A new study ranks the charitable giving of towns across the country. Find out how Westfield fared.
Westfield residents donate 2.7% of their annual income to charity. That's lower than the New Jersey average of 3.7%, according to How America Gives, a new study from The Chronicle of Philanthropy that rates each of the 28,725 zip codes in the U.S. by measuring income levels and charitable donations made by taxpayers. (The report used IRS tax record for 2008, the most recent year data was available.) Westfield ranked 3,185 for contributions, donating $36.5 million with a median family contribution of $4,055. The median income for Westfield was $152,132. Westfielders earning the least, in the $50,000 to $99,000 bracket, donated the greatest percentage at eight percent, while those earning between $100,000 to $199,000 contributed 3.4 percent …
CoolVines and Savory Spice Shop will be selling cupcakes starting at noon on Saturday, May 19 to help the family of Christian Panarese afford a new wheelchair.
Westfield merchants CoolVines and Savory Spice Shop have cooked up a delicious way to support the family of 13-year-old Christian Panarese, born with spastic quadraplegia, in their efforts to purchase a new wheelchair. Starting at noon on Saturday, May 19, the businesses will be selling 300 cupcakes, prepared by pastry chef and Garwood resident Melissa Walsh, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting Christian's Wish. "We've already gotten a wonderful response from customers that we've told about the event," said Lauren Ramos of CoolVines. Christian, a Westfield resident who attends Edison Intermediate School, lives with and is cared for by his grandparents Frank and Nancy Panarese. Because he has outgrown his current wheelchair, …
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Coolvines
127 Central Ave, Westfield, NJ
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Savory Spice Shop
138 E Broad St, Westfield, NJ
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Christian's Wish 'Dinner & Laughs' event was in jeopardy due to slow ticket sales.
Update: Carmen Brocato and Michael Kenny, organizers of Christian's Wish 'An Evening of Dinner & Laughs' said the show must go. The benefit, to be held at Temple Emanu-El on Saturday, May 19 to raise funds to help the family of 13-year-old Christian Panarese afford a new wheelchair, will be held as scheduled. Brocato and Kenny said Wednesday that due to lagging ticket sales, the dinner and comedy show could very well be canceled. Rather than spend money to purchase food in the hope that more people might attend, the two were thinking of giving the family the funds that had been donated and refunding money to ticket holders. But both agreed that holding the event to "give Christian a lift" was nearly as important as collecting additional …
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Temple Emanu-El
756 E Broad St, Westfield, NJ
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Walkin Westfield
10:51 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
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