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Today's the Day You Can Help a Healing Toddler

Support the Gumersell family, or head to a municipal meeting.

Long Valley will see beautiful spring weather again Tuesday, but there's still plenty to do indoors.

Feeling community-minded? Then you may want to donate to the Pack the Pantry fundraiser for the Gumersell family, or nominate a Long Valley Patch Whiz Kid. Feeling civic-minded? Community group meetings are on tap. Feeling like we should get to the point and tell you what's in store? Then read below.

You Need to Know How You Can Help: Efforts to support the Gumersell family, whose youngest member, Jack, continues to recover on March 30, will continue at the from May 9 to May 13, with the “Pack the Pantry” fundraiser. LVMS Students will be able to drop off donations in their homerooms and members of the community can deliver goods to the school during school hours. You can find a list of specified items .

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You Need to Know about Tuesday Meetings: The American Veterans Association of Washington Township will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the . All veterans are welcome to attend. Newcomers and Friends will meet at 7.30 p.m. at the Schooley's Mountain Firehouse, and The Shade Tree Commission Meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the .

You Need to Learn How to go Green: Terry Carruthers, a LEED- and BPI-accredited professional and owner of Creative Energy in Millington, will speak about the process of installing a solar electric system on Tuesday, May 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the .  Carruthers will explain the process and highlight the benefits of installing a residential solar electric system in New Jersey.

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You Need to Cheer on our Teams: The sports teams have busy schedule Tuesday: Girls varsity and JV softball teams host Randolph High School at 4 p.m., the boys varsity lacrosse team will be at the MCT Finals at FDU at 7:30 p.m., and the varsity track teams will take on Morris Hills at 4 p.m.

You Need to Nominate a Whiz Kid: We know there are plenty of young people in our area doing extraordinary things, but we need proud parents, relatives, teachers, friends, etc. to nominate them for our Friday Whiz Kid Feature! For more information on how to do so, .

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