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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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t’s a case of “Canines against Cancer.”
The third annual Florham Park “Bark
for Life,” a canine event to help fight
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
“Bark for Life of Florham Park” on Face-
book and follow “fpbark4life” on Insta-
gram.
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-
life.org/barkflorhamparknj.
On-site registrations will be acceptedfor $20 for the first dog and $5 for each
additional dog.
Anyone interested in joining “Bark for
Life" as a vendor, volunteer, or sponsor
are asked to contact Sarah Greulich at theAmerican Cancer Society at
Sarah.Greulich@cancer.org or 973-285-
8030.
By supporting Bark for Life, help the
American Cancer Society save lives,which helps move closer to the ultimate
goal of a world with less cancer and more
birthdays.
The Florham Park Senior Citizens
Club has planned the upcoming
meetings to be held at the Commu-nity Center at 11 a.m. with light refresh-
ments served.
March 23, Flavian returns with his Mind
Reading Game Show.
April 13, Barber Shop quartet singing at
its best by the Four Old Parts.April 27, A Love Affair with the Movies,
with Joel and Francine Zelnik singing songs
from well-known productions.
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he month of March has its perks.
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-
ing the struggle of people of fighting to gain
freedom and democracy through dancers,
singers and musicians. Kirchdoerffer prom-
ises a “fun, family show that will be educa-tional and entertaining and there will be no
shortage of a Danny Boy sing-a-long.”
Tickets are $39 - $69. Tickets can be
purchased at www.mayoarts.org or call
973-539-8008.
Other community activities included theMorris County Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
in Morristown on March 12. The parade
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boasts that it has more bands than the Rose
Bowl Parade. 70,000 spectators enjoy thisfamily friendly event that begins with pre-parade events at the Green at 10:30 a.m.
and the parade itself at noon at the corner
of South Street and James Street.
The Union County Saint Patrick’s Pa-
rade in Elizabeth began with a Mass at St.Patrick’s Church at 10 a.m. on March 12.
Activities for the whole family included a
kid’s zone on Stuyvesant Avenue and the
parade begins at 1 p.m. sharp.Local Irish Pubs, such as The Dublin
Pub, will offer their regular Irish fare
along with a few cultural specials and of
course, live Irish music. However one cel-
ebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with family and
friends, don’t forget to wear green, sing anIrish tone, enjoy some corned beef and
stay safe.
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For those who agree “it’s better to
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Secret Santas may be long gone, but
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to hold the mortgage of Strengthen OurSisters, a grassroots, community based
non-profit, program serving homeless/bat-
tered women and children for more than
four decades. Faced with mortgage con-
flicts, the shelter was in jeopardy of havingto come up with $30,000 to avoid foreclo-sure.
Established in 1977 as Shelter Our Sis-
ters - the first shelter for battered women
in North America- the organization
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paid. With restricted monies coming in, theorganization is at risk of closing its doors
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“I don’t know what would happen to
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Ramos explains “if we had the $30,000
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time. Valley National Bank had sold themortgage to Rialto when SOS’s funding
SOS- Women And Children Looking For An Angel To Save Shelter
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speaking out and raising funds through the sale of wrist-bands, while enduring 14 rounds of chemotherapy, surgery
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.
continued from previous page
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Handbags from Lucy’s Gift in Morris-town carry much more weight than awallet, checkbook, lipstick and other
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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.
As the founder of Lucy’s Gift, as well asthe Maurice J. Spagnoletti Foundation(MJSF), the former Florham Park widow hasmade it her mission to help children in need,victims of crime and honor those who serveand protect others.
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
have a website or a Facebook page. I haveemails from people all over the country,” andplans to open a second boutique in a “majorretail strip mall.”
With a background in sales marketing-brand management, Spagnoletti had workedas a marketing director for Crowe Horwathaccounting firm in New York for 13 years,but when her husband was killed, her worldchanged.
Her business “started haphazardly” be-cause of her husband’s death. It began fromhelping a small charity and blossomed into anon-profit business.
Maurice had been good friends with theirdaughter’s doctor, John Connor. It wasthrough that friendship that Maurice came tosupport the Children of China PediatricFoundation (CCPF), a charity Dr. Connorsupports by performing free surgeries for or-phans.
“When my husband was murdered my
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daughter was very sick,” explains Spagno-letti. “The day after he was buried, we metDr. Connor in Morristown” to take care of Lucy who has been faced with health issues.
“Upon our return to NJ, Dr. Connor wasthere and will always be there for us,” Spag-noletti says. “I told Dr. Connor I would keep
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my husband’s promise” as he labeled the doctor their ‘hero.’Instead of taking money for Lucy from those who sent do-
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.
“My idea for selling handbags for charity has exploded,”says Spagnoletti. “I put the seed money in for the boutique,”in hopes to get money back to cover her salary and health in-surance. After that, all proceeds will go toward helping oth-ers.
“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
with the Maurice Spagnoletti Foundation Caregiver Award.“Annabella is a role model to me.”
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 marisa.spagnoletti@gmail.com.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ramos says she currently has 17 non-
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“They are exhausted but they believe in
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“Yesterday, a 70-year old woman had no
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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
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To make a donation or to help, call
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