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SJM_SouthernExposure_0219_SouthernExposure_11_08 1 / 30 / 19 4 : 44 PM Page 2 by Grace Clevenger 5 , 633 Pairs of socks collected by students at Harrington Middle School in Mount Laurel . The socks are being donated to the Joy of Sox organization . Pounds of expired and unused prescriptions the Evesham Township 905.5Police Department col - lected in 2018 . Collections were made through the “ Project Medicine Drop ” drop box . $ 678,327 Donation the Collingswood Public School District will receive to expand its preschool program . The donation is part of the Preschool Education Expansion Aid . Gifts that were donated to the Head Start Program in Camden by pre - K students 40 at Chesterbrook Academy Preschool in Voorhees . Donations included clothes , shoes , toys and games . Amount that will be pre - sented to the $ Virtua Foun - 77,607 dation by Spirit Halloween’s foundation the Spirit of Children , which focuses on making hospitals less scary for children . Number of strangers who attended the 1,000 funeral of Peter Turnpu , a Vietnam veteran who died alone . $ 15,000 Grants Haddonfield and Haddon Township will each receive for recycling , based on their 2016 recycling performances . “ No matter what DID YOU happens , it’s been HEAR ? a joy playing in the city , being in that quarterback room with Carson [ Wentz ] and Nate [ Sudfeld ] , going to work every day . The city means so much to me and my family . And it always will . ” — PHILADELPHIA EAGLES QUARTERBACK NICK FOLES ON HIS FUTURE . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 15 issue 11 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 9
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SJM_SouthernExposure_0219_SouthernExposure_11_08 1 / 31 / 19 2 : 19 PM Page 3 SouthernExposure HIT OR MISS by Grace Clevenger Gov . Phil Murphy signed a bill banning smoking cigarettes , cigars and vaping from all New Jersey public parks and beaches . Through the Community College Innovation Challenge , qualifying students can apply for Community College Opportunity Grants to have remaining college tuition costs covered starting in the spring . The largest private donation of $ 250,000 was made to the Animal Welfare Association to construct a new , modern animal shelter at its current location in Voorhees . A sculpture from the 1930s went missing from an apartment at the Bar - clay Towers in Cherry Hill , sparking the FBI to assist in the search . A hostage situation occurred at a UPS facility in Logan Township lasting several hours and ended in the gunman being fatally shot . A man was charged following a car accident last year that killed his 9 - year - old daughter . He was intoxicated at the time of the accident . SPOTLIGHT by Grace Clevenger Haddonfield Police Department welcomed the newest addition to the force , the first K9 officer in Haddonfield history . Blue , the new bloodhound officer , was hand - picked from the litter after impressing with high scores during a three - hour testing process . Officer Blue will train for six to eight months and then be officially ready to report for duty . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 15 issue 11 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 10 |