Dear Volunteers,

There are times in your life when you leave a conversation feeling like no matter what the headlines are in the news that the world is going to be okay. That is how I felt last week after talking with our volunteer Tim, who was back to deliver for a day while he was on vacation for a week. Dressed in his signature baseball cap, shorts and t-shirt, Tim came in last week ready to make a Friday delivery.

I first met Tim when he was a Rutgers PhD student in Mathematics seven years ago. He would ride a bike to our office several times a week to help deliver meals. He was twenty years old and had already completed his undergraduate education at Carnegie Mellon. It was then he made a conscience decision to commit to using his time wisely. He spent years volunteering for MOW and then later as a Board Member.

Last year after finishing his degree, Dr. Tim Naumovitz moved out West to work for Google. Last month after saving for while he made a $6,000 donation to MOW, which was matched by Google. When the surprise gift of $12,000 came I did a happy dance knowing what a tremendous difference it would make in serving our clients.

Tim only agreed to my writing this piece when I told him it will inspire others. When asked why he chose to contribute such a significant amount of his salary to MOW he answered, “If it is something I believe in, like helping people, I need to live those values by fully committing to those causes.”

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Thanks to our 2017 Wine Tasting Event Silent Auction Donors…

Macys , Quaker Steak & Lube , Steak House 85, Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick Glass Woods, Thomas Sweets, Honeybrook Golf Club, Wegmans , Hyatt Rengency New Brunswick Hotel, State Theatre, Brother’s Carpet & Flooring, The Home Depot, Pino’s Restaurant, George Street Playhouse, Sophies’ Bistro, Clydz, NY Giants, NY Jets, Island Spa, Vera Bradley, Through the Moongate, Ten thousand Villages, Sahara’s Restaurant, Catherine Lombardi’s, Trader Joe’s, Old Man Rafferty’s, RU Athletics, The Melting Pot, Skylark Diner, UFO Salon & Spa, Award Winning Photo, Ruth’s
Chris Steakhouse, Metuchen Borough Improvement League, Bushkill Group, Cheesecake Factory, NJ Devils, Elijah’s Promise,
Costco, Target, Stop & Shop, New Brunswick Community Farmers Market, Jimmy John’s, Top Golf, Venus Jewlers, Fillipo’s, Panico’s,
Tumulty’s, Harvest Moon, Rutgers Club, Maggiano’s, Houlihan’s, Carrabas, Apple Bees, Lucille Hana, and Hub City Brewhouse.

Thank you to the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick for donating the food and space for the event!

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