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Cape Cares helps animals
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Working to help heart attack victims survive
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Clowns who care: Volunteers don makeup and red noses to bring cheer and support to patients
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A place to play ball: Absecon's Field of Dreams draws hundreds of kids with disabilities for exercise and fun
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Recovery group still working to help Sandy victims
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- Group honors memory of Ventnor attorney by helping arts students
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Marty Wilson Jr. packed a lot of giving into a relatively short life. His extended family has continued his work through a foundation that supports arts and music education in Atlantic County.
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- Giving Back briefs: Beach cleanup needs volunteers, anti-cancer efforts recognized and other news of the volunteer community
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Churches recognized
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- Working out, finding supportExercise program leads to group for Parkinson's sufferers
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Barbara McGinnis of Egg Harbor Township has the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, but is still waiting for a concrete diagnosis.
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- Giving Back briefs: Taste of the Town raises funds and other news of the volunteer community
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Taste raises funds
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- Having fun and helping out: United Way program gets young professionals involved
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Rebecca Turygan first got involved with the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey when a friend who worked there, Amanda McGowan, asked her to be part of the Celebrity Date Auction.
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- Group starts summer program to feed hungry families
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It was James Cooper's daughter who gave him the idea of starting a summer food program for low-income families. As a teacher in Englewood, Bergen County, she would tell him how many students did not get meals at home, and would really struggle if they missed breakfast.
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- Giving Back briefs: Cape Technical School District honors Bob Maschio, community garden in Northfield and other volunteer news
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Maschio honored
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- Evaluating experiments: Science fair judges pick winners, encourage participants
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When Catherine Jaggard took over as director of the Jersey Shore Science Fair 14 years ago she only had three months to prepare and it was, she admits, a bit of a mess.
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- Helping patients pay the cost of fighting cancer
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Gloria Jacoby walks on the beach in her hometown of Brigantine every morning. But that's the only beach time she gets.
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- It's time to tidy up: Volunteers pitch in to pick up trash at popular events
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Getting up early on a Saturday morning to pick up trash doesn't sound like a great way to spend a weekend.
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- Helping teens deal with the burden of cancer in the family
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Losing a family member to cancer is never easy. But when it limits a teenager's ability to function in school, grief can negatively affect their grades and their futures.
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- Giving Back briefs: Cape Regional Auxilliary donates toys, twins from Brigantine honored and news of the volunteer community
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Auxiliary donates toys
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- Event benefits Alcove Center for Grieving Children
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When Mindy Shemtov worked with adults in rehab, she noticed it was often a family death during childhood that triggered later drug or alcohol addiction.
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