Thursday, March 7, 2013
Listener nominations made Friday's tribute event possible.
Radio station 105.5 WDHA hosts a special event at Parsippany's Blackthorn Irish Restaurant and Pub Friday evening that will pay tribute to the township's volunteer fire companies. WDHA listeners contacted the station to nominate entities to be recognized for the Guinness Give Back in Black event, and the winning group is made up of the six fire departments serving Parsippany-Troy Hills: Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department, Rainbow Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, Lake Parsippany Volunteer Fire Company #3, Lake Hiawatha Fire Department, Parsippany Fire District 4, Parsippany District 5 Fire Departmentand Parsippany Troy-Hills Fire District 6 The event benefits the Leary Firefighters Foundation, a nonprofit organization established in 2000…
Monday, February 11, 2013
A Parsippany/Boonton kid shaved his head—and inspired others to join in—for a good cause.
An 8-year-old township boy took it all off to help a friend. Matthew Santana, wanting to help Peyton Zitelli, a 19-month-old neighbor battling a rare pediatric cancer, shaved his head in a fundraising effort to help her family defray medical expenses. In the end, his generous action raised more than $13,000 for the effort. The Santanas and Zitellis live in the Boonton mailing address area of Parsippany. The event took place last Saturday at the Blackthorn Irish Restaurant and Pub. Young Matthew gamely allowed his head to be shaven, and about seven others—children and adults— shaved theirs as well. The boy came up with the idea after hearing that the Zitelli child wa diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that forms in …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
An 8-year-old is shaving his head and raising funds to help a young neighbor battling a rare cancer.
An 8-year-old Boonton boy is making a big sacrifice to support a young neighbor battling cancer. Matthew Santana, wanting to help Peyton Zitelli, a 19-month-old neighbor battling a rare pediatric cancer, decided to show solidarity with the toddler, reported the Daily Record. Hearing the young girl would lose her hair after chemotherapy treaments, the boy decided to shave his head. Young Peyton has alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that forms in muscle tissue. She receives treatments during weekly visits to a clinic in Philadelphia. And in the meantime Matthew, with the help of his father, Ray Santana, is raising funds via the Facebook event Pledges for Peyton, by collecting sponsors for his head shaving to bring attention to the …
Carol M.
8:15 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
God bless Peyton, Matthew and both their families; what a wonderfully moving story. I am awe struck to see one so young leading by example, and with such amazing donation results! Thank you Matthew, you have reminded us of what's truly important in life and inspired us with your message of the great things we can accomplish when we work together for the good of others. more ›