SJM_SouthernExposure_0422_SouthernExposure_11_08 4 / 26 / 22 2 : 15 PM Page 1 + + + + + + GO FIGURE DATEBOOK HAVING A MOMENT HIT OR MISS ANSWER THIS SPOTLIGHT NAMES TO KNOW SouthernExposure LOCKE AVENUE FUN DAY DATEBOOK May 21 This full - day family - friendly event will feature rides , games , music , vendors , $ 4.5 million food and refreshments , and a fireworks The amount of money that Habitat display . Rain date May 22 . Locke Avenue for Humanity of South Central New Park , 1 – 9 p.m . , fee for rides and other Jersey recently received from philan - access , Swedesboro , WoolwichTwp.org thropist MacKenzie Scott , whose $ 436 million gift benefited a total of MERCHANTVILLE TWILIGHT 84 U.S . Habitat affiliate organizations . DOWNTOWN ADULT DESTINATION GUIDED TOUR WORTH BLOCK P A R T Y May 27 35th Annual May 21 Tour Battleship New THE DRIVE Four The debut event includes Jersey’s rarely seen Wildwoods The number of Moorestown’s sidewalk sales , restaurants ’ features while listening Memorial Field Little League specialty menus , live to stories geared toward a International baseball fields that were renamed bands , family - friendly more mature audience . during an April 9 rededication entertainment and more . Must be 21 + . Battleship Kite Festival MAY 27 - 30 ceremony honoring local Vietnam Centre Street , noon - 4 p.m . , New Jersey Museum & The yearly celebration will include daytime veterans who were killed in action . free , Merchantville , Face - Memorial , 6 - 8 p.m . , and nighttime demonstrations , inflatable kites , book.com / Merchantville $ 15 - $ 30 , Camden , auctions and all the fanfare befitting “ a kite BattleshipNewJersey.org The percentage festival on steroids . ” Ocean Avenue , times vary WALTFEST of New Jersey daily , free to spectators , Wildwood , SkyFestivals.com May 21 NEW JERSEY residents who Celebrate Walt Whitman’s RENAISSANCE 73 % are opposed to birthday with this art and FAIRE MAYFEST SPRING GARDEN pumping their own gas , according to history festival that includes May 28 & 29 , CRAFT FAIR EXPO AND a Rutgers - Eagleton poll last month . historical reenactors , trolley June 4 & 5 May 14 & 15 PLANT SALE rides and food . Whitman Be transported to the May 7 Featuring more than 100 Stafford Farmhouse , 16th - century English Certified gardeners will field juried crafters , an interna - 8 a.m . - 3 p.m . , free , countryside , complete questions at their Q & A tional food court , children’s Laurel Springs , with merchants , food 6,082 booth , as well as offer free activities , paddle boats , Facebook.com / and drink , and entertain - seminars and soil testing . live entertainment and The number of potholes Burlington Whitman ment . Liberty Lake , Plants will also be on sale . over 60 shops . Historic County had reported its road crews Farmhouse 10 a.m . - 6 p.m . , Scotland Run Park , 9 a.m . - Smithville Village , 10 a.m . - repaired with more than 88 pounds LaurelSprings $ 10 - $ 90 , Bordentown , 2 p.m . , free , Clayton , 5 p.m . , free , Smithville , of materials at the beginning of April . NJRenFaire.com GloucesterCountyNJ.gov HistoricSmithville.com The number of commu - nity - based nonprofits reading , between being full - time moms and holding full - selected for funding awards through The time jobs , they wrote Sometimes Mommy is Anxious : A New Jersey Department Little Book About Big Feelings , which was published back 19 of Community Affairs ’ in February . Their hope is to destigmatize asking for help Neighborhood Revitalization Tax When Lindsay Croce with mental health struggles for readers of all ages , with Credit Program . Four Camden organi - and Marci Chapman different examples of how anxiety manifests itself in zations will each receive $ 985,000 . became friends , they parents on every page . quickly realized how Within their debut book’s 30 pages , Croce and much they had in Chapman , of Barrington and Audubon , respectively , also common — including hope to illustrate how a mother’s love will always eclipse $ how much they relied on temporary frustrations born of anxiety’s stress by assuring 3.4million each other’s understand - children that , even when confusing emotions run high , The amount Rowan University paid ing and empathy to get “ It’s OK . Mommy will always love you , ” a truth that’s to acquire a 79,891 - square - foot through their episodes of anxiety . After sharing everything reaffirmed at the end of every page . Glassboro intermediate school . from their own fears to their children’s milestones , the two The two Camden County friends and authors hope The sale will aid in Rowan’s con - South Jersey moms embarked upon a new shared journey : that Sometimes Mommy is Anxious is just the first in a tinued physical expansion while writing a book together . series of books fighting the stigmas and misconceptions saving Glassboro Public Schools Inspired by watching how much their children enjoy surrounding mental health . about $ 175,000 annually in operational costs . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 19 issue 1 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 12 |