Vol. 24 - No. 32
In This Week’s Edition
THE MANCHESTER
TIMES
Your FREE Weekly Hometown Newspaper For Manchester, Lakehurst and Whiting
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Local Rescue Organizations Making “Shelter Animals Count”
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Coloring Contest Page 9.
Dr. Izzy’s Sound News
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Dear Pharmacist 3 Convincing Reasons To Eat More Oatmeal
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Inside The Law
–Photo courtesy Kevin’s Kids This photo, taken in a previous year, shows just how great the need is in Manchester. By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – The question assumes a happy answer: “What is Santa Claus going to bring you on Christmas Eve?” A first-grade teacher innocently asked her class that 36 years ago, when one child offered an unexpected answer: Santa Claus never comes to my house. School staff donned their Santa’s Helpers Hats and started a toy drive to make sure Santa visited not only him but other needy children. So now each year, the Manchester Township
School District holds its drive, Kevin’s Kids. They help a list that school officials anticipate will include nearly 400 children and their families this year. “Yes, this is a Christmas Drive, but hopefully the necessities provided will help parents in these difficult times throughout the year,” said Alex George, Director of Student and Administrative Services, and chairperson for the drive. The district hopes not only to collect toys, but necessities for families to help them get through (Kevin’s Kids - See Page 5)
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Business Directory Page 24-25.
Classifieds Page 23.
Dear Joel Page 22.
Where To Donate For The Holiday Season By Kimberly Bosco With the holiday season upon us, it would be prudent to know when and where you can donate food, clothing, or toys for those in need all around the area. Whether it is your local food bank or a county organization, there is no shortage of holiday donation drives working to get the less fortunate through the winter months. Here is a list of some of
the major drives going on throughout Ocean County and Monmouth County towns. On a county scale, Ocean County residents can look to (Donate - See Page 8)
–Photo courtesy Stafford Recreation The Free Little Pantry project has locations all throughout Stafford, where you can leave what you can and take what you need.
–Photo by Kimberly Bosco The animal shelter houses animals of all shapes and sizes, ready and waiting for a loving home. By Kimberly Bosco OCEAN COUNTY – While you may know where you can fi nd an animal for adoption near you, you may not be aware of how many choices you really have. Volunteers at local shelters and rescues confirm that what you see may not be what you get, in terms of numbers. When it comes down to it, state statistics on the number of adoptable animals leave a lot to be desired. Local animal shelters and organizations are taking part in a nationwide initiative to provide accurate data on rescue animals. As Friends of the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter (FOSOCAS) explains it, the way the state of New Jersey defi nes “rescues” leaves them out of the state-wide census for shelter animals. Maureen Flaherty of the FOSOCAS, a nonprofit organization that aids the Southern Ocean County Animal Shelter, stated that while this is still completely lawful, these definitions skew the true data, showing fewer animals up for adoption than truly exist. “Rescue animals are those held by an animal rescue organization in an animal rescue facility…Stray and free roaming animals are captured by animal control officers and impounded in a licensed impoundment facility,” stated Colin Campbell, State Public (Animals - See Page 4)
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