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Please Join Us at the Library and Enjoy our Programs!
North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street,
Clinton, NJ 08809
Main phone: 908.730.6262; Reference: 908.730.6135
Monday, Friday, Saturday, 9-5 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9-9
Sept. 7 Sierra - topic TBD Wed 7 pm
Sept. 8 Concert - Florian Schantz Jazz Trio Thurs 7 pm
Sept. 13 Book Group ("Isaac's Storm" by Erik Larson) Tues 7 pm
Sept. 15 "Veggies & You" with Sue Rose Thurs 7 pm
Sept 20 WordPress - drop in Tues 7 pm
Sept. 22 Jack McDade & Rick Charwin show Thurs 7 pm
Sept. 24 Absolutely Abby - guest speaker Sat 1 pm
Sept. 27 Garden Club - topic TBD DN Tues 7 pm
Sept. 29 Demystifying Reiki Healing
with Sue Ann Seccia-Harnden Thurs 7 pm
Scrabble: Every Friday @ 1:00 pm
Adult Summer Reading Club is at full swing!
Join the fun at: www.hclibrary.us/asrc.htm.
Weekly prizes and an end-of-summer party :)
Please register as these programs will fill! Call 908.730.6135 or
visit the Library's Events Calendar at www.hclibrary.us. Dates,
times and details are subject to change. See you at the Library!
"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge,
and not knowledge in pursuit of the child."
~ George Bernard Shaw
C A s A s h A w w e l C o m e s T w o n e w
b o A R d m e m b e R s … . C o u n T y ' s A b u s e d A n d
n e g l e C T e d C h i l d R e n g A i n n e w s u p p o R T !
CASA of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties (CASA SHaW)
welcomes two new board members, Edith "Edie" Grauer and Amy Shimalla,
Esq., who have joined the organization to share their experience, expertise
and passion for the mission to serve more abused and neglected children
and to help raise community awareness of the needs of children living in
foster care. Grauer works with Homesharing in Bridgewater and Shimalla is a family
law attorney with Shimalla, Wechsler, Lepp and D'Onofrio, LLP in Warren.
Annually, there are more than 500 abused or neglected children in the tri-
counties' court and welfare system. CASA SHaW recruits and trains community
volunteers to work one-on-one with these children, advocating for their best interests.
Essentially, CASA volunteers "speak up" for these children in the court and child welfare
systems, making sure they are safe and well-cared for, are getting the services they
need, and are placed in a permanent, safe, and nurturing home as quickly as possible.
A training class for new advocates is set to begin September 15.
These two new Trustees join twelve other caring community members who
are also donating their time to ensure the sustainability and accountability
of CASA SHaW. "We are so pleased to welcome two new enthusiastic board
members," says Alice Condo, CASA SHaW's Board President. "Amy's interest
in outreach and her background in family law will bring the story of the children
we serve to new venues. Edie embraced our mission immediately, independently
fundraising and assisting at events. It is exciting to see that passion! We hope to bring
on new board members, committee members and volunteer advocates
to expand our program in order to serve all of the abused and neglected
children in our community."
CASA of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties is part of a statewide
network of community-based, non-profit programs that recruit, screen,
train and supervise volunteers to "Speak Up for a Child" removed from
home due to abuse or neglect. CASA is the only program in New Jersey that uses
trained volunteers to work one-on-one with children, ensuring that each one gets the
services needed and achieves permanency in a safe, nurturing home. Visit www.
casashaw.org or call 908/689-5515 for more information about CASA of
Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties. You can also send inquiries
via email to: info@casashaw.org. Or, to find a local CASA program in your
county, visit www.CASAofNJ.org.
