Businesses, schools, organizations support South Jersey first responders during COVID-19

The Avalons Lions Charity Foundation donated $6,000 to Cape Assist to fund community programs during the pandemic.

The nonprofit provides programs and services to those struggling with substance abuse.

“We are so appreciative of this gift,” said Executive Director Katie Faldetta. “It’s tough to approach businesses and the community for donations during a time when so many people are struggling, but with organizations out there like the Avalon Lions Club, we can continue our work with this population that’s extremely vulnerable, especially now.”

The Margate Homeowners Association has raised more than $3,600 for personal protective equipment at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point.

It took less than 24 hours for association members to raise the funds through a campaign on its website, according to a news release from the group. The organization matched donations dollar-for-dollar on the first $1,000.

“Shore ... had asked the community for donations of PPE in preparation for an influx of COVID-19 patients,” said MHA President Jay Weintraub. “We knew we wanted to help.”

Association members are sourcing disposable gloves, bouffant caps and sanitation gowns.

“Our team is going out to medical supply houses and online retailers to buy these products as fast as we can get them,” Weintraub said.

The online fundraiser will remain active if people still want to contribute. Donate at margatehomeowners.com. In addition to this fundraiser, the association has delivered food trays to Margate police and firefighters.

Rowan University faculty and students have created designs for 3D-printed face masks.

A Stockton University graduate student is using his 3D printer to make masks and respirators.

Jen Radwanski, director of Parent and Family Partnerships at Stockton University, stitched two dozen masks for the Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Burlington County, according to a post from the college.

"As a professional quilter, I just felt this was something I had to do. I had the supplies and reached out to my colleague Mark Adelung to see if they needed them, and they did," she explained.

Bellino’s Market, 45 S. New York Road, Galloway, and Chik-fil-A in Egg Harbor Township donated food for dispatchers and officers at the Galloway Township Police Department.

The Cape May County Chiefs of Police on Monday over 100 lunches to the doctors, nurses and staff of the Cape Regional Medical Center and the area’s urgent care centers.

The lunches were purchased by the association at local eateries: Hugit’s Steak and Things, Crest Tavern, Claudio’s Pizza Kitchen and the Dog Tooth Bar & Grill.

"We chose to use local eateries to feed our local health professionals to support the restaurants who as a result of the needed COVID-19 restrictions, have limited hours and take-out and delivery only," according to a news release. "We ask any other organizations who may be able to provide similar support to healthcare workers on the frontline to please do so. We in the law enforcement community also have to face the Coronavirus head-on to do our job to protect and serve the public. It gives our officers and their families peace of mind to know that if they are stricken with the virus there are people to care for them. The Association will continue supporting all First Responders as well other local eateries by donating additional lunches throughout the month of April."

Train Wreck Distillery in Burlington County donated hand sanitizer to the Galloway Township Police Department.

A local Chinese school has donated face masks to an area hospital and police station to protect those on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students from the Atlantic Huaxia Chinese School, along with local residents, donated more than 900 masks to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, according to a news release from the organization, and then delivered 400 additional masks to the Egg Harbor Township Police Department.

“While facing the pandemic, the local Chinese community doesn’t just follow the state order to stay at home to isolate themselves,” according to the release. “Rather, they think about others who need help. They said, ‘We are used to visiting physicians when we are sick and we call the police when our lives are at risk. Now it is the time for us to give our care to these care-takers and protectors.’”

The Atlantic Huaxia Chinese School operates out of Atlantic Christian School in Egg Harbor Township.

MAYS LANDING — The Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office received a large donation of personal protective equipment to protect officers from COVID-19, officials said Monday.

A supply of N95 masks, gloves and protective suits were donated by Ed Ryan, president of Egg Harbor Townshp-based Greenlife Energy Solutions, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.

The supplies were previously unavailable for officers, Scheffler said.

“Collaborating with the private sector is how we are going to get through these uncertain times. His actions were selfless, and a true act of humanity,” he said, asking all corporations that have the means to follow Greenlife’s actions to donate personal protection equipment to first responders to please do so.

Ryan is also donating to four hospitals in South Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, he said.

“I felt compelled to action as he told me his deputies were on the front lines without any PPE equipment,” Ryan said.

The Cape May County Chiefs of Police Association is happy to show support for our local healthcare workers who are on the frontline to protect and take care of all of us in Cape May County.

On Monday, March 30, 2020 the Association donated over 100 lunches to the doctors, nurses and staff of the Cape Regional Medical Center and the area’s Urgent Care Centers.

The Association will continue supporting all First Responders as well other local eateries by donating

additional lunches throughout the month of April.