On The Web WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON BERGENMAG.COM RIGHT NOW YOUR VOTE COUNTS! It’s that time of year again! Voting for the 2024 Best In Bergen Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Fill out your online ballot at bergenmag. com/bergenreaders-choice2024-voting and show support for all your favorite Bergen County businesses and services, from bakeries and bridal stores to salons and ski shops. Then stay tuned for details on our celebration of the winners. KINDNESS MATTERS Showing more kindness toward others is something everyone can do, and small gestures of generosity and thoughtfulness usually require little effort. A BERGEN reader shared the following story, which was originally published in our Bergen Buzz e-newsletter, demonstrating the type of kindness we all would like to see more of in 2024: Jodie Gold, from Philadelphia, reached out to Westwood Candy Company & Gift Shoppe at 4:55 p.m. on a workday. Gold’s sister-in-law Beryl, a Hillsdale resident, is battling cancer, and her doctor suggested sour lemon candies as a way to ease the side effects from chemotherapy. Westwood Candy Company was the only store she called that was both open and stocked the candy. The store was about to close, and Gold asked Kim, the owner, to remain open a few minutes later so that the candies could be picked up. Kim wasn’t able to do so because she needed to get her mom to the airport. Instead, Kim offered to deliver them to Gold’s sister-in-law’s home. Kim’s husband, Anthony, delivered the lemon drops with a hand-written note on the bag– “Beryl, We hope these help.” When Gold reached out the next day to pay for the candies, Kim told her they were on the house. Visit bergenmag.com/an-act-of-kindness-can-liftones-spirit to read the whole story.
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