Toy Drive, Championship Football Ahead This Week

The year will be over in a matter of weeks – can you believe it? We certainly can’t! Before then we still have the holidays, though, and plenty of business to tend to. Let’s see what’s going on around town this week.

You Need to be Kind to the Community: The Community Kindness Club, a group of students at Flocktown-Kossman School, is collecting new toys to support Operation Jersey Shore Santa this week. Children can bring a new toy to the school between 3 and 7 p.m. each day this week. Go here for more information.

You Need to Nominate Your Dog: Morris County Animal Inn has sponsored a Top Dog contest in 10 different Patch sites, one of which is Long Valley. All you need to do to enter is upload a photo of your favorite pooch with a reason why he or she is so great, and hope your neighbors vote for you! Check out the rules here.

You Need Some Championship Football: , this time against Warren Hills Regional High School on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. The game will be held at Rutgers University and all Wolfpack supporters are encouraged to attend. Go Wolfpack!

You Need Some History: The 29th Annual Historic House Tour hosted by the Washington Township Historic Society will be held 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. Tickets for the event are available prior to the tour and on the day of the event. .

You Need a Recap: In case you missed it, November was a pretty newsy month, filled with issues and great news. We posted a month in review article for readers to see recently, but in case you missed it, here’s the direct link. Enjoy!