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By Cheryl Conway

Aproclamation from

the township mayor

naming a day afterhim and then presented an

Outstanding Citizen award,

17-year old Malcolm

Sutherland-Foggio im-

presses those who meet him

and learn about his missionto raise money and aware-

ness for pediatric cancer re-

search.

At the Thurs., Feb. 25,

Florham Park BoroughCouncil meeting, Mayor

Mark Taylor declared Sat.,

Feb. 27 as Malcolm Suther-

land-Foggio Day. That day

was picked to bring atten-

tion to Malcolm’s seventhannual Make Some Noise:

Cure Kids Cancer Founda-

tion “Lucky 7-Noise Night”

dinner/auction held that

same night at the ParkSavoy in Florham Park.

Borough officials, Coun-

cil President Tom

Michalowski and Coun-

cilmember Charlie Maloneattended the gala and pre-

sented Malcolm with an

“Outstanding Citizen

Award,” joining about 90

people and raising $80,000.

Malone had suggested toborough officials that Mal-

colm deserves recognitionfor his dedication to pedi-

atric cancer, explains Sheila

Williams, municipal bor-ough clerk.

Borough Recognizes Noise By One Teen In HisFight For Pediatric Cancer Research

“Malcolm has lived in

our town; some know him;

some of the others did notmeet him before,” says

Williams. “But when they

did that night of the council

meeting, when Malcolm

spoke about his mission,Williams says “I’ve never

seen any of them speech-

less. People were just weep-

ing,” from his story and

experiences in battling can-cer. “He gave a very mov-

ing speech at the council

meeting that left myself, the

mayor and council and au-

dience members in tears

and unable to speak for sev-eral minutes as Malcolm

described his first stay at thehospital that was treating

him for cancer.”

Williams says, “He isquite the local hero! He is a

very bright young man, who

despite being in a consider-

able amount of pain, man-aged to think of others and

start this foundation for pe-

diatric research.”

Battling cancer for

seven years, Malcolm wasdiagnosed in 2008, at the

age of 10, of having Pelvic

Ewing’s Sarcoma, a highly

aggressive and malignant

bone tumor. The youngestof three boys, Malcolm was

a healthy kid at soccer prac-

tice when “I felt my hip

pop,” he describes. “The

coach carried me off; mom

took me to the orthopedistthe next day.”

When an MRI unveiled amassive tumor in the

growth plate of his hip,

Malcolm was sent to Chil-dren’s Hospital in Philadel-

phia, underwent chemother-

apy and removal of his hip,

describes Malcolm, a seniorat the Delbarton School in

Morristown.

“I got through it,” he

says. “I’m doing as well as

could be expected.” Besidesfacing some health related

issues, mostly due to the

chemotherapy that “killed

my immune system,” Mal-

colm says “I don’t let it killme; I live life the best I

can.” He is done with treat-

ments but goes back for a

checkup every six months

to make sure the cancer has

had no long-term effect onhis organs, he explains.

While going through histreatments, Malcolm was

compelled to share the story

of pediatric cancer, publicly

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The third annual Florham Park “Bark

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cancer, returns to the Florham Parkgazebo at 111 Ridgedale Ave. on May 21,

from noon to 3 p.m.; rain date May 22.

The American Cancer Society

fundraiser will once again be hosted by

co-founders and Hanover Park HighSchool juniors Brendan Sardo, Jason

Sardo and Derek Saul, as well as 105.5

FM WDHA radio personality Terrie Carr.

The event is open to dogs and their

owners, and features contests for the dogs,demonstrations, craft and shopping ven-

dors, food, music and other fun activities.

The objective is to build on the

$25,000 raised to help fight cancer from

the past two events, and provide a uniqueday out for dogs, canine caregivers and

the community.

For the most updated information, like

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Dog owners are encouraged to registernow online for a $10 fee, which includes

a dog-themed gift bag while supplies last.

To register online, visit www.relayfor-

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On-site registrations will be acceptedfor $20 for the first dog and $5 for each

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are asked to contact Sarah Greulich at theAmerican Cancer Society at

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Daylight savings time means an

extra hour of daylight, spring is near

and the highlight of the month - SaintPatrick’s Day celebrations.

Every year on March 17, the Irish andthe Irish-at-heart across the globe observe

St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious

feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has

become an international festival celebrating

Irish culture with parades, dancing, specialfoods and a whole lot of green.

Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint

Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is a cultural and

religious celebration held on March 17

since the early 17th century. It marks thetraditional death date of Saint Patrick (c.

AD 385-461), the foremost patron saint of

Ireland. The day commemorates Saint

Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ire-

land and celebrates the heritage and culture

of the Irish in general.Celebrations traditionally involve public

parades, festivals or ceilithe and wearing

green. Christians also attend church serv-ices and Lenten restrictions on eating and

drinking alcohol are lifted for the day. This

seems to encourage and propagate the hol-

iday’s tradition of alcohol consumption.The Mayo Performing Arts Center is

hosting an event, Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom, a local event on Thurs., March

17, at 8 p.m., that combines story and songs

with traditional Irish music and dance. Ac-

cording to Ed Kirchdoerffer, general

manger, the troupe of nearly 15 entertainerstell the story of Irish independence, honor-

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freedom and democracy through dancers,

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Bowl Parade. 70,000 spectators enjoy thisfamily friendly event that begins with pre-parade events at the Green at 10:30 a.m.

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The Union County Saint Patrick’s Pa-

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along with a few cultural specials and of

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to remove his hip, endless side-effects, rehabilitation and

keeping up with his schoolwork.

He had realized that awareness for pediatric cancer was

lacking and that only three percent of cancer research funds

are directed to childhood cancers in regards to researchingfor cures.

Two months into his treatment, Malcolm says “I saw

kids dying around me.” That’s when he started selling $3

rubber wristbands and in just three months raised $13,000,

donating all proceeds to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for pediatric cancer research.

Just a few weeks after his surgery, one night while in his

hospital bed, “something broke the silence; you heard a

mom scream. Michael was three years old and his mom

would never see him grow up.”That was when Malcolm came up with his idea for the

Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer Foundation; he in-

corporated Sept. 24, 2009, at the age of 11. His plan was to

host musical benefits to raise money to raise awareness and

fund pediatric cancer research.

In nearly five years, Malcolm’s foundation has raisednearly $2 million to fund pediatric cancer research. With

corporate headquarters in NJ, his foundation has so far

opened chapters in Colorado, Massachusetts, Western New

York State and Washington State.

Malcolm tours the country meeting with researchersand touring lab facilities, to better understand the crisis and

the promise of what lays ahead in medical research. During

his travels, Malcolm carries his tribute quilt “The National

Angel Quilt,” to honor the memories of children who died

for the lack of cures. The quilt - which is more than 60 feetlong, featuring images, names and ages of 120 of these chil-

dren to date - has travelled to 20 states so far, and will con-

tinue to grow and tour until cures have been found.

To support his mission, Malcolm has been busy travel-

ling 55,179 miles; flew on 21 planes; interviewed on radio,television, newspapers and magazines; given 39 speeches;

attended 27 fundraisers; spent 180 volunteer hours in re-

search labs; written a book; has become an accomplished

artist featuring portraits of childhood cancer survivors;

mentors cancer kids; visits cancer kids in the hospital; de-

livers gift baskets, bikes, toys, event tickets and stuffed an-imals to kids in treatment, and even spends his own money

to buy i-pads for other kids.

In Mayor Taylor’s proclamation, he states, “sadly,

20,000 – 30,000 kids have died from pediatric cancer in the

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“Despite enduring 14 rounds of

chemotherapy, surgery to remove his hipand exhausting rehabilitation, Malcolm

kept up with his schoolwork and came up

with an idea; instead of feeling sorry for

himself, he decided to take action and de-

liver his message nationwide to help raiseawareness and money for pediatric cancer

research for kids who are currently facing

the disease.”

Continued in the proclamation, the

mayor states, “due to Malcolm’s tireless

dedication to this cause, he has raised morethan $2 million to date for pediatric cancer

research. Malcolm is now in remission, but

continues to be a beacon of hope and fights

each day for children who are facing pedi-

atric cancer. Florham Park is so incrediblyproud to have such a courageous and giving

young man as one of its citizens.”

Malcolm was honored to be recognized

by his community.

“I thought it was great; I never really hadan honor like that,” he says. “To have a day

named after me was really special.” To have

two councilmembers recently attend the

gala and award him with an outstanding cit-

izen plaque, he says, “was a humbling

honor.” It reiterates how “it’s real important

work and helps spread the awareness of pe-

diatric cancer.”

In addition to the annual gala, the MakeSome Noise Foundation hosts a 5k Heroes

Run in the fall.

“My overall goal is to keep working for

not only a cure but a cure without side ef-

fects,” adds Malcolm who intends on at-tending college in the fall and possibly

study medicine.

For more information on Make Some

Noise or make a donation, contact

www.makenoise4kids.org.

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Spagnoletti opened Lucy’s Gift boutiquein Morristown in Oct. 2015 and donates 100percent of the proceeds to honor her late hus-band Maurice Spagnoletti, a prominent NewJersey banker tragically killed in June 2011,while working in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Named after their 10-year old daughter,Lucy, Spagnoletti says “Lucy’s Gift is our giftback to the world. It’s just what I wanted todo. It has grown beyond my dreams. I don’t

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nations after her tragic loss, Spagnoletti directed donationsbe sent to the CCPF in her husband’s memory.

As donations increased, CCPF opened a rehabilitationtraining program for chronically disabled and post-surgicalorphans in his honor – the Maurice Journey of love supportand hope J. Spagnoletti Rehabilitation Program. After threeyears, when she got back on her feet, Spagnoletti supportedthese efforts by holding small handbag auctions.

In 2012, “I started doing handbag events; women in largenumbers started buying handbags,” she says. By 2014, thisgrew to a sold out crowd. This led to an annual event in June,raising tens of thousands of dollars for charity.

After setting enough money aside, Spagnoletti decided toopen Lucy’s Gift to sell handbags on a regular basis for char-ity.

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“I don’t have wealth,” explains Spagnoletti. “I created abusiness where all the net profits will go to the foundation,which go to our charities.”

Inside her boutique, Spagnoletti decorated using pink, blue

and purple hues. She explains the pink represents children inneed; blue for the victims of crime; and purple for the purpleheart.

Through her foundation, MJSF has expanded its charityto children with special needs at P.G. Chambers School inCedar Knolls to support children in need; is helping victimsof crime by supporting domestic violence and sexual assaultsafe houses such as SAFE in Hunterdon; and aid charities thatsupport the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whose agents –and families – “inspire Marisa with their heroic efforts to pro-tect us domestically,” as explained in the MJSF mission state-ment.

“When you buy something, you want to know where yourmoney is going,” she explains.

Spagnoletti selected P.G. Chambers as a charity recipientafter meeting one of the mothers who sends both of her kidswho are in wheelchairs to the school, which provides the mostcomprehensive education and therapy programs for childrenwith disabilities.

“We met by chance,” says Spagnoletti about AnnabellaRossi, the mother of the two students at P.G. Chambers. “Atthat moment she was having a bad day; I was having a badday.”

Out of the 35 volunteers at MJSF, Rossi became her eighthvolunteer.

“She started coming to my house; we became friends.”Spagnoletti honored Rossi in 2013 when she presented her

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Every year, Spagnoletti presents the caregiver award to anindividual, a teacher, mother or nurse. In June 2015, she gavethe award to a woman named Tiffany who created a park fordisabled children near the Jets Training Facility. Tiffany’sdaughter also attends the P.G. Chambers School.

Lucy’s Gift specializes in mostly handbags, and jewelry.Featured are 200 handbags on display varying in color, priceand function, from popular name brands like Gucci, authenticlines, fake leather to unheard labels. Prices of bags range from$50 to $2,000.

“Handbags are my life,” she says. “The sky is the limit forus; we even carry men’s wallets,” and bags for men. “Withintwo months, we were able to triple our inventory.”

Customers can also find unique costume jewelry piecesand accesories, ranging from $18 to $350, as well as distinctunique items such as a wine tote, her number one seller foundin a Texas boutique.

“I travel the country and find really neat boutiques,” shesays, bringing back those rare items, such as a little mirrorthat attaches to an Iphone, to resell.

“When you come to my boutique, everything is sacred,”says Spagnoletti. “Our dream is to bring luxury to all women.I grew up lower income; I didn’t have money to spend. I al-

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ways dreamed I’d be able to provide fashion to everyone.”Instead of a bow or ribbon, every bag or purchase is

adorned with a barrette.To her surprise, Spagnoletti’s mission is taking off. Con-

cert-singer Naomi Miller, who was singing in Italian on thestreets in Morristown, attended her grand opening; Spagno-letti has been getting emails of support from around the coun-try; and she recently appeared on the NBC Today Show withAl Roker.

“After five years, I’m finding peace. My husband was bru-tally assassinated. Honoring him was my life mission. TheFBI is still investigating the case,” she adds.

A prominent banker for Doral Financial, Maurice was shotand killed at the age of 57 by unknown assailants, June 15,2011, while sitting in his car in traffic on the highway. Em-ployed with the company for just one year, he had been as-

signed to work in Puerto Rico in Jan. 2011, says Spagnoletti.“Justice is coming I believe that. The people who killed

my husband will be brought to justice. We seek justice for all.Hope is something we have and something we have to workfor. Hope with positive action prevails. The men and womenI’ve come to know are beyond extraordinary; they are the realheroes. ”

Part of Spagnoletti’s mission is to put an end to violence.“My husband was everything to me,” says Spagnoletti.

“You don’t heal from violence. It is prevention, awarenessand treatment that will lead to end violence. In my very smallway I’m going to make an impact. It’s my mission to end vi-olence and I will. I want my husband’s memory honored.

Nothing brings my husband back; my daughter needed herfather.”

She says, “My husband died a hero.” To honor him, MJSFplans to award a $1,500 Future Hero scholarship to a juniorcollege student in need from Morris County who aspires acareer in preventing or stopping violence. Eric Mohberg,whose fiancé was brutally murdered 26 years ago, joined herMJSF board and is helping her create the scholarship.

At last year’s annual Handbag Auction held in June at theHanover Manor in East Hanover, $30,000 was raised for thecharities. Participants paid $75 for all “you can eat,” dancing,raffles, silent auction of handbags and other items, and pre-

sentations by charity organizations.Through her mission, Spagnoletti has rechanneled her

anger to provide a healthy environment for her daughter. Sheexplains, “I can only focus on positive so she can grow upand be positive.”

“It’s amazing what could be done for the memory of onehero. Through all of this I’m really finding peace. I was solow and so sad, but now I’m back. If I’m working24 hours aday, it’s not work, it’s what I love to do. I know I never let

him down. I feel my husband smiling when I can do thingslike this. I do my little part in helping them; every year I feellike I’m doing more.”

On her boutique wall hangs a framed poem titled “Life

Does Not Frighten Me At All.” A girl that Spagnoletti metone year ago at P.G. Chambers School read her that poem.“Honestly they teach me more,” she says. Since then, Spag-noletti has adopted a class there and “I go and visit her. Noth-ing frightens this little girl who has all these issues. I wouldsell my life for her.”

Spagnoletti has come up with a program in which com-panies pay people to volunteer.

“Corporations can give not to the foundation, but to theP.G. Chambers School. For that donation, we will train thatstaff. Let’s get people to commit to volunteer work.”

As a way to market and add new revenue source for her

boutique, Spagnoletti recently started Lucy’s Gift TreasureChest, in which she provides non-profits, fair priced trickytray or auction items. Her idea came about after she gave ahandbag to a church who asked her for a tricky tray donation.

Lucy’s Gift is open Tues. and Wed., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.;Thurs., Fri. and Sat., 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Sun. 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit mauricejspagnoletti.com oremail [email protected].

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She had three small children at the time,

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“I would get a call and say ‘I’m sorry Ihave no room.’ But it was difficult to turn

people away who would say ‘I finally got

the courage to leave; if you don’t take meI will die.”’

Ramos says, “My neighbors said they

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question is do you want them living with

pain, suffering and horror or do you want

them living with peace, dignity and re-

spect?’”When the town found out that Ramos

had too many people at her house they

“threatened to put me in jail,” she says. The

town cited her for “overcrowding” becauseshe had three or more unrelated people liv-ing together.

“I told the town ‘If you want a place for

them you have to drag them out kicking

and screaming;’ so they put them in a

motel,” Twin Lakes Motel in Paramus.

Ramos did not turn her back on themand instead continued to help them.

Angel To Save Shelter...continued from page 6 “We would have to pick them up and

take them to look for housing, counseling,”

says Ramos. “They [the town] didn’t givethem food or services, counseling.”

The Catholic Church would bring food

and battered women would work togetherto help other women.

Over the years, in 1977, her initiative

became Shelter Our Sisters. She moved out

of her house to Bergen County in a house

located on a church’s property in Bogota.

About 10 to 15 women in children lived

there.

Her organization grew, and establisheda board of directors, but after a disagree-

ment, the board fired Ramos in 1986.

Ramos separated and formed SOS a

year later. With her children grown, shemoved to her house in Ringwood “and peo-ple started calling me. I let some people

stay in my house. We knew we had to get a

shelter.”

They opened a thrift store in Haskell.

“We raised more money,” and even the

board from her first organization wouldsend her people to help.

With a state regulated budget of up to

four million dollars, Ramos was able to

manage her organization but as state regu-

lations got stricter, operations got toughersuch as paying the mortgage.

“I’ve always been an advocate for

women and children,” says Ramos, who

teaches social issues and dynamics of do-

mestic violence at Ramapo College inMahwah as an adjunct professor. “Every-

body has been touched by domestic vio-

lence in one way.

“One woman was going to be killed by

a gangster guy,” explains Ramos. Other

women and children she brought into hershelter were rich but their husbands were

“molesters and child abusers. No one

would take them. We reach out to people

who need help. We help a lot of pregnant

women and children.”Through her shelter program, Ramos

says “thousands have been saved” during

the past 46 years. With two hotline num-

bers, Ramos has made herself available to

help others.

The mission of SOS is to break the cycleof domestic violence, poverty and abuse by

restoring balance and harmony through in-

dividual empowerment.

She currently helps 155 women and

children in seven shelters located in New

Foundland, Wanaque and West Milford;

two daycare centers in Wanaque and West

Milford; a thrift store in a church; and onefood pantry in Wanaque.

To support her organization, Ramos re-

ceives some money from the PassaicCounty Dept. of Human Services, private

donations, counties and social services,“but not enough to keep it going. We have

a transportation grant but they took it away.

We have five vans; we need help. We’ve

been running for three and a half years with

a non-paid staff,” down from a paid staff of

55 that were let go when SOS lost funding,she says.

Ramos says she currently has 17 non-

paid volunteers who drive the shelter resi-

dents to look for jobs, to court, doctorappointments, social services, schools; theyfix things, watch children.

“They are exhausted but they believe in

the shelter,” says Ramos, just like she does.

“I have seen women that have come to

me and their lives are a wreck, depressed,

suicidal,” she says.“People are still calling,” continues

Ramos. “Every day I get four or five calls.

We take almost everybody. We take people

who no one else will take. We take people

without welfare vouchers. We don’t wantto see them killed, beaten or frozen to

death.

“Yesterday, a 70-year old woman had no

heat, we took her,” adds Ramos. She also

took in another woman with five children,“who would be out in the street forced to

live with child molesters.”

One of her houses is for all older

women, some in wheelchairs, others with

oxygen. “Nobody will take them.”

Many of the women and children her or-ganization helps “don’t have families,” are

on section eight, have families or friends

“who don’t like them; who don’t want to

help them. We have a lot of dysfunctional

families.”Ramos explains, “I see them heal, get

strong and get their lives together. We live

in a violent society; there’s a lot of vio-

lence. The work I’m doing I feel it’s a mis-

sion but right now I need an angel. I just

need someone to pay off the mortgage orhold it. We just really need someone to

help.”

To make a donation or to help, call

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