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HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS
Nassau Inn Family Princeton’s Community Response Benefit for Haiti Earthquake Relief Raises $11,000 CLICK HERE for more photos and event participants.	Lawrenceville Elementary School Students at Lawrenceville Elementary School (LES) participated in school-wide fundraising efforts for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, donating a total of $1,680.15 to the American Red Cross. Ms. Shields’ and Ms. Manning’s 2nd graders initiated the effort by selling snacks. First graders secured donations from family members and friends for a read-a-thon held at school. LES children and staff celebrated their efforts through an Awesome Assembly recently, as they presented the money raised for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to Red Cross Volunteer Robert Morgan, pictured here with students and (back row L-R) teachers Cari Gallagher and Kristin Shields with Principal Judith McLaughlin.
Panera Bread	Panera Bread of New Jersey is well known for supporting local causes. The devastation in Haiti made it clear that a relief fund needed to be implemented for such a worthy cause outside of our state borders. And residents in New Jersey, once again, stepped up big time. In just 2 weeks, Panera matched all donations with a 50% contribution bringing the total amount to $37,867.50. All proceeds were donated to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. Panera Bread Managing Member Jim Nawn stated, “We are grateful to our customers for their continued support in times of great need. Time and time again, we are overwhelmed by their generosity. This donation will be put to great use in Haiti through the American Red Cross.” Pictured are Jim Nawn, managing member of Panera Bread in Northern New Jersey (far right) presenting a check for $37,867.50 to American Red Cross of Central New Jersey CEO Kevin Sullivan (center) and Red Cross Board Member Bill Augustine.
Hopewell Valley Central High School Members of the Model WHO Club at Hopewell Valley Central High School held fundraisers and collected donations to help with American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. Teacher and club leader David Angwenyi initiated the project, and other teachers and students soon joined on to help. Model WHO Club member Ashley Fennelly's father was so impressed by the students' efforts, he matched funds raised, bringing the total donated to over $3,000! Pictured here are members of the Model WHO Club along with advisors, including club leader David Angwenyi (standing, 2nd from right) presenting the check to Diane Concannon, director of public relations, American Red Cross of Central New Jersey (standing, far right) at Hopewell Valley Central High School.	Princeton High School Ice Hockey Over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, members of Princeton High School's Boys Ice Hockey Team collected donations for the victims of the Haiti earthquake at ShopRite in Montgomery. Pictured here is Hockey Team member Fraser Graham with Sarah Mertz, senior director of financial development at the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey in Princeton.
Khufu Temple The Khufu Temple in Princeton presented a check to the American Red Cross to help fund disaster relief efforts in Haiti. Pictured are (L-R) Illustrious Potentate Frank R. Herron, Honorary Past Potentate Rodney Thompson and Past Potentate David B. Lewis with Laura Pearson of the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey in Princeton.	Newgrange School Red Cross Volunteer Jesse Lazarus (left) congratulates Newgrange School students Darriah Robinson and Student Council President Dan Lapidow on a job well done. Students raised funds for American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti and presented a check to Mr. Lazarus on February 3rd.

COMMUNITY MAKING THE SEASON BRIGHTER
Rutgers University Thousands participated in Rutgers’ The Big Chill 5K Race, held 12/12/09 in New Brunswick. The Big Chill provides our Holiday Gift Run with some of the adorable stuffed animals and toys donated by race participants.	NJ Physician Assistant Foundation The NJ Physician Assistant Foundation fulfilled many children’s gift wishes for this year’s Holiday Gift Run. Pictured are PA Foundation President Beth Hellstern PA-C (far right) and Red Cross Senior Program Director Carol Chang after loading our van with gifts.
Novo Nordisk Employees of Novo Nordisk’s Commercial Effectiveness department donated over 80 gifts to brighten the holidays for some of our Home Delivered Meals clients. Pictured L-R is Obi Ezeadi and Jud Ihlenfeldt of Novo Nordisk Inc. with Brandon Verrault, coordinator Red Cross Meals Home and Weekend Mobile Meals programs.	Garden Club of Princeton The Garden Club of Princeton prepared beautiful Holiday arrangements for our Home Delivered Meals clients – bringing a lovely, festive addition into their homes. Pictured L-R are club members Helena Bienstock and Erin Forrey.
Star 99.1 FM Red Cross Senior Program Director Carol Chang (left) accepts teddy bear delivery from Star 99.1 FM Radio Promotions Assistant Ashley Best. The teddy bears were donated by listeners during a recent radio promotion.	Bristol-Myers Squibb Employees at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Employee Resource Groups, put together over 250 adorable snowman goodie bags filled with candies to be shipped to our troops serving overseas. Also included in each bag was a newsletter created by the group that included recent sports scores, local weather forecasts, and additional news tidbits from Central New Jersey. Pictured here are members of the Employee Resource Groups at Bristol-Myers Squibb wishing the troops a Happy Holiday!

BEST OF BLOOMBERG VOLUNTEERS WITH RED CROSS
	Ten employees from Bloomberg’s Skillman office volunteered at the chapter on December 8, 2009. They are members of the company’s BOB (Best of Bloomberg) volunteer program. For several hours, the team assisted our Service to Armed Forces volunteers as they sorted items from Adopt A Unit campaigns and then packed over 40 care packages for shipment to the troops. They also wrote holiday greetings to include in the shipment. Thank you BOB – you are the Best!

MERCER COUNTY ASSOC. OF REALTORS DONATES THANKSGIVING BASKETS
On November 16th, members of the Mercer County Association of Realtors donated 40 Thanksgiving Baskets to the Red Cross to benefit local military families this holiday. The baskets were loaded with goodies to help these families have a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and included a gift card for families to purchase their turkeys. The Red Cross and the Lawrenceville Family Assistance Center would like to thank the following for their generosity: Coldwell Banker in Princeton and Princeton Junction; ERA Advantage Realty in Cream Ridge and Bordentown; ERA Properties Unlimited; Gloria Nilson GMAC in Princeton, Princeton Junction and Pennington; Henderson Sotheby's International; Keller Williams; Long & Foster; Maguire Burke; NT Callaway in Princeton; Prudential Fox & Roach in Princeton and Princeton Junction; Re/Max Excel; Re/Max Greater Princeton; Re/Max in Town; Re/Max of Princeton; Re/Max Tri County; Richard A Weidel offices in Ewing, West Windsor and Princeton; Stockton Real Estate; Weichert Realtors in Princeton and Girl Scout Troop 1218.	11/16/09 – (L-R) Red Cross volunteer Joan Smith, Pam Trapp of Keller Williams, Andrea D’Angelo of Gloria Nilson, Jane Hackbarth of the Lawrenceville Family Assistance Center, Barbara Facompre of Gloria Nilson, Margaret Schmid of Coldwell Banker, and Red Cross volunteer Mario Florio with the baskets delivered to the Lawrenceville Armory.

CHILDREN USE CPR TRAINING TO HELP SAVE THEIR FATHER'S LIFE
	During the early morning hours on July 15, 2009, Robert Corkwell (seated left) suffered cardiac arrest and his two children, both trained with American Red Cross life saving skills as lifeguards, immediately began CPR on their father. Very soon after, the Piscataway Police Department arrived with an automated external defibrillator (AED) and shocked Mr. Corkwell. When paramedics arrived, they continued the efforts and advised the officers they detected a heart rhythm. Read more...

ORACLE SPENDS GLOBAL VOLUNTEER DAYS WITH RED CROSS
On Wednesday, September 9th, employees of Oracle USA stepped out of their offices and into warehouse space to help the chapter organize a vast amount of our disaster relief supplies now housed in Hunterdon County. They logged and stacked cots, blankets and other supplies used during sheltering and disaster operations. The employees assisted the Red Cross as part of Oracle’s Global Volunteer Days, when Oracle employees around the world engage in volunteer projects to benefit the communities where they live and work. And we’re extremely grateful for their help! The warehouse space was generously donated by the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC). HCESC is providing 1,000 square feet of storage space in its warehouse facilities to allow the Red Cross to store and maintain disaster relief supplies to help facilitate the efficient delivery of emergency services throughout Hunterdon County and the Central New Jersey region.	Oracle Team (L-R) Florie Burke, Lauren Farese, Liz Samuel, Duane Babecki, Joe Alampi, Gerry Jurrens, Dara Sellnow-Mizerak, and Ajay Dhami.

RED CROSS RECOGNIZES RARITAN TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY HERO
	Raritan Township, June 25, 2009 – Kathy Schroeder (far left), health and safety manager with the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey, presents Raritan Township employee Jeff Hamerstone with a Red Cross Community Hero certificate during a Township Safety Committee meeting. Also pictured are Jeff’s wife Cathy and 9-year-old daughter Erin and Jeff’s co-worker Mike Rasile (second from left). On January 15, 2009, Jeff Hamerstone did not hesitate to put his Red Cross training into action when Mike began choking. The two men were on their lunch break at the Public Works Facility when Jeff recognized the signs of conscious choking and immediately performed the actions necessary to dislodge the food and save Mike from losing consciousness.

ADAPTED AQUATICS	DELOITTE'S IMPACT DAY
The Red Cross Adapted Aquatics Program held it’s year-end swim race on June 2nd. Click here for more…	First grade students at Maurice Hawk Elementary School get ready for the Life Jacket Relay during Deloitte’s IMPACT Day. Read more…

WELCOMING HOME THE TROOPS
SAF Volunteers help welcome home the troops. See more pix…

YOUNG FUNDRAISERS	ADOPT A UNIT
Students at the University Heights Elementary School in Hamilton held a fundraiser to help encourage the joy of reading and donated the proceeds to the local Red Cross chapter.	Employees at The Mercadien Group in Princeton adopted a unit. Click here to see others who have adopted a unit...

RUTGER'S DAY
Nearly 200 children walked through the Fire Safety House.	Red Cross instructors taught Longfellow's WHALE Tales program to children.
On April 25, 2009, Rutgers University held their first Rutger's Day. The Red Cross was invited to help educate the community about fire safety and water safety.