Weekly Roundup: Marriage, playground contest, ‘Field of Honor’
Catch up on what happened this week in Medford.
What’s so funny about love and marriage?
“Marriage is about embracing the paradox that the person who drives you crazy is also a big part of what keeps you sane.”
Those are the words of Karen McGreer, marriage and family therapist since 1986.
McGreer will be performing a one-woman cabaret called “What’s so funny about love and marriage?” on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. at the Medford Arts Center.
The full story can be found here.
Chairville Elementary School needs your help
For most elementary school students, recess is the best part of the day. It’s a time they get out of their seats, let loose and release energy that’s been built up throughout the day.
For Chairville Elementary School, there could be a new way to unwind and encourage a healthy lifestyle in students: fitness-based playground equipment.
The school is in the final phases of a grant contest run through Project Fit America, a nonprofit organization with the goal of instilling fitness in education in elementary and middle schools nationwide.
Online votes can be submitted through https://schoolgrantswithpurpose.com/#/home/coming-soon or by visiting the Chairville Elementary School home page at https://www.medford.k12.nj.us/chairville. Voting takes place throughout February and votes can be made once per day per email address.
The full story can be found here.
Medford Sunrise Rotary introduces ‘Field of Honor’ event
At this week’s council meeting, Medford Sunrise Rotary Club Vice President Chris Forward discussed the launching of an inaugural event called “Field of Honor.”
The event will be focused on honoring the people of Medford who have demonstrated “service above self.”
Forward invited the public to reach out to the Rotary Club with the name of their hero and why they are a hero. Each nominee will have a flag with a medallion dedicated to them hung in Freedom Park that they will be able to take home about a week after the event, after the flags are taken down.
The event will be held on the Saturday prior to Memorial Day and there will be a minimum of 200 full-sized American flags, measuring three feet by five feet, on eight-foot flag poles, arranged in meticulous rows.
The full story can be found here.
