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Weekly Roundup: Blood Drive, Freeholder urges Local Arts Groups to Apply for Grant Funding

In other news, free mammograms will be made available for Burlington County Residents.

Community Blood

The American Red Cross will sponsor a blood drive for Tom Wright, a local businessman and Freemason from Tabernacle who was allegedly murdered by one of his former fired employees in his Tabernacle home last July.

Wright’s alleged killer and fired former employee, David Stead, was recently indicted in February, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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The event will take place at the Medford Masonic Lodge at 25 Bank St. in Medford.

“Tom was a mason in the same chapter that we’re in,” said American Red Cross Executive Assistant Jinny Hurley, who is also a member of the Eastern Star of New Jersey’s Medford chapter №287. “We all knew him and we decided to do a blood drive in his honor.”

Freeholder Linda Hughes urges Local Arts Groups to Apply for Grant Funding

Burlington County Freeholder Linda Hughes announced today that local non-profit arts organizations and community groups that offer arts programming to county residents are invited to apply for 2018 grant funding.

“Aimed at making the arts an affordable and integral part of the community, these grant dollars are offered by Burlington County in partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts through the Local Arts Program,” said Freeholder Linda Hughes.

Free Mammograms for Burlington County residents

The New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection Program at Virtua is offering free mammograms to uninsured or under-insured women aged 40–64 in Burlington and Camden Counties on August 17th at the Pemberton Community Library on 16 Broadway Street in Browns Mills, NJ.

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