Help the Army recognize its veterans
      Are you an Army veteran? Do you know one? Would you like to help formally recognize them for their service to our country?
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2NDFLOOR youth helpline needs volunteers
      Volunteers are needed to answer phones at 2NDFLOOR, a youth helpline available for young people to call any time of the day or night about anything on their minds. It is available to children and young adults between the ages of 10 and 24.
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National Reading Group Month slated for October
      The 2008 Summer Reading Program for children and teens was an overwhelming success at libraries all across New Jersey. I have hundreds of newspaper clippings about the exciting events New Jersey's public libraries offered this summer to keep our young people's minds active through interesting and unusual programs which encouraged exploration and reading.
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Children of New Jersey need advocates to prevent child abuse
      Like most New Jerseyans, I was horrified to learn of the Paterson mother who stabbed her 6 monthold infant to death. While it's unimaginable to comprehend the choice to harm a child, I found myself plagued with uneasy questions about how the tragedy came to be.
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A grim outlook in 1916 makes for grimmer outlook now
      Staff members at the New Jersey State Archives recently discovered the following article on microfilm of the Monmouth Inquirer, July 16, 1916, before the U.S. entered World War I. It's an interesting read 92 years later in view of current international fuel costs.
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