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Morris Habitat for Humanity Restore Sale

scottfarbman — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:58:37 +0000

ReStore Spring Bargain Bonanza

Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Where:

Morris Habitat ReStore

102 Iron Mountain Road, Suite H, Mine Hill

About:

Shop the Bargain Bonanza on the outside, where you’ll find thirty-seven vendors of yard sale items, crafts, jewelry and food in the ReStore parking lot. The Golden Girls will buy your old & unwanted gold jewelry and donate 12% of their proceeds to Morris Habitat. Radio station 105.5 WDHA-FM will be adding to the fun by playing music outside. You can enter a drawing for a $100.00 gift certificate and sign up for the new ReStore Birthday Club. We’ll be serving free birthday cake to celebrate our third anniversary, and bagels and coffee will be available in the morning for a donation.

Special in-store bargains will also be featured!

doors and windows 25% off
rugs 10% off
lighting 10% off
special clearance section
additional reductions throughout the store

Need directions to the Morris Habitat ReStore?

Today is Denim Day on the Morristown Green

scottfarbman — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:29:57 +0000

Today on the Green
~From 12 Noon until 2pm
~Live Music by Alan Grant and Primitive Soul
~Sponsored by Morris County Sexual Assault Center and the Morris Alliance for the Prevention of Sexual Assault.
~Wear jeans to show your support! Decorate them with messages of hope in this day-long observance dedicated to awareness about sexual violence and consent.

The sharingVillage Benefit Video : a must watch

scottfarbman — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:55:54 +0000

It has been one month since Jen Singer introduced me to the world of sharingVillage. Please take a moment to watch the video and visit their website. http://sharingVillage.org

Thank you,
Scott Farbman

Many NJ good samaritans turn down crimestopper rewards

SL — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:59:02 +0000

New Jersey’s CrimeStoppers hotlines have made thousands of arrests over the past two decades. But officials say many of the people who have turned in thieves, rapists and killers have truly been good Samaritans and turned down the reward money. In Morris County alone, around 90 percent of the rewards, which are up to $1,000 each, go unclaimed.

“The majority of people don’t want the money,” said Morris CrimeStoppers Chairman John Sette. “They want the bad guys off the street.”

Private donations and sponsorships make up the primary funding for CrimeStoppers. The foundation also works closely with the public to raise awareness about CrimeStoppers and collects donations to support the fund.

“Without CrimeStoppers we wouldn’t solve as many crimes as we do,” said Morris County Sheriff Ed Rochford.

A big round of applause to those who turn in the bad guys just to do the right thing and help protect the community. And if you can donate to help keep Crimestoppers going, please do.

You can find the Morris County Crimestopper site here.
If you have any information relating to crimes, criminals or criminal activity, please contact them at:
(973) COP-CALL
(973) 267-2255
1-800-SHERIFF

For other information contact:
Sergeant Moire Reilly
Phone: (973) 285-6675
E-mail: info@MorrisCrimeStoppers.org

A big thank you to NJ.com/The Star-Ledger for covering this story first.

Morris County, you rock! Let’s keep on keeping New Jersey safer!

Morristown Salvation Army appeals for help

SL — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:58:52 +0000

The Morristown Salvation Army post has out out a last-minute appeal for help because its annual red kettle fundraiser for the needy has fallen far behind and there are only a few days left for the campaign that provides assistance to needy families across Morris County.

Between 2008 and 2009 the Salvation Army saw an increase of more than 30 percent in cases being served. In addition, some 1,597 individuals were served through the Army’s food pantry.

Through Wednesday, the organization raised $23,538 in its red kettles.
Last year the total at this time was $42,857, Maj. Walter Droz said. “Christmas is almost here,” Droz said. “Our last day of kettles is Christmas Eve. We’re hoping for a miracle here, but that’s what the holidays are all about, miracles.”

So come on, Morristown, we once again need your heart-driven generosity and care for those who need help. We know you will come through!!

The Salvation Army office is at 95 Spring St. and can be reached at 973-539-2700.

PARTYBLUPRINTS Blog has some great ideas to get us into the TRU holiday spirit

scottfarbman — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:17:16 +0000

(see what I did, I spelled true like they spell blue. teeheehee)

Dawn and Elizabeth have written a great post on their party and lifestyle blog. The title of the post is Give the Gift of Time this Holiday!

The most precious gift you can give your family this holiday is the gift of time. Shift the focus of gift giving to time-sharing. This is nothing new, you’ve heard it before, but I hope these simple and special ideas inspire you to make it part of your Holiday celebration this year!

Continue reading the article on PARTYBLUPRINTS.COM

Kinnelon Volunteer Fire Co. shares holiday photos and more.

SL — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:04:34 +0000

The volunteers over at KVFD have taken the time to share their photos in a really great way – they have used shutterfly.com to create a free website where you can see all their photos! You can view the photos here.

You can stay up to date with the latest goings-on at the Fire Company at their main website. Thank you to all the volunteers who help keep us safe!

Morristown’s Eric Johnson House needs holiday wrappers to benefit AIDS/ HIV community.

SL — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:43:13 +0000

Morristown’s Eric Johnson House, which helps people living with HIV / AIDS, needs volunteers to wrap holiday gifts at the Rockaway Mall. Come on out and have some fun wrapping presents for a great cause.

Donations will be collected to benefit those with HIV/ AIDS but it isn’t necessary to donate in order to volunteer (although it sure would help!).

Shifts last about four hours. Plenty of shifts are available through Christmas Eve. You can even volunteer in groups, so take your friends, family or colleagues!

For more information, contact: Rosanne Maglio .

(Many thanks toGeorge! on NJ.com for reporting this story first!).

Teen missing in Hackettstown & Mansfield area

SL — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:57:05 +0000

UPDATE: Eric has been found! His mother sends her thanks for the support and prayers.

This is 16 year-old Eric. He was officially reported missing Friday December 18th to the Hackettstown Police Department. If you happen to see him please contact the police immediately and please keep Eric and his friends and family in your heart, your thoughts and your prayers during this heart-wrenching time.

Thank you.

Parents: find out what to do if your child goes missing at missingkids.com.

Morristown Mission and Homeless Solutions in Morristown, NJ are less slippery today

scottfarbman — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:54:59 +0000

Four hours ago I tweeted : It is not snowing in Morristown yet. Please donate to local food pantry or shelter before it gets bad. Those folks need us more right now. That was my little tip of the day. I had no intention of going out to donate anything. I felt my job was to cheer-lead you guys into doing all the hard work.

A little while later, I checked my twitter feed. Some folks had RT’d me. Maybe I should get a little bit more involved. I found a list of shelters/food kitchens and tweeted: Calling folks on this list http://www.hud.gov/local/nj/homeless/shelters/morris.cfm

I was only able to get in touch with the Market Street Mission and Homeless Solutions, Inc. They both told me that they were all set for food now. Anything would be appreciated. I asked is there anything they needed for the snow storm. Salt. They both needed rock salt.

I wanted to see if my tweeps were gonna come out and help me. I checked who retweeded me. Mike from the College of Saint Elizabeth lives out of town. I couldn’t make him come out here today and risk getting stuck. I tried to call soon to be Mayor Tim. His campaign office was closed. Oh well. He would have known which store was most likely to give me a discount. I haven’t met Rosary yet. I am sure she would have come out and helped.

I called my neighbor David, and made him join me and Eva. We went to Moore’s Hardware in town. The guy there was very nice and happy to sell us salt. He helped David choose the right type for his walkway, and me for my dog. He wants me to tell him how well it works because it is a new line this winter. David payed for 2 bags of salt and I payed for 2. We dropped them off at Homeless Solutions Inc and Market Street Mission. The folks were very glad to have it. I don’t know how much of a quality of life improvement rock salt is. I hope it helps them in some small way.

I don’t know if my tweets encouraged anyone to go out for an hour and do something they usually wouldn’t. I don’t know if me doing it as well as suggesting it will encourage you guys to go out next time. If you want to volunteer to help me when I think of these crazy things, shoot me an email at scott@blogmorris.com

Thanks to my re-tweeters and to neighbor David for tagging along and paying for half the salt!