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GET YOUR YWG CASH SAVINGS CARD TODAY! CLICK HERE to purchase the card. Want to save money all around town and support NCJW at the same time? The YWG Cash Savings Card is a bargain at only $20, offering continuous savings at local merchants through July 31, 2008. Chanukah is coming! The Cash Savings Card makes a great gift for that special friend or family member. (You do not have to be a member of NCJW to purchase or use the card.) Use the card again and again at your favorite stores and restaurants! Bagel Chateau Cafe Arugula Cosi Flowers & Events From the Ground Up Handcrafters La Strada Little Ones Livingston Car Wash Mark & Julie's Homemade Ice Cream Roxy Shelly Belly Maternity Sneaker Factory Soup Man Tony's Shoe Repair Tossed Wooden You Know Yarnware 580 South To purchase a card, click here, or contact Jackie Hersch at jackiehersch@aim.com. Knitters Needed for Creative Hands Project Are you a knitter or are you interested in learning to knit to help those in need in our community? Whether you prefer knitting with a group or on your own, Creative Hands is the place for you! NCJW's Creative Hands knitting group is looking for knitters or would-be knitters to contribute to our knitting projects. Lap blankets, adult booties, shawls, preemie hats, and more, are needed. The completed projects are donated to babies, children and adults at many social service agencies and hospitals in and around Essex County. more info >>>

UPCOMING EVENTS PASTRY & POLITICS Back by popular demand! Join us for conversation on current issues of importance to NCJW. We'll supply discussion leaders, coffee and cookies. Bring your own brown bag lunch. Tuesdays at 11:30 AM May 27 in the NCJW Conference Room ACTION ALERT Become an informed advocate for women's reproductive health access and learn how you can get involved in PLAN A: NCJW'S Campaign for Contraceptive Access. Click here to find out how you can become involved.

Each month we will be highlighting a workshop or two that we know you'll enjoy. These workshops are very popular, so please be sure to register in advance. The cost of each workshop is $7, but it's free to paid-up NCJW members if they register in advance.

Women's Workshops are sponsored by The Linda and Rudy Slucker NCJW Center for Women. For a complete list of workshops, CLICK HERE.

PARENTING SERIES

At the End of My Rope and Tied Up In Knots

Wednesday, May 21 at 7:15 PM
Do you find yourself repeating the same rules over and over to your children? Are you being worn down until you give in? Then this workshop is for you! Julie Jacoby, MEd., will help parents identify patterns in their everyday communications and learn new choices they can make to improve relationships.
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As compassionate, courageous, and powerful women, NCJW members know how to make the world a better place every day. We need your generous support to help us continue our word to advance the rights of women, protect children and strenghten families across the nation, in Israel and worldwide. Please give generously. Click here to make the world a better place. Your special gift of $2,500 will help support NCJW's PLAN A Campaign for Contraceptive Access. Your special gift of $1,800 will help 100 displaced homemakers prepare for the workplace. Your special gift of $1,000 will help educate high school students about teen dating abuse. Your special gift of $500 will assist in the placement of more than 800 adult and teen volunteers in local social service agencies. Your special gift of $250 will help fund RAINBOWS, a peer support group for children experiencing a life-altering crisis. Your special gift of $136 will help provide year-round educational seminars for seniors. Your special gift in any amount will help ensure the future of NCJW.

Close to 200 people enjoyed a gala evening filled with delicious food, magnificent flowers, magic tricks, candy bar raffles, and an exciting silent auction! The event, held at the Maplewood Country Club, paid tribute to Audrey and Norbert Gaelen and Robin and Richard Singer for their generous contributions of support, involvement and leadership.

In addition, the Helen D. Schwartz Memorial Crystal Award was awarded to Saint Barnabas Medical Center for its notable contributions to the health and well-being of women.

Celebrate the Dream raised more than $150,000 which will be used to support NCJW's efforts to improve the lives of women, children and families.

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Honorees Audrey & Norbert Gaelen, left, and Richard & Robin Singer

YWG Co-Presidents Melissa Robinson, left, and Penina Barr, center, present the Helen D. Schwartz Memorial Crystal Award to Karen Ahern who accepted the award on behalf of Saint Barnabas Medical Center.