Girl Scouts Deliver 50,000 Boxes of Cookies to
Frontline Heroes
Gloves and masks keep us safe, but cookies make it all worthwhile.
“COVID-19 may have halted annual spring cookie booth sales, but it
can’t stop Girl Scouts from their mission of giving back to the community,”
which serves 10,000 girls across Monmouth and Ocean counties.
Those Girls Scouts of the Jersey Shore have reached deep into their cookie
30 MAY 2020 | TheJournalNJ.com
BY LORI DRAZ
jars, donating more than 50,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies to heroes on
the frontlines, battling the coronavirus.
In true Girl Scout spirit, troops began asking their families and friends
to purchase their inventory of cookies to donate to essential workers. Then
the girls delivered those cookies with thank you notes to hundreds of hos-
Higgins added that the council recently launched the Girl Scout Cookie
Relief Fund to make it possible for the girls to reach even more community
heroes. Area residents and businesses are invited to donate to the fund,
which will send more cookies to essential workers and volunteers.
volunteers while supporting the goals of 10,000 girls.
Girl Scout Cookies are more than just a delicious treat, Higgins said.
“The Girl Scout Cookie Program teaches girls how to be entrepreneurs
and funds their community projects and leadership experiences,” she said.
“We are proud of our Girl Scout troops for all they’ve done to bring comfort
to essential workers and community volunteers, and we are truly grateful to
all who have generously supported their efforts.”
If you would like to send some cookies and support the Girl Scout
Cookie Relief Fund, visit .
Dear Cassie: I am in the process of going through a divorce. We have three
children (I am the mother), but we have not yet been able to resolve our custody
dispute. How can I ensure that I get to see our children on Mother’s Day? – K.M.
Dear K.M.: All custody and parenting time disputes in New Jersey are governed
by the overarching principle that the best interests of the child(ren) controls.
This principle applies to regular parenting time, vacation parenting time
and holiday parenting time, including holidays such as Mother’s Day.
In assessing the best interests of the child and establishing custody and
parenting time arrangements, the court will consider a number of factors that
are set forth in New Jersey’s custody statute. These factors are: 1) the parents’
ability to agree, communicate and cooperate in matters relating to the child;
2) the parents’ willingness to accept custody and any history of unwillingness
to allow parenting time not based on substantiated abuse; 3) the interaction
and relationship of the child with its parents and siblings; 4) the history of domestic
violence, if any; 5) the safety of the child and the safety of either parent
from physical abuse by the other parent; 6) the preference of the child when
the needs of the child; 8) the stability of the home environment offered; 9) the
the geographical proximity of the parents’ homes; 12) the extent and quality
of the time spent with the child prior to or subsequent to the separation; 13)
the parents’ employment responsibilities; and 14) the age and number of the
children.
The court will pay attention to the historical caretaking arrangements to
the parties before their relationship dissolved. In other words: was one parent
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primarily responsible for the children while the other parent worked? Who
took the children to the doctor, did their schoolwork with them and pre-
terms of establishing custody and parenting time arrangements for the
future.
As for holiday parenting time, it is customary for courts to establish a
“rotating” schedule, whereby important holidays such as Thanksgiving and
Christmas are rotated between the parties on alternating years. However,
the parties are always free to negotiate between themselves their own holiday
parenting schedule that meets their family’s needs. Barring unique
circumstances such as risk of harm to the child, holidays such as Mother’s
Day, the mother’s birthday, Father’s Day and the father’s birthday are routinely
awarded to the respective mother or father every year. If your spouse
ask the court to award you this holiday parenting time.
If you are dealing with a custody and parenting time dispute, you
should seek the advice of matrimonial counsel.
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