Support the 12U Cooperstown Team

Come by Warnsdorfer on Friday and support the baseball team's trip to Cooperstown.

  Come out and support the Boys of Summer on Friday during a Spring Fling Party at Warnsdorfer School. The 12U-A Cooperstown All Star Team is inviting all sixth and seventh graders to an all-out party at Warnsdorfer Friday, from 7 to 9 p.m., with proceeds going to support the squad’s trip to Cooperstown. There will be a music and light show by Dee J USA, Dancing, Ice cream Sundays, snacks, giveaways and more. Tickers are $10, and all students must be signed out by an adult before they are allowed to leave. The East Brunswick Baseball league is a proud member of the East Brunswick coalition of Athletic Organizations and is supported in part through an indirect grant from the East Brunswick Recreation and Parks Department. Follow Patch on …

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Flapjack Fundraiser at Applebees

Fundraiser to raise money for scholarships to EBHS students, Camp Daisy, cancer charities and more.

Head to Applee’s Saturday and help support a good cause. The Alpha Delta Kappa-Kappa Chapter of the East Brunswick Association of Women Educators is holding a flapjack fundraiser Saurday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to noon to raise money for scholarships, and other altruistic events. Tickets cost $10 and breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs and a beverage. Applebees is located at 324 Ryders Lane, Milltown.

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Hurricane Sandy

A Few Ways to Help With Sandy Recovery

Locals are trying to help.

The East Brunswick Youth Council will be taking up a collection of these items to help those victims in need. Please help if you can, according to an announcement by Councilwoman Denise Contrino. The items they are in need of are: The group also is taking up a cash collection for the American Red Cross on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Checks can be made out to “East Brunswick Youth Council” as they will be writing one check out to the American Red Cross. Bring your donations to 350 Dunhams Corner Road, Wednesday, Nov. 7, through Friday, Nov. 9. From 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The donations will be delivered on Saturday, Nov. 10. In addition, Dr. Fleer Orthodontics at 177 Main St. is collecting items for shelters in Keyport, Keansburg…

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Turning Cookies Into a Meals For Families Who Need It

Diana Freedman started Diana's Fresh Baked to raise money needed for dinners at Ronald McDonald House in New Brunswick.

The Ronald McDonald House on Somerset Avenue in New Brunswick has between five and six families staying at it at any given time, and for at least one day a month, it is Diana Freedman’s responsibility to give them a home cooked meal. “For my Bat Mitzvah project I cooked a meal for them and when I saw how much they enjoyed it when I brought it to them, I decided to make a business out of it because I enjoy cooking so much,” said the Churchill School eighth-grader. That business, Diana’s Fresh Baked, includes baking dozens upon dozens of peanut butter, chocolate chip, sugar Oatmeal and S’mores cookies to sell to friends and family, with the proceeds going to buy ingredients she uses to cook meals for Ronald McDonald House residents. Ronald …

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The 'House Next Door' Needs Donations

Household items, clothes, books, movies and toys are accepted throughout the year.

After a busy holiday season, the shelves at the "House Next Door" to the Aldersgate United Methodist Church are bare. The building sells clothes, toys, household items and almost anything that it receives in donations for a nominal price , with the proceeds going to help the Crisis Room food pantry next door. “The Crisis Room always takes donations, and then there’s the house next door. We were cleaned out of a lot of stuff at Christmas,” said volunteer Florence Klancer. “A lot of stuff went and we got rid of a lot.” The house also provides a place for people in need to get a variety of items at reasonable prices, including books, toys, clothes, suits and more. To make a donation, bring donations to the white house next to Aldersgate …

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East Brunswick Students in a Giving Mood

Food drives, toy drives and the spirit of giving are taking over local schools.

East Brunswick school communities have been doing their share this holiday season to spread some cheer and to help those who need a hand. At Bowne-Munro the Student Council collected non-perishable foods and the staff donated perishable food for complete dinners to be given to families need. For December, art classes participated in the Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes, the Student Council is collecting new hats, gloves and scarves for families in need, and the staff is donating clothes and toys for families of the Bowne-Munro community. At Central, the Student Council and nurse collected food to complete full Thanksgiving dinners for seven needy families in East Brunswick. For the December holidays, The PTA has organized “Coins for Kids…

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Freecycle a Huge Success

Ultimate recycling event brought more than 700 people.

They carried in tables and chairs and bags of old clothes. Others maybe lugged in old computers or tools and maybe a bike. It didn’t matter what people brought, because it was all welcome Sunday during Freecycling, which invited people to bring their old, unwanted items, leave them, and pick and choose from something someone else brought to be discarded In other words, it was the ultimate recycling day. “The event was a huge success. We counted 258 cars attending, and with a likely average of about two to three people per car, that is somewhere between 500 and 750 people participating,” said David Moskowtiz of the East Brunswick Environmental commission. “We were able to keep literally tons of stuff out of the landfill. Virtually everybody…

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Recreation Campers Asked to Donate Food This Week

The Department of Recreation, Parks and Community Services is asking campers to donate food to help those in need.

It’s a big week for the Department of Recreation, Parks and Community Services, and possibly an even bigger week for those in need. The department is holding its eighth annual Camp Cares food drive and is hoping to get help from students attending the township’s recreation camps. Campers attending the Kool Kids, Super Stars, Summer Scene and Daisy camps are being asked to bring in food this week to replenish the dwindling supplies usually given township residents in need, to MCFOODS, the Middlesex County Emergency Food Distribution Network, which provides food to 60 area food pantries and soup kitchens, and to the Aldersgate Crisis Room. The camp that collects the most food will be given a pizza party. Individuals without campers can bring…

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(Photo Package) Concert Benefits Township Charities

The Celebration of Spring Concert raised Monday for the Mayor's Fund and the Crisis Room at Aldersgate Church.

The East Brunswick Arts Commission and Aldersgate United Methodist Church held a fundraising concert Saturday to benefit the Mayor’s Charity Fund and the Crisis Room at Aldersgate Church. Those who attended got to enjoy an afternoon of piano and flute solos, a flute quartet, a flute choir, a Marimba performance, and pieces on an organ and string quartet, and everything performed by East Brunswick residents, including fifth-grade pianist Bryan Tong. Proceeds from the event will go toward the Mayor’s Charity Fund, which is used throughout the year for a variety of causes, including helping those in need send their children to summer camp, and the Crisis Room. The church’s Crisis Room started more than 30 years ago as a way to help those in …

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House and Home

House and Home: Reaching Out to Japan

What your kids can do to help after the tsunami.

Last week, my daughters’ elementary school sent home a note asking for donations to help the victims of the recent tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan. I gave each of my daughters some money in an envelope and told them they could give the envelopes to their teachers for the school’s relief effort. But, my daughters, who have seen heartbreaking images and news on TV about the disaster, wanted to help in their own way. So they each went to their piggy banks and filled additional envelopes with their own coins to help out with the school’s Japan fundraiser. I thought that my daughters’ wish to help was sweet and very touching. Kids across the U.S. are launching their own efforts to help families and children affected by the natural …

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