Weird NJ Brings Sandy Fundraiser to West Orange

The Weird NJ crew will be presenting a night of music and food.

Weird NJ is bringing a special fundraiser to West Orange this weekend in order to raise money for those affected by Superstorm Sandy. The Restore Our Shore fundraiser will be held at the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh on Jan. 19, from 7 p.m. to midnight.  All funds raised will benefit the following charities:  The fundraiser will provide relief to those residents whose homes were destroyed.  In addition, the Weird NJ crew is looking to help the businesses who were affected by the storm. Weird NJ publishers Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran will be guest hosting the event.  Local bands such as The Poor Man’s Opera, The Will O’Connor Live Acoustic Show, and special musical guests will be performing for the crowd, while local restaurants and …

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Shillelagh Club Will Put the 'Bald' in St. Baldrick This Saturday

This annual fundraiser returns to help fund cures for childhood cancers.

  The Shillelagh Club is going bald for St. Baldrick’s this weekend when it hosts its annual fundraiser to combat children’s cancer.  People will line up on Saturday to get their hair buzzed to raise funds for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for childhood cancers.  Kevin Kinney, of West Caldwell and who is organizing the event, said about 70 people have already signed up to get their heads shaved by volunteer barbers, such as those from JT’s Barbershop in Verona.  The event continues to draw people year after year from not only West Orange, but the Caldwells, Verona, Montclair and various other communities. The fundraiser will also feature live bands, step dancers, food, and drinks.  “Every year we try…

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Car Wash Hosts Fundraiser for Murder Victim's Family

The West Orange Car Wash will donate $5 for every car washed on Saturday to the family of the man that was shot and killed outside Misty's Bar last week.

Local business owner Scott Carpel is hosting a fundraiser this weekend to help support the family of the man shot and killed at a township bar last week.   Carpel, owner of the West Orange Car Wash, located at 87 Main St., said Friday he is raising money for the family of Jacques Nelson, who was murdered at Misty’s Restaurant and Bar on Aug. 6.   “I know a lot of guys that live in West Orange, and (the murder) hit home to me because it was so close to my business,” said Carpel. “ ... I feel more people should get involved when something happens.”  Carpel said he would donate $5 for everyone who gets a car wash on Saturday. The car wash will be open between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.  In addition, Carpel said he set up a donation box at the car …

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Bookmobile Connects West Orange and Newark

Local high school senior Ethan Blake and his friends will spend the summer collecting used books for underprivileged children in Newark.

  "Like" the West Orange Patch on Facebook by clicking here.  Ethan Blake will take his friends along for a ride on his Essex County Bookmobile this summer to prove the idea that one man's used book is another man's treasure.  It is a simple idea, said Blake: solicit people in West Orange and the surrounding communities for their used and unread books, and bring them to underprivileged kids in need.  “I have always heard about young kids -- high schoolers and all that -- that start nonprofits while they are still in high school, while they have free time,” said Blake, a senior at the West Orange High School. “I thought it would be a good thing to do during the summer.  “This is something that could actually have an effect and really impact…

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Memorial Day Event will Raise Funds for Homeless Pre-K Teacher

Come out and help support a beloved a Belleville resident and Montclair Community Pre-K teacher.

Belleville resident LaMonica Carter could use a little help. Parents Who Rock, Montclair Patch, Tapastry restaurant, musician Meg Beattie Patrick, and others will band together on Monday, May 28 to host a Concert for the Carters from noon until 4 p.m. at 12 Church Street in Montclair. The aim of the event is to amass as much of a fundraising haul for LaMonica Carter as possible. The beloved teacher, who has worked at the Montclair Community Pre-K for the past 11 years, is still homeless nearly two weeks after a fire destroyed her Belleville home and everything she owns on Mother's Day. The event will boast varous Parents Who Rock bands, giveaways, and a bake sale. (Anyone who can help bake or help man the bake stand should contact Julie …

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A Night of Hoops

St. Cloud parents organize 5th grade fundraiser

Teachers, students and parents gathered at Roosevelt Middle School to shoot some hoops to raise cash for St. Cloud’s graduating 5th grade class Thursday night. Tom Hughes and Bob Meaux, parents of two of the graduating students, are the brain children behind the event's conception and execution. Hughes came up with the idea back in February at a town sponsored league game. Hughes said he suggested the idea of having a basketball game to students and faculty. "Bob mentioned parents as well and here we are months later," he said.  To start the festivities, more than 150 attendees listened to 5th grader Nia Sorbino's rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Prior to taking the stage she said she was "nervous but also excited." Then she held her…

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Beverly Meaux

9:34 am on Saturday, April 30, 2011

WAIT! Do I hear a re-match tournament before the end of the year with parents from all grades, faculty/staff and kids! Also, this event raised over $1,500, let's double it with a re-match.   more ›

Fun With Fundraisers

Help a school, get a bargain, bring in customers

Spring is the season for school fundraisers, which means bargains and parties, all for a good cause. Last year was my son's first year at Playhouse Nursery School in West Orange. The school is partially co-operative, which means that the school depends on parents for help with anything from being the “helping parent” during class, to working on community outreach, to setting up and running parenting workshops, to (everyone's favorite activity…) fundraising. Myself and another first-year mom somehow ended up in charge of the school's big annual fundraiser, also known as The Basket Raffle (I just got a little chill just from the words, as my former co-chair will when she reads this. Not the good kind of chill either, more like the chill of …