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By day, Larry Abrams is an English teacher in the Lindenwold School District. At night and on weekends, he spreads “book wealth” to people across the Garden State and in Philadelphia through his organization, BookSmiles, collecting books and giving them away to people who do not have a library of their own.
“We distribute them to nonprofits, to my fellow brother and sister teachers, to anyone who can put books into the hands of kids who really need them,” he said.
The organization has just given away its 508,000th book.
On May 7, Abrams will be one of 24 New Jerseyans being honored during the 25th anniversary celebration of the Russ Berrie Making a Difference Award, sponsored by Ramapo College of New Jersey. Abrams was nominated by three of the approximately 75 volunteers in his organization. His award comes with a $7,500 cash prize that will go back into his organization.
Middletown teens who rescued kids from icy pond will split $7,500
A group of five teenagers from Middletown has been honored with cash for their heroic efforts, saving two young children from an icy pond while sledding this past winter.
Kieran Foley, Joseph Dietrich, Drew Scalice, Ryan Day and Tyler Armagan, dubbed “The Rescuers,” have been given $7,500 to split as recipients of a 2021 Russ Berrie Making a Difference Award.
The freshmen at Middletown High School North formed a human chain to pull two siblings, ages 4 and 8, to safety after the December sledding mishap at the Beacon Hill Country Club in Atlantic Highlands.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Donald Trump: The Herbert Hoover of the 21st Century.
A Zoom meeting with Murray Sabrin, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Finance, Sabrin Center for Free Enterprise (founder), Ramapo College of New Jersey
Wed, April 28th @ 4pm EST / 1pm PST
Donald Trump was a one-term president like Herbert Hoover, who occupied the Oval Office during the worst period of the Great Depression. Democrats successfully ran against Hoover for decades reminding the American people that the GOP president was a do-nothing chief executive who allowed the economy to implode during his tenure. The Coronavirus recession and the deaths associated with Covid-19 in 2020 were mainly the factors that caused Trump s defeat last year.
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The five Middletown teens: Tyler Armagan, Ryan Day, Kieran Foley, Drew Scalice and Joey Dietrich are all students at Middletown High School North. (Provided by Kelly Walsh Day)
MIDDLETOWN, NJ Remember these young men? The five Middletown teen boys who jumped into a frozen pond this past December and saved two little kids in a sledding accident will be honored with a $7,500 prize this May.
The money is given out by the Russell Berrie Foundation, a Mahwah-based non-profit that gives out money annually to people across New Jersey.
Kieran Foley, Joseph Dietrich, Drew Scalice, Ryan Day, and Tyler Armagan all freshmen at Middletown High School North will be awarded the money in virtual award ceremony on May 7.