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How fast can you climb the Sky Tower? Hastings firefighter aims to beat personal best 13 May, 2021 06:00 PM 4 minutes to read Hastings firefighter Ken Laurie training for the upcoming Sky Tower challenge at Mitre 10 Sports Park, Hastings. Photo / Warren Buckland Hastings firefighter Ken Laurie training for the upcoming Sky Tower challenge at Mitre 10 Sports Park, Hastings. Photo / Warren Buckland Manawatu Guardian By: Sahiban Hyde Ken Laurie has climbed the Sky Tower, the tallest building in the southern hemisphere, for three years running. This year will be his fourth, and last. Laurie, 54, will be taking part in the Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge on May 22 and is hoping to beat his personal best time at the annual fundraiser for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand. ....
BookSmiles Founder Larry Abrams 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 it’s 508,000th book. On May 7, Abrams will be one of 24 New Jerseyans being honored during the 25th anniversary celebration of the ....
Many times, surprise medical bills involve pre-planned medical care. But there is good news for those unsure about the cost of non-emergency procedures they need to get done. “As of January 1 of this year, patients have been given the right to know prices in healthcare before we receive care from all the hospitals across the United States,” Cynthia Fisher said. Police and family members are speaking out to ask for the community s help in finding a hit-and-run driver who fled the scene of a fatal crash in northwest Miami-Dade earlier this month. NBC 6 s Laura Rodriguez reports ‘It Breaks Me : Family Pleads for Help in Finding Driver in Fatal Miami-Dade Hit-and-Run ....
WHYY By (Courtesy of BookSmiles) 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. ....
On the hierarchy of basic needs, books are not quite as important as food, but close, according to Food Bank of South Jersey officials. That s why the regional Food Bank is partnering with another local nonprofit, BookSmiles, to collect and distribute children s books to families in need. Now, when parents and children go to distribution events for food, they can walk away with a few titles, too. The partnership started in February and is the first of its kind in the 36-year history of the Food Bank, according to Marie Alonso, the nonprofit s communications manager. Since then, the Food Bank has collected more than 22,000 books to distribute through its network of more than 200 satellite pantries in the region, which include churches and other community organizations. The nonprofit has started the effort in Burlington and Camden counties but will soon expand to Gloucester and Salem as well, Alonso said. ....