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Thoughts From The Editor…Debbie Meehan

September 13, 2019

 

September 2019

It seems like yesterday I was dropping my son off at SJV pre-school. He had been quite ill at the time and my fear of letting someone else care for him took my breath away. I stood quietly in the hallway after he went into the classroom for what seemed to be hours. I was afraid because he had respiratory problems and he was crying so hard that I knew there was a chance he would have difficulty breathing and I didn’t know if they would know how to help him like I did. After about 15 minutes (wasn’t really hours) his teacher came out and gently took my hand and assured me I could leave, that he had stopped crying and they would take good care of him. As I turned to walk out of the school another mother asked me if it was my first child to go to preschool. I realized she had been standing in the same hallway with me, assuming with the same tears in her eyes. I smiled at her and said “No, he’s my third child, you’d think it would get easier.” She understood just what I meant, one mother to another.

Fast forward 15 years and I feel like that same mom again but this time I’m standing in a college room helping that same child unpack his things knowing that this time when I drop him off I wouldn’t be coming back at the end of the day to get him, this time he was on his own making his way into a whole new world and he couldn’t wait. As his roommate (a fellow CHS graduate and friend) and my son started to unpack their things with the help of their tearful moms, I knew, though as sad as I was, that this was what I raised him to do, what we all raise our children to do, become independent. So the answer to that question of “Does it get easier with each child?” Absolutely not!
When I looked around I noticed most of the parents had the same look on their faces; confusion, fear (though not sure if the fear was the letting go part or the college payments around the corner), excitement, pride and a touch of sadness, not for their children but for themselves, at the thought of letting go. After we finally settled the boys in we took them to lunch then headed back to the dorms. We jokingly asked the boys if they wanted us to come in and finish setting the room up, I don’t have to tell you what the answer was to that. We knew it was time to say good-bye and let them start exploring their new world which they couldn’t wait to do. I hugged my son as he whispered to me that it was OK to leave, he would be fine…just go mom, don’t cry. So with a heavy heart filled with happiness for him I got in the car and I cried from Rowan University to exit 131 on the Parkway.
I knew that the tears rolling down my face were because I knew at that moment, once again life had changed, for the better of course, but they still changed. But life is about change and without change we would never move ahead, we would never become better and we would never find out where our place is in this world. Sometimes we stumble, sometimes we get lost but they are things that help build our character and give us courage and strength along the way as we walk forward to become the best we can all be. After all what else could you wish for your child than health, happiness and love, that’s what binds us all together.
As we move ahead in our lives so will our children, sometimes they will need our strength and courage to guide them and sometimes we will need theirs. So whether you pick them up at the end of the day, they drive themselves home in a month or they come visit you with their own children, remember life is about change and knowing that no matter where that change leads you, you can always come back home.
Wishing all of your children and grandchildren a wonderful school year and for those who have graduated and are starting out in the real world, I wish you a successful future.

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10TH ANNUAL “BOWL FOR HUNGER” RAISES MONEY TO FEED THE HOMELESS

July 19, 2019

 

Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin in partnership with the Middlesex Water Company, Hackensack Meridian Health and Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce held the 10th Annual “Bowl for Hunger on Thursday, July 18, 2019, at Majestic Lanes of Hopelawn. Since the event’s inception in 2010, more than $250,000 has been raised to feed the hungry. This year’s event once again featured a double session, 5:30 to 7:30 PM and 8:00 to 10:00 PM, where nearly 600 bowlers took part on nearly 80 bowling lanes. Assemblyman Coughlin, Robert Garrett, Co-CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, Dennis Doll, President and CEO of the Middlesex Water Company and Karen Barnes, President of the Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce thanked event participants and sponsors for supporting the fun event and the area’s thirty (30) food banks who help nourish the underserved. While all pledges and donations are still forthcoming, the 2019 Bowl has raised approximately $40,000.00. Interested community members or businesses still wishing to make a donation to the “Bowl for Hunger” should contact the Bowl for Hunger committee at 732-925-8769 or E-mail BowlForHungerFundraiser@gmail.com. The grand total will be released in the coming weeks.

The event drew pledges and support from all five Mayors of the 19th Legislative District including—Mayor Daniel J. Reiman of Carteret, Mayor Wilda Diaz of Perth Amboy, Mayor Kennedy O’Brien of Sayreville, Mayor Fred Henry of South Amboy, and Mayor John E. McCormac of Woodbridge.

In total, 65 corporate, community and individual sponsors donated at least $125.00 to support the cause. Of the 65 sponsors, 33 individuals and organizations donated at the $500 level—Acrisure Insurance Group, Allegiance, Amerigroup, Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez and Senator Vitale of the 19th Legislative District, Cape May Brewing Co., Carpenter Contractor Trust, CME Associates, CMC Steel, Elizabethtown Gas, Fair Share Hospitals Collaborative, Farmer’s Insurance, Foundation Title, Garden State Dispensary, GEICO, Gibbons, Health and Fitness Professionals, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, James P. Nolan & Associates, Middlesex County Democratic Organization, Mott Macdonald, New Jersey Bankers Association, New Jersey Business and Industry Association, New Jersey Credit Unions, New Jersey Food Council, New Jersey Hospital Association, New Jersey Realty Advisory Group, NJM Insurance Group, Raritan Bay Area YMCA, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP, SII, Wakefern Food Corp, WellCare, Woodbridge Community Charity Fund Inc.

Assemblyman Coughlin, Presidents Barnes and Doll and Co-CEO Garrett thanked the combined 65 corporate and individual sponsors, including 32 sponsors who donated $125 or more:
American Irish Association of Woodbridge, Assemblyman Nicholas Chiavaralloti, Berkeley College, CCBRM LLC, Columbia Bank, Cultural Arts Commission of Woodbridge, Councilwoman Sharon Sullivan of East Brunswick, D.B. Kelly Div. #1 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Dave and Buster’s, Daniel Harris, Eric Aronowitz Esq., First Presbyterian Church of South Amboy, First Presbyterian Church of Avenel, First Presbyterian Church of Iselin, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Investors Bank Woodbridge, Insurance Council of NJ, JGT Management, Kaufman Zita Group, Metuchen Democratic Organization, Michael V. Testa, Architect, Middlesex County Federation of Democratic Women, Middlesex County Young Democrats, Middlesex County Surrogate Kevin Hoagland, Perth Amboy Democratic Organization Peter’s Pantry, Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey, RSI Bank, Spevack Law Offices, State Trooper Fraternal Association, Trinity Episcopal Church of Woodbridge, and Woodbridge Center LLC.

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