450 hope to save the life of Pequannock girl, 12

Here's another wonderful story of kindness.

Donate bone marrow to cancer patient
BY LAURA BRUNO
DAILY RECORD
Sunday, September 9, 2007

PEQUANNOCK -- A call for help was sounded and nearly 450 Pequan-nock residents answered on Saturday, hoping that a quick swab of their inner cheek could save a local girl's life.

Friends, acquaintances and strangers participated in a bone marrow drive at Pequannock Valley Middle School in honor of 12-year-old Traci Fox, one of two Pequannock children who recently was diagnosed with leukemia.

It was the largest turnout in recent memory for such a drive, which typically averages 85 registrants, according to The Icla Da Silva Foundation, which ran the event and is responsible for drives in the Northeast as one of the country's 10 bone marrow recruitment groups.

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Long Valley church distributes 1,200 bottles of donated water as part of 'Operation Chillout'

Here are good people doing good things. To me, this is how we're going to make this world a better place. One good deed at a time.

BY COLLEEN O'DEA
DAILY RECORD
Sunday, September 9, 2007

Kids may be back in school, but it's still summer and still hot, especially for those who can't afford an Aquafina or Aquapod and don't even have a tap to open or a glass to fill with water.

Enter Operation Chillout, the outreach ministry at St. Luke Roman Catholic Church in Long Valley.

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