I LOVED capturing so many awesome graduates during the month of June: Kindergarten, 5th Grade, 8th Grade, and 12th grade! A bunch of schools were represented, and lots of different opinions and feelings about this most unusual time. Thank you families for trusting me with these memories and milestones!
To inquire about a 2023 graduation session click here.
Not the Duck Race we want but the Duck Race we need.
While Maplewood’s infamous Duck Race is unable to operate “in person”, it WILL still go on.
How? Through a virtual Duck Race on Memorial Day, Monday May 25th.
Watch my chat with James Goodger, Executive Director of the South Mountain YMCA, Maplewood, NJ:
🎉 Visit the Y online now to get your tickets! Sponsor a duck at ANY level that’s right for you, with funds supporting the local economy as well as the Y’s essential programs. Donor family names will be written on ducks!
🎉 Join the Y for a virtual Duck Race on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25. The race will be filmed once all ducks are sold and results will be announced on Memorial Day, Monday May 25 — tune in at 11am to South Mountain Y Facebook or YouTube Channel.
🎉 Amazing prizes!! First three ducks to cross the line win a socially distant visit from THE DUCK MASCOT. Top 10 ducks get to schedule a ‘Duck Zoom Bomb’ appearance (my personal favorite!!). And, EVERYONE who picks a duck will get an invite to the ‘Duck hunt’ where you’ll search for your duck and take home as part of our local history!
🎉 Where do the funds go? “Local businesses in Maplewood + South Orange have supported the Duck Race with sponsorships and race prizes for over 20 years, and now it’s our turn to give back to them. This year the Y will commit 25% of Duck Race proceeds to SOMA small businesses,” said James Goodger, District Executive Director of the South Mountain YMCA. 25% of proceeds to be donated to Maplewood Village Alliance, Springfield Avenue Alliance and the South Orange Village Center Alliance.
Chatting with James Goodger, ED of the South Mountain Y, at “Duck Headquarters” in Maplewood, NJ
Meet The Kerner family, organizers of SOMA Kids Feed Kids! Leslie, John, Joey (11), and Ben (9) Kerner are incredible role models in their community! SOMA Kids Feed Kids, based in South Orange NJ, is fighting food insecurity while teaching kids about community service. Over 60+ families help to provide shelf stable food to kids whose families are facing hunger, in partnership with Toni’s Kitchen in Montclair, NJ and the South Orange/Maplewood School District.
The Kerner Family, April, 2020, South Orange, NJ
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Email somakidsfeedkids@gmail.com to get involved.
