Clinton Township Newsletter

1 2 f e b r u a r y 2 0 1 9 www.CLINTONTWPNEWSLETTER.com • Before-School Programs • After-School Programs • Kindergarten Wrap-Around • Holiday Full-Day Programs • Vacation Full-Day Programs • Vacation Full-Day Programs • Summer Camps • Clubs • Special Enrichments • Special Events T h E W o M A N ' S C l u B o F T E W k S B u R y T W P E M B R A C E S C A S A A S T h E I R T W o - y E A R S T A T E P R o j E C T Over 30% of children in the NJ Foster Care/Child Placement System are served By CASA Volunteers and their success rate is impressive! 23% never re-enter the foster care/child placement system. In 2018, CASA of NJ served 3, 877 foster children. Why is CASA so successful? CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, specifically trains volunteers who are appointed by a judge to advocate for only one child who has been abused and neglected. This helps to ensure that these children do not get lost in an overburdened legal and social service system. With a CASA volunteer dedicated to one child's case, NJ's most vulnerable children have someone speaking up for their best interests in court and in their communities. Every two years, WCTT choses a State-Wide organization to support through fundraising events and contributions in materials and services. WCTT shares CASA's mission and goals of moving these vulnerable children out of the system and into safe, loving, and permanent homes. At the WCTT Daytime General Meeting on Tuesday, March 5, Tracey Heisler, Executive Director, CASA of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren will be speaking on the WCTT and CASA two year partnership at 11:00 am. The WCTT meeting starts at 9:30 am each month on the first Tuesday at the Oldwick Manor, behind the Firehouse. All are invited to attend. WCTT will be hosting a Casino Charity Fundraiser Event at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club in Bedminster on Friday, May 17 at 6:30 pm. It will be a fantastic night with auctions, dinner, open bar, dancing, door prizes, live DJ, Casino Tables and Funny Money included with a ticket purchase! Part of the proceeds will go to CASA, as well as SAFE in Hunterdon and the Tewksbury Rescue Squad. Reserve your tickets by March 22 to get $500 in Funny Money! Go to: www.TewksburyWomansClub.org and click on Diamonds and Dice Fundraiser. W C T T N E W S • In December The Women's Club of Tewksbury Township (WCTT) partnered with Little Brook Nursery Home to sponsor an outing for the senior residents and staff to the Hunterdon Hill's Playhouse showing of "Christmas in the Air." The playhouse event was funded by a special grant from Bloomingdale's to the Woman's Club of Tewksbury Township. The grant from Bloomingdale's was granted to support senior sponsored activities. All of the staff and residents enjoyed the energetic and talented entertainers that performed with the live Hunterdon Hills Playhouse Band! • The WCTT partnered with the Boy Scouts of Oldwick Pack 199 and donated and provided Wreaths across America at Fairmount Rural Cemetery in December for all Veterans buried there. What a wonderful event that we were proud to participate in! T E W k S B u R y h I S T o R I C A l S o C I E T y T o C E l E B R A T E 3 0 T h A N N I V E R S A R y ; W I l l h o l D o P E N h o u S E o N F E B R u A R y 1 7 The Tewksbury Historical Society will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an Open House on Sunday, February 17 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at its Headquarters located at 60 Water Street in the Mountainville section of Tewksbury. The public is invited to celebrate with refreshments and to view some of the Society's new exhibits as well as historical items from its collection, including store ledgers, parts of the collection from the Farley sisters on the history of Fairmount from Freeman Leigh, maps, post cards, aerial photos showing parts of Tewksbury in the 1940s and 1950, tax and assessment records from the 1940s-1960, Oldwick baseball team memorabilia, school desks from both the Fairmount and Farmersville schools and oral history video interviews. In the case of inclement weather (snow or ice) the event will be rescheduled. Check the Society's website at www.tewksburyhistory.net or call: 908.832.6734 for weather rescheduling. The Tewksbury Historical Society was founded on February 19, 1989 and is a New Jersey not-for-profit corporation having been organized for the purpose of furthering research into and the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Township of Tewksbury. The Society has a membership of over 200 families including descendants of the original settlers in Tewksbury, some of whom are spread across the United States. Membership in the Society costs $15 for individuals and $25 for families and is open to all. Visit the Society's website at www.tewksburyhistory.net or call: 908.832.6734.

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