#NJsmall encourages NJ’s big businesses to spend with NJ’s small businesses – and is petitioning Governor Murphy to provide tax incentives for these big businesses
to Hackensack University Medical Center on National Nurses Day
In honor of National Nurses Day on May 6, 2020, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar of Hackensack, NJ donated more than two dozen meals to Hackensack University Medical Center to thank nurses for their commitment and dedication during this time.
The Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program has awarded more than 40,000 employee scholarships totaling $125 million since it began in 1984
Rochester, N.Y., May 19, 2020 – Wegmans Food Markets announced today that the Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program will award college tuition assistance to 1,842 new recipients for the upcoming academic year. The company expects to pay out approximately $5 million in tuition assistance to both new and returning scholarship recipients during the 2020-2021 school year.
Campaign launch prompts the community to donate plasma and blood
MONTVALE, NJ (May 14, 2020) – The oldest and largest national independent nonprofit transfusion medicine organization, Vitalant, has launched a campaign to help COVID-19 and other patients through life-saving convalescent plasma and other blood donations. The campaign is a prompt to take action and save lives, while reminding our community in New Jersey that donations are both safe and essential.
Over 60 organizations send letter to Governor Murphy urging clean energy alternative
As dozens of residents delivered public comments at this morning’s NJ Transit board meeting condemning the agency’s recent actions to push for approval of a new gas fired power plant during the worst days of the pandemic, a coalition of community and environmental groups sent a letter to Governor Murphy urging him to block the proposal and replace it with a renewable energy and storage alternative.
Summary: The Community Chest awarded over $50,000 in grants from its recently launched Coronavirus Emergency Fund to agencies meeting increased demands for services in eastern Bergen County, New Jersey.
Valley Health System is pleased to announce the appointment of James J. Butler, MHA, as Vice President for Valley Medical Group, effective April 20. Jim will report to Robert Brenner, MD, MMM, President, Clinical Integration & Physician Enterprise, Valley Health System.
RIDGEWOOD, NJ, Thursday, May 14, 2020 – The Valley Hospital is proud to have been recognized with an “A” grade for patient safety for the fifteenth time from The Leapfrog Group‘s Spring 2020 Hospital Safety Grade.
