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The Epona Project – Empowering Adolescent Girls to Discover their Path, Strength and Intuition through Equine Assisted Learning

What is the Epona Project? The Epona project is a 10 week Experiential Equine-Assisted Learning program aimed at empowering young women to actualize their potential and develop leadership skills. The group meets once a week for two hours and utilizes peer interaction and ground activities with horses. Some of these team building ground activities include: [...]

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PNC Sponsors 7TH Annual Patriotic Essay Contest

PNC and the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning are once again inviting New Jersey students in grades 2 through 12 to take part in the 7th annual PNC American Patriot Essay Contest by writing a short essay on the topic “What the American Flag Means to Me.” The Festival, the largest summertime [...]

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We Continue To Celebrate 10 Years!

Congratulations to Emily Rich of Lambertville who is the winner of 8 hours of postpartum doula care ($200 value) to be used within the first 3 months of the arrival of a new baby dontaed by Loving Arms Doula Care.

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10 Year Anniversary Celebration Continues!

Congratulations to Christy Flanigan of Flemington who is the winner of the $25 Mary Kay gift certificate and complimentary makeover from MaryKay Independent Consultant, Joelle Croasdale.

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Hunterdon Wound Healing Center Uses Medical Honey To Help Patients

Honey has more benefits than just sweetening your tea or hot cereal. Honey was used as a first aid treatment over 4,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. Today, Derma Sciences, a Princeton based biotech company has built its business around Leptospermum honey, a particular type of honey that is native to New Zealand and Australia. [...]

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Helping Children Manage Stress

NORWESCAP Child & Family Resource Services is offering a training, Helping Children Manage Stress on Thursday, February 18 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Brenda Buxbaum, Site Manager with NORWESCAP CFRS will look at some of the common sources of stress as well as strategies to use with children dealing with stress. Childhood is often thought of [...]

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Hunterdon Hospice Will Offer Volunteer Training

Are you a good listener, compassionate and empathetic towards others and want to help people in your community? Then you may want to consider becoming a volunteer for Hunterdon Hospice. Hospice offers a special kind of care designed to support and comfort people living with a terminal illness. Hospice volunteers receive training, which prepares them [...]

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Arthritis: An Ageless Disease

Did you know that arthritis affects more that 46 million Americans in its chronic form, including 294,000 children? While the incidence of arthritis increases with age, nearly three of five sufferers are under age 65. By 2030 it is estimated that 67 million people will be affected and more than 19 million of them will [...]

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Hunterdon Moms Online Celebrates 10 Years Online

It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since Hunterdon Moms Online first went online. What began on a whim, grew into a real resource to connect Hunterdon families to each other and the information they need. Over the years we have heard so many stories of parents who have found childcare and programs, [...]

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Hunterdon Medical Center Foundation Offers Scholarships

Applications for scholarships through the Jean Alvater Baker Educational Fund, the Albert Kahn and Mary Kahn, R.N. Educational Fund, the Millie E. Apgar Educational Scholarship Fund for Health Professionals designated for Nursing Scholarships, and the Patricia M. Psenisky Nursing Merit Scholarship Fund are now being accepted by the Hunterdon Medical Center Foundation. These funds provide [...]

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Hunterdon Hospice Youth Art Bereavement Program: Healing Children Through Art

The Hunterdon Hospice Youth Art Bereavement Program is for children ages 5 to 18 who have experienced a loss. This 12-week series will be held every Thursday evening at the Senior Center at 4 Gaunt Place, Building 1 in Flemington. The fee for the program is $35 per family. The Hospice Youth Art Bereavement Program [...]

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Osteoporosis: Are you protected?

Osteoporosis is a condition defined by loss of bone density. This loss of density in the bones makes them weak and more prone to fracture with relatively minor trauma, such as a fall. When the spinal bones, called vertebrae, are weakened, they can collapse without any trauma causing significant back pain. Bones can lose calcium [...]

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