behind holiday giftsidays into what they are today.

Christmas

People exchange gifts on Christmas Eve or Christ-mas Day all over the world. For Christians, Christmascelebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians be-lieve was a gift from the Creator.

From a religious standpoint, gifting others aroundChristmastime can be traced back to the stories of theThree Kings (also referred to as the “Three Wise Men”)who visited Jesus after his birth. Frankincense, a fra-grance involved in worship; gold; and myrrh, an incenseassociated with funerals, was presented. These giftssymbolized worship in Christ, that He would be theKing of Kings, and that suffering and death would cometo Him.

Another giver of gifts is part of many Christmas cel-ebrations. St. Nicholas, a fourth century saint, is abeloved figure across the globe who has a reputation forgiving gifts in secret and helping the needy. The figureof “Santa Claus” is based on St. Nicholas, and the blend-ing of the two has evolved as history has mixed withfolklore and personal traditions.

Hanukkah

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish celebration thatcommemorates the rededication of the Temple inJerusalem. The word “hanukkah” actually means “ded-ication” in Hebrew.

The Jews, including Judah Maccabee, helped drive

the Syrians out of Jerusalem. In one of Judaism’s mostcentral texts, Maccabee and others witnessed a miracleat the temple. Even though there was only enough oil tokeep a menorah’s candles burning for one day, theflames continued for eight nights.

Traditionally, gelt, or money, was given as aHanukkah gift. Many Hanukkah gift givers aim to givegifts that are thoughtful and sweet. Money is not ex-changed as much today, with other gifts taking its place.

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa is an American holiday that pays homageto traditions and cultural influences from Africa. Theholiday was developed in 1966 by Maulana NdabezithaKarenga. The focus of Kwanzaa is on family and theharvest as well as certain principles, such as unity andfaith.

Gifts make up one of the seven symbols of Kwanzaacelebrations. However, gift-sharing is not the centralpart of this special holiday. Gifts are symbolic of thelabor and love of parents and the commitments madeand kept by their children.

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Are you ready for the boxes and

packages that are set to arriveunder the tree? If your home annu-

ally bursts with everything from children’stoys to electronics to clothing, it may betime to take inventory and prepare for thegifts that have yet to find their way intoyour home.

Before the first strand of garland goes upand before you begin thinking about holi-day wish lists, set a plan in motion to reducewhat you already have in the house. Thisproject can include the entire family and tieinto holiday volunteerism that highlightsthis season of giving.

There’s a very good chance that yourclosets are brimming with items that arecollecting dust or haven’t seen the light of day in some time. Make these the fist thingsto go. If something hasn’t been used in ayear or more, add it to the donation pile.

Kids’ rooms and play areas may be someof the areas most overrun with belongings.Children are likely to get many new toysand other gifts throughout the year, so focusmost of your energy on these spaces, cut-ting kids some slack if they don’t want topart with certain items.

If children are reluctant to part with

some of their belongings, stress the point

that donating helps others who are less for-

tunate. Involve kids in the donation process,

letting them see where their unused clothes

and other supplies will go. This can make

giving away older toys less traumatic and

more personal.

Adults also should pay attention to any

belongings they can spare. Take advantage

of holiday donation trucks in the area to

clear your home of bulky sweaters, linens,

older furniture, or kitchen supplies. These

trucks service some well-known charities

and associations, and items will be appre-

ciated and put to great use.

Use the weeks prior to the holiday rush

to create space for any gifts that might be

arriving under your tree before Christmas

Day. A little cleaning and decluttering can

go a long way toward helping the less for-

tunate in your community.

Preparing your home for new gifts


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ings to consider when hosting for the holidays

Holiday hosts have a lot on their plates. The work of holiday hosting does not begin when the first guestarrives. It starts weeks before, when homeowners

begin preparing their homes for overnight guests.Because the holiday season can be so busy, it’s easy forhosts to overlook certain things as the day their first guestsare set to arrive draws nearer. But the following are a fewthings hosts should consider in the weeks before theirguests show up.

Accommodations

It’s hard to overlook accommodations when hosting forthe holidays, but it’s best to inspect linens and other items thatmight go largely unused throughout much of the year. Checkfoldout couches or air mattresses a few weeks before yourguests are slated to arrive. This gives you ample time to ad-dress any issues and also allows you to comparison shop andfind great deals on any items you need to replace. Hosts whoare parents to young children may want to discuss sleepingarrangements before guests arrive if kids will be asked tosleep in different beds. Kids might embrace the change, whileothers might be less enthusiastic. If younger cousins will bestaying over, let kids choose their new roommates, which

might make them more excited about sharing rooms with theirguests. Explaining the situation in advance gives youngsterstime to ready themselves for their temporary move.

Diets

Ask guests before they arrive if they have any particularfood allergies or items they need to avoid because of any med-ications they might be taking. This is especially important foryoungsters, who may forget to avoid homemade cookies withnuts despite having nut allergies. By asking in advance if yourguests have any food allergies or foods and ingredients theymust avoid, you will know to avoid serving particular dishesso no one accidentally eats foods that might make them sick

and you can prepare alternative dishes for people who mustavoid certain foods.

Activities

If guests will be staying for several nights, explore a fewlocal activities so everyone can get out of the house for a nightor two. Time spent with family is one of the best parts of theholiday season, but spending all of that time inside in crampedquarters can grow uncomfortable over time. Plan a familynight or two out that everyone can enjoy.

Pets

When hosting for the holidays, let your guests know if youhave any pets. Some people have dog and cat allergies, andthose allergies may make it difficult for them to enjoy theirstay. Others’ allergies might be so severe that they have tofind alternative lodging. Let guests know about your petswhen you invite them to stay at your house so no one is sur-prised at the last minute. In addition, let guests know if theycan bring their own pets along to your house.

Hosting for the holidays is a great way to welcome lovedones into your home. Considering and discussing a few fac-tors before your guests arrive can ensure everyone enjoystheir stay.


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The community-minded RE/MAX Her-

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The Ladies Guild of Holy Wisdom

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open at 6:30 p.m. and drawings will begin

at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $7 and additional

tickets are available. Refreshments will be

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Mt. Olive Public Library has

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& Library Fun begin the week of Nov. 22

& end the week of Dec. 13. Dates and

times are subject to change as needed.

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Mother Goose: Infants six to 23 months,

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Library Fun: two through six years old,

Thurs. at 10 a.m. o registration required.

Special Programs

Sing-along with “Miss Lynn”: Join us

for a fun evening with Lynn Hickernellfrom Nashville, Tennessee. All ages,

Tues., Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.

Registration required and limited to 50

children.

Pajama Time: A nighttime story time for

families. Children can wear their paja-mas, Wed., Nov. 18, at 7 p.m.

No registration required

International Game Day: Come to the

Library and share new games. All ages,

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by Chelsea Cattano

Students at Sandshore ElementarySchool in Mt. Olive are gaining real-world experience through a new jour-

nalism program.

Initiated by Principal Nicole Musarra, andteachers Joanne Bosco and Patricia Mitchell,fourth and fifth grade students are part of thenew student publication “The SandshoreDigital Dish.”

These students arrive at school early Mon-day mornings and are taught the basics of news reporting including writing and con-ducting interviews.

Bosco and Mitchell implement the pro-gram by teaching the students the essentialsof journalism. Created in an attempt to tie incollege and career readiness and to allow the

students to enter the practice and applicationpart of learning, this program has seen greatsuccess with the release of their first issue onNov. 4.

“It integrates technology,” Musarra said.“They’re going out into the field as reportersand they are interviewing, they're reportingthe news and they are using this online digitalformat so it’ll be like a quarterly publication.

We’re actually looking to put one outmaybe one every other month.”

This program aims to give students a dif-ferent type of experience unlike any pro-grams already running at SandshoreElementary. According to Musarra, it is veryhands on, it promotes student independence

and it really gets the students to apply theirwriting, listening and speaking skills.

“The first article [in the first issue] iscalled The Laser Show Dazzles,” Bosco said.“I had tears in my eyes,” she said, when theyconducted their first interview as a group. “Itwas right after the laser show, they sat in acircle and they took out their index cards andthey did this all by themselves. It was the firsttime they ever wrote down their own ques-tions. And the two gentlemen sat down and[the students] went around and they askedquestions and they were wonderful questions.

They were so serious, if they had a questionthat someone else asked, they actually said,‘Oh, that was asked already. Thank you, I’llpass.’ I wanted to hug each of them. Thisnewspaper is building such collaboration andengagement and not only writing but otheraspects.”

Due to the overwhelming high interest to join the program, there is a lottery system forfourth and fifth graders. According toMusarra, they are hoping to be able to open

it up to more students in the future. The ideais that the staff members who are in fourthgrade this year will continue in the programnext year as fifth graders and they will be theleaders and mentors to really help run the

program for the incoming fourth graders.When Musarra started the program she

wanted to incorporate what she was seeing inthe trends of education and job availability.One of her main goals was to find an inno-vative approach to allow students who are in-terested in writing and technology to try andbe a part of something different. One of thedistrict’s goals, according to Musarra, is toget the children to think, and this programtruly allows them to think.

“They have ownership over this,”Musarra said. “It’s not just the learning,

they're actually doing and it’s also makingconnections to our community and bringingin our community. Our parents and commu-nity members also see this publication to seenot only what’s happening within our build-ing but it’s our own students. That it’s 100percent student generated, and by adding thedigital piece it gets them used to really someof the really unique opportunities that tech-nology can offer them.”

For the future of “The Sandshore Digital

Dish,” Musarra hopes that the program canexpand to help to report the school’s morningannouncements and possibly working with

the district’s high school students.“We really want them to be kind of this

key vital group in our building,” Musarrasaid. “So that if someone’s on the job andthey have their ID badges on, everyoneknows they're currently investigating ordoing something practical and hands on.We’re also going to have [the first issue] up-loaded for all students to read. All of ourthird, fourth, and fifth grade students are on

Student Avinash Gopal is taking notes for his

news story.

Sandshore Students Report News Within School Community

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The staff members of The Dish are cur-rently working on issue two and celebratingtheir successful release of issue one. Bosco,Mitchell, and Musarra are playing a great rolein the future of practical applications inschools and they are allowing these studentsto learn something out of the ordinary for el-ementary education.

“I’m super excited about it, it’s just been

great and just the energy and passion we getfrom the kids as well as the teachers,”Musarra said. “I can’t speak highly enoughabout the two teachers, Mrs. Bosco and Mrs.Mitchell, who just constantly are innovative,they are passionate and they have reallyhelped me bring this vision to life. So it reallyturned into all of us kind of taking an idea andrunning with it and then filling in the detailson how it works and they’ve really done afantastic job with that.”

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parishioners of St. Michael’s church and

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A celebration of Johns Eagle Scoutachievement will be arranged at a later date,

at St. Jude Parish in Budd Lake.

John DeLuca, from Netcong, recently

attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the

Boy Scouts of America. John has

worked with his Troop 249 of Budd Laketo accomplish and obtain this achievement.

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Netcong American Legion AmbulanceCorps, John worked diligently to establish

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By Cheryl Conway

Anew partnership between The Ki-wanis Club of Mt. Olive and the

Mt. Olive Food Pantry will provide

even greater support to a much needed serv-ice in the community.

Some may have already noticed collec-tion buckets in various locations around

town put out by the Kiwanis Club in an ef-

fort to help fill the shelves at the local food

pantry. The club is asking all who can give

to place donations of non-perishable food,toiletries and baby diapers into the buckets.

With 20 years of support in the local

community- like sponsoring the Easter Egg

Hunt, Santa House and Santa breakfast-

The Kiwanis Club of Mt. Olive was lookingfor a cause to support on a regular basis.“We’ve done all kinds of stuff,” says

Richard Moore, president of the Kiwanis

Club of Mt. Olive for the past nine years.

“We were looking for a regular, long-term

project to support locally. The food bankmade a lot of sense to us.”

Moore says, “Food is one of the basic

needs of life. With healthy children and par-

ents, people can move on with other

things.”On a busy day, the pantry can see a

dozen families, according to Sue Morse of

Hackettstown, volunteer administrator forthe Mt. Olive Pantry. About 60 families per

month visit the pantry for food. Customersmust live in town or attend a local house of

worship.

To run a food pantry, “A food drive is an

ongoing thing,” explains Morse. “Hunger

continues; it goes past the holidays.”Since last year, the Kiwanis club has

held two food drives at the A&P in Budd

Lake. Its last drive was held Sun., Oct. 10.

On both occasions, the club collected about

225 bags of food and $250 in cash dona-tions.To collect even more items on a regular

basis, the club has put out six, two feet tall,

two feet round buckets at various locations

in town including a dentist office, lawyer’s

office, Village Green office, Optimal Fam-ily Chiropractic, Enzo’s Pizza and Vision

Source.

The plan was also to enlist some volun-

Kiwanis Club Joins Hands With Food Pantry To Support Local Need

teers to help with the collections and deliv-

eries of the buckets on a regular basis, ex-plains Moore.

“As a volunteer organization, we are

looking for all the help we can get,” says

Moore.

Besides needing to keep its shelvesstocked, the pantry is also in need of a

larger space for refrigeration and storage of

food, says Moore.The pantry moved its location from

town hall in May 2014. Without a social

worker employed in Mt. Olive, operating

the pantry became too much, says Moore.

So the pantry relocated to Christ Episcopal

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Church in Budd Lake, but maintains its

business location at Mountain Top Church

in Budd Lake.Morse, who is also a member of Kiwa-

nis, says she tries to keep the stocks shelvedwith staple items such as canned tuna or

chicken, baby food, soup, canned vegeta-

bles, cereals, instant potatoes, instant oat-meal, macaroni and cheese, vegetable oil,

pastas, rice-no greater than two pound bags,

peanut butter, jam or jelly, tomato products,

tomato sauce and vinegar.

Non-perishable food donations can also

be dropped off at the pantry located atChrist Episcopal Church in Budd Lake.

There is a drop box right next to the pantry

door. Or mail in a contribution to the Mt.Olive Pantry, 6 Naughright Rd, Hack-

ettstown, NJ 07840.Since 1995, the Kiwanis Club of Mt.

Olive Township has been responding to the

needs of the community through charitable

contributions and donations by volunteer

members through various community

events and efforts.The club is part of a much larger net-

work of Kiwanis International, a worldwide

service organization in more than 96 na-

tions, whose major emphasis is “Serving

the Children of the World.”“The Kiwanis builds communities,” ex-

plains Moore, “one community with one

child at a time. If we teach children now to

run leadership projects, it’s good for the

community.”One way of reaching the children is its

sponsorship of the Mt. Olive High School

Key Club, which also supports food banks

as well, adds Moore. The Kiwanis Club of Mt. Olive is in the process of trying to geta Builders Club at the middle school, a Ki-

wanis sponsored youth organization.

Some other recent accomplishments and

ongoing programs include: giving scholar-

ships to deserving Mt. Olive High Schoolseniors every year on the basis of commu-

nity service and character; spreading joy to

hundreds of township children through an-

nual Santa House and Easter Egg Hunt

events; providing financial support to local

Eagle Scout projects; donating new hard-cover Meriam-Webster dictionaries to Tinc

Road Elementary School; donating gift

cards to the township’s most needy families

to be used for school supplies; and Caring

With Bears project, in which the club sellsfor $11 each stuffed bears which are then

given to the Mt. Olive First Aid Squad and

some local hospitals such as Saint Clare’s

and Hackettstown Regional Medical Cen-

ter.

“We’ve given away 200 so far,” saysMoore, of the fuzzy bear sporting the Ki-

wanis logo.

For more information or to get involved,

go to mtolivekiwanis.org or email rj-

[email protected].

Kiwanis Joins Hands With Food Pantry...continued from page 18

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Juniors and seniors as-

piring to be teachers re-cently visited Chester

M. Stephens Elementary

School to read original

books to first grade classes.

The students are part of Mt.Olive High School’s

teacher cadet program – a

course begun six years ago

that provides interested up-

perclassmen with a way to

explore teaching as a careerpath.

The brief, oversized

books developed by the

high-schoolers focused onimproving self-esteem andwere part of a program unit

on how self-esteem affects

academic success. The

cadets worked in teams of

two or three to craft the sto-

rybooks, read to the classes,and then help the first-

graders with post-reading

Mt. Olive High School students Stephanie Gong, Yarhley Rosario,

and Kaitlyn Schissler read to first graders.

Future Teachers Visit CMS

activities that the cadets had

developed to see if their les-

son objectives were met.“The book topics that the

students wrote about were

topics my students could re-

late to such as ‘bullying’

and ‘working hard to doyour best,’” said Deborah

Ryder, first grade teacher.

“Plus, we’re working on

narrative writing now so my

class was able to identify

with the process of writing

and illustrating an originalstory.”The visit by the “big

kids” clearly was something

special for the first-graders

and for the cadets as well.

“My students thoroughly

enjoyed the experience,”

said Susan Pasqualone,

cadet program teacher.

“Some of those who had ex-pressed a desire to teachlater grades stated that they

may rethink that decision.

That’s how impressed they

were with the first-graders’

behavior and academic

skills.”

The cadet program pro-

vides a broad introduction

to the teaching profession,including lessons on childdevelopment, learning

styles, teaching methods

and strategies, and changes

in education.

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CS Gymnastics

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IEE, Council on International Educa-

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families to open their hearts and

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semester of the school year. Students will be

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By Cheryl Conway

In just over a week’s time, an entire com-

munity pulled together to show its sup-port for a 13 year old boy recently

diagnosed with leukemia.

Word spread fast when Mt. Olive Mid-

dle School seventh grader Collin Berg was

hospitalized on Wed., Oct. 7, after being

told he has cancer. A friend of the Berg’s,

Kelly DiGiesi posted on Facebook thateveryone should wear orange on Oct. 15 for

Collin’s fight.

Her post went viral. Most of the stu-

dents, teachers and staff wore orange that

day, as well as people in town including busdrivers. That same evening, a group of hun-

dreds of supporters gathered at Turkey

Brook Park in Budd Lake to take an aerial

view photo for Collin from the top of a fire-

truck extension ladder.“There were so many people comment-

ing, I figured a regular camera wouldn’t cut

it,” says Joanne Onorevole, a friend of the

Bergs who asked the Budd Lake Fire De-

partment to bring the fire truck. “We

wanted to show Collin we are side by side

with him.”Another friend even Face-timed him

from the gathering so Collin could witness

from his hospital room all of the love and

support.“We wanted to show Collin he is loved

and supported for his fight,” says Nina Dor-

lon, family friend who organized the group

photo and youth minister at Saint Luke’s

Church in Long Valley who shared a prayershe wrote for Collin with all of his support-

ers that day. Friends with the Bergs for the

past 10 years, Dorlon’s son had been in boyscouts with Collin when they were younger.

“I put on the Facebook sight for every-

body to come at 6:30 to take a picture atTurkey Brook,” says Dorlon. “It was to

show that “the whole town is going orange

for you Collin. It spread; everyone spread

the word.”

Even town officials changed the MOemblem that was spray painted red and gold

at the mound near the baseball fields at

Turkey Brook, to orange.

Mt. Olive Twp. Mayor Rob Greenbaumsays, “It was painted orange for him to

show him the whole town is with him onhis fight to get better.”

Dorlon counted at least 400 people,

mostly kids, including the Mt. Olive foot-

ball team which “moved their practice to

Turkey Brook so they could all run over;they all wore orange.”

All of the orange was quite warming.

“It felt good to show the love and sup-

port,” says Dorlon. “It was very heartwarm-

ing and super sweet. We just wanted him to

feel the love. It was neat to see how many

people love him.”Orange was the chosen color, like pink

that represents breast cancer, people wear

orange for leukemia. Not only did people

wear orange shirts that day, but at least 300

had shirts that said “Collin’s Fight.”Lisa Fenton of Budd Lake, who has been

friends with the Bergs since her son played

on the baseball team with Collin, was in In-

stant Imprints in Flanders ordering shirts

for the upcoming Halloween tournamentwhen she inquired about having an orange

shirt made up for herself and her family, as

she knew she did not have an orange shirt

to wear on Oct. 15 to support Collin.

Instant Imprint product designer Jeannie

Cerda of Budd Lake started playing with

designs on her computer and said she wouldbe happy to make a few for Fenton’s family.

Later that evening, Fenton posted on Face-

book that she was having special shirts

made for her family and within 48 hours,227 people wanted a shirt as well.

By Monday morning, Fenton placed an

order for 204 orange shirts that said

“Collin’s Fight.” That order grew to 50

more shirts.

Fenton says, “They had to order theshirts; they got the shirts overnight. They

got their delivery early in the morning.They put everything else aside and they

made the shirts. They had them all printed.

It was awesome. They had them to me byTuesday night.”

Cerda says “I did the artwork in two

minutes; made her a shirt and she showed

everybody. We were able to do them for her

right away; everyone was asking for them.We never get shipments the next day,”

Cerda says. “Someone was really looking

out for this kid. We would have stayed all

day to finish them for her.“For me, personally, it affected a young

child in the community,” explains Cerda,“and they were having a special day for

him. Our community is so great. That’s

what we do. How can you say ‘no?’

Instant Imprints even knocked down the

price from $12 to $11, so the leftover pro-ceeds could go to the Berg family for extraexpenses.

“It’s not a lot of money but when you

have to eat out for lunch every day, it pro-

vides a teeny bit,” says Fenton.

Many people get diseases and hardships,

but the outpouring support for Collin re-mains justified.

“When you see somebody and such a

strong family go through so many child-

hood tribulations, Collin has several issues,

you question why does this happen to thischild?” says Dorlon. “You just want to help

them somehow. You just want to show them

support in some way.”

Fenton says, “It broke my heart; he has

other issues. He’s been such an inspiration;he doesn’t let anything get in his way. He’s

an incredible person- for something to

strike him again is just heartbreaking.”

Kevin Dorlon, who took the aerial

photo, says “Mt. Olive has a really strong

community. It’s really surprising that every-

one comes together so quickly. It’s a reallynice atmosphere.”

The plan was to blow the picture up into

a poster for Collin to hang in his hospital

room so he feels supportive,” adds Nina

Dorlon.

Their actions did just that.

“It has really helped me to stay positiveand made me realize that everyone is therefor me,” says Collin. “It’s been over-

whelming to see all the support.”

Collin offers advice for others going

through difficult times.

“You can’t do it alone, lean on the peo-

ple that love you and support you and trustthat God’s going to have your back every

step of the way,” says Collin. “That will

help you get through it.”

Theresa Berg, Collin’s mom, says “It’s

wonderful. It was completely overwhelm-ing to know that so many people were ral-

lying over Collin. He didn’t have words,”

says Berg, when her son saw the crowd

through Facetime gathering in his honor.

“He was just amazed. We are just reallyblessed.”

Collin’s fight began on Tues., Oct. 6,

when he expressed severe leg pain

overnight.

“I told him to go take Tylenol,” explains

Berg. “He had just played a baseball game

Tuesday night, thought he was just sore.”But by Wednesday, the “pain was so se-

vere,” Berg called the ambulance to have

him transported to Goryeb Children’s Hos-

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pital in Morristown. When blood work was done for a viral

infection doctors saw blast cells in Collin’s white blood

cells. A bone marrow aspiration then detected Collin’s

leukemia, admitting him to the hospital.

While shaken by the news, Collin continues to face hischallenges. He faces three years of fighting with three

phases: chemotherapy once a week for 30 days; intense

treatment for six to nine months requiring hospital stays

three days in at a time; followed by the maintenance phase.

Collin hopes return to school, after phase two, in thespring, but in the meantime he will be using the VGO robot

at the middle school.

He was born a fighter.

When Collin was in utero, he had a hemorrhage caused

by an excess of spinal fluid as well as hydrocephalus, ex-

plains his mom. “He was born with a grim prognosis; hewas not expected to make it through the night,” she says.

Collin made it through the night and the nicu for eight

weeks, she says. The hemorrhage caused Collin to have a

form of cerebral palsy with a right-sided weakness.

But that has not hindered Collin’s spirit.He plays French horn; rock climbs taking second place

in an adaptive rock climbing competition; plays baseball

in which he catches and hits with his left hand.

“While people may not know his exact story, they see

he has struggles and challenges," says

Berg. “He does not let any of that stand in

his way. His determination is inspirational.We draw our strength from him. We forge

forward and we fight. We’re strong for each

other. He’s a fighter.

“His spirit, his will, his determination…

people see the obstacles he faces and over-

comes daily,” continues Berg. “They wantto see him win.”

In a prayer shared the night of the group

photo, Collin’s supporters read “Please

pass on the strength, passion and love that

we are emanating right now for Collin tohim and to his family to help them push

through the challenges that they have ahead

of them.”

Collin, ironically, was discharged the

next day, Oct. 16.

“Must have been a lot of prayers thatnight,” says Berg.

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The Morris County

Tourism Bureau and

its partners are

pleased to announce the re-turn of Holly Walk, a long-

standing Morris Countytradition that offers visitors

and residents the opportu-

nity to visit local historicsites, decorated for the hol-

idays, with one admission

ticket on one day.

This year the event is set

for Sun., Dec. 6, from noon

until 5 p.m. Participatingsites will include Acorn

Hall, Macculloch Hall, the

Ford Mansion at Morris-town National Historical

Park, Schuyler-HamiltonHouse and the Stickley Mu-

seum at Craftsman Farms.

The snow date is set for

Sun., Dec.13.

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Advance Holly Walk

tickets are $25 per person.

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Tickets will also be avail-

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day of the event only:Acorn Hall, MaccullochHall, Schuyler-Hamilton

House and the Stickley Mu-

seum. For more informa-

tion, call the Morris County

Tourism Bureau at 973-631-5151. Pre-sale tickets

will be available through

Dec. 5.

N

ew Jersey Blood Services has

planned the following blood

drives:

Nov. 27: Knights of Columbus 3665, in

Netcong, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.Nov. 27: Madison Area YMCA, Madison,2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Nov. 28: Presbyterian Church of Morris

Plains, Morris Plains 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

New Jersey Blood Services, a division

of New York Blood Center (NYBC) is ask-ing for help to maintain an adequate supply

of all blood types, but especially O-nega-

tive – the “universal” blood which can be

transfused into anyone in an emergency. Inaddition, hundreds of additional blood

drives need to be scheduled to meet pro- jected hospital demand. Current inventory

of several blood types is running below the

desired target level.

“It’s simple: hospital patient demand

for blood often outpaces our best efforts torecruit donors and schedule blood drives,”

said NYBC Executive Director of Donor

Recruitment Andrea Cefarelli. “There are

always reasons but we have to overcome

that for the sake of hospital patients who

need us.”

“This is one of the toughest times of the

year,” Cefarelli added. “We’re asking forour dedicated supporters to roll up their

sleeves to make sure we’re able to provide

our hospital partners with whatever they

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Blood products have a short shelf life –from five to 42 days, so constant replenish-

ment is necessary. Each and every day

there are patients who depend on the trans-

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products can’t be manufactured. They canonly come from volunteer blood donors

who take an hour to attend a blood drive or

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By J. L. Shively

There is a new mascot at Mt. Olive Middle School

and he is a furry addition to the MOMS commu-

nity. MOMS Principal Susan Breton-Miranda has

introduced the middle school students to her lovable

companion, Ollie, this year. Ollie is a 16-week old, buff colored, Cocker Spaniel and he is absolutely a joyful ad-

dition to the staff at MOMS.

As the MOMS principal for four years and vice prin-

cipal at Mt. Olive High School two years before, Breton-

Miranda’s mission to bring a sense of love and

community with her into the building is not new to Mt.

Olive students.

In previous years, Breton-Miranda had been accom-

panied to work by her certified therapy dog, Windsor,

also a Cocker Spaniel. Unfortunately Windsor passed

away suddenly after sustaining an unexpected injury

where he herniated his disc. Windsor was taken to thevet where “they took great care of him but we had to

make some difficult decisions,” Breton-Miranda recalls,

saying she was in a state of shock.

“Windsor became part of the school day,” Breton-Mi-

randa remarks.

The staff in the main office always welcomed a greet-

ing from the pup and many of the special needs classes

had integrated helping to care for the dog as part of their

routine. Windsor used to follow Breton-Miranda almost

everywhere in the school, she had become accustomed

to having a dog with her in the building just as much asher students enjoyed greeting him.

“He developed a reputation within t

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