Heart Walk Awards Celebration: Mercer County

On Thurs. Dec 3rd, Mercy County College hosted the 2009 Greater Mercer Start! Heart Walk Awards Celebration. The event recognized the many personal and corporate volunteers and sponsors who come together and give as much as they can to ensure the success of the annual Greater Mercer Start! Heart Walk which to date raised over $380,000 for the American Heart Association. Senator Peter Inverso (top photo) will be the chair for next year's event which is scheduled for Sept 12, 2010. Survivor Ambassador Emily Straley (shown above) was also in attendance with her lovely supportive family. Congratulations to Emily for winning the T-shirt design Award! For more information on the 2010 walk please visit http://www.mercercountyheartwalk.org/.

United Talented Youth Inc. Kreative Kids Pageant

One of my greatest joys is to see young girls go after their dreams with great confidence and sheer determination and that is exactly what I witnessed when I attended the United Talented Youth 's Kreative Kids Pageant at Essex County College in Newark, N.J. The theme of the evening was "The Adventures of SuperKidz!" and the beautiful girls in the competition did not disappoint! They were all intelligent, focused, talented and poised with dreams of one day ruling the world and you know what? I believe they will!