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Oct. 10, 2026 weekend edition of ENews is sponsored by South Jersey Gas |
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SHOP LOCAL FIRST! |
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Check out upcoming Chamber, Member, and Community Events |
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Our Chamber of Commerce Member - Boys and Girls Clubs of Cumberland County - invites you to attend and sponsor a night of celebration in honor of the Cumberland County community, hosted by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cumberland County. Please support the good works of this community organization. They look forward to seeing you there on October 23, 2026. |
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Together Time Art Classes for Kids! At the Bridgeton Public Library Come and get creative with us! |
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It's time to register to sponsor and attend this inspiring community event. www.tinyurl.com/BACCHero or www.CumberlandGrows.com/Hero Register by Oct. 21. |
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The Chamber of Commerce continues a its series highlighting the recipients of the awards and our event sponsors. Meet the heroes! Be a part of the celebration on October 28 by attending and sponsoring. www.tinyurl.com/BACCHero.
The Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce will celebrate a remarkable milestone on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, as it presents its 40th Annual Business and Community Hero Awards Celebration from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The Grove at Centerton, 1040 Almond Road, Pittsgrove, NJ.
The celebration recognizes outstanding businesses, organizations, and individuals whose leadership, entrepreneurship, compassion, and community service have strengthened Bridgeton and the surrounding region.
The 2026 recipients of the Chamber’s Business and Community Hero Awards are:
Gary F. Simmerman Community Leadership Award: Dr. Gladwyn Baptist
Community Hero Awards: Michelle Azpiri of Bridgeton Public Library, Isis Sosa, Unidos Para La Familia, and Cumberland County Office on Aging, Lisa Williams, Executive Director
Business Hero Awards: All That Dance Studio, Ed’s Body Shop, and Salon Tinge.
Our thanks to our event sponsors to date. More sponsors and advertisers are welcome.
Premium Awards Celebration Sponsors: CompleteCare Health Network Methfessel and Werbel
Presenting Sponsors: Cumberland Mutual Atlantic City Electric DAC Beachcroft
Hometown Heart Sponsors: Inspira Health First National Bank of Elmer Cumberland County TEC United Advocacy Group William Mints Insurance Agency The Authority Newfield National Bank OceanFirst Bank
Honor Our Heroes Sponsors: Nardelli Brothers, Inc. |
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Isis Sosa will receive a Community Hero Award for her leadership with Unidos Para La Familia, Revive South Jersey, and many other organizations that strengthen families throughout the region.
Her inspiring personal journey—from immigrating to the United States from Honduras at the age of eight and spending several years in foster care to becoming an accomplished community leader—reflects determination, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to helping others.
Today, Isis is proud to serve the same community that once supported her. Through her work, she helps families access education, employment opportunities, immigration resources, and other services that can bring stability and hope into their lives.
Her accomplishments, many first for her family, like homeownership, and university level education, represent more than personal success, they represent breaking barriers and creating new possibilities for her daughter and for future generations of her family, and others in the community.
Be a part of the celebration on October 28 by attending and sponsoring. www.tinyurl.com/BACCHero. |
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The Cumberland County Office on Aging will receive a Community Hero Award for the outstanding care, compassion, and service provided to county seniors by its leadership and staff.
Under the leadership of Lisa Williams, who was appointed as Executive Director in 2026, the agency provides community with options needed to help older adults remain contributing members of the community with the greatest level of independence and self-sufficiency they are willing and able to sustain.
The Office on Aging provides Cumberland County’s aging population and their caregivers with access to a system of services to maintain dignity and choice; and to act as an advocate for the essential programs to support these options.
Lisa and her team have added new programs to their already substantial list of services.
Be a part of the celebration on October 28 by attending and sponsoring. www.tinyurl.com/BACCHero. |
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The Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation is selling chances for its Big 50-50 Raffle. Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased from Chamber Board Members and staff, some Chamber Members, and by contacting the Chamber office, 856-455-1312 or bacc@baccnj.com.
The drawing is on Oct. 28, 7 PM at The Grove at Centerton. You do not have to be present at the drawing to win the two cash prizes. Winners not present will be notified.
Members who have tickets, please make returns of money and entry stubs to the Chamber office by Oct. 27 at the latest.
Your participation in the raffle helps support operations and charitable contributions of the Foundation.
Winners will receive 50% of the amount received for all tickets sold as follows: 1st Prize: 35%; 2nd Prize: 15%. NJ LGCCC ID # 55-5-39981 |
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Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce PO Box 1063, Bridgeton, NJ 08302 856-455-1312 * bacc@baccnj.com * www.baccnj.com Jon Cummings, President Tony Stanzione, Chief Executive Officer Laurie LaTorre, Member Services Coordinator
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