SJM_SouthernExposure_0124_SouthernExposure_11_08 1 / 24 / 24 3 : 49 PM Page 1 GO FIGURE + EVENTS + HAVING A MOMENT + HIT OR MISS + SPOTLIGHT + NAMES TO KNOW SouthernExposure S’MORE TO LOVE IN I HEART ART - EVENTS FREE MERCHANTVILLE YOUTH ART SHOW Feb . 9 Feb . 13 , 15 , 20 , 22 & 25 Treats , music and fun in Enjoy works from young Ninth downtown Merchantville . artists from kindergarten New Jersey’s national ranking in states Jazz Merchantville , Chestnut through eighth grade . with the highest pedestrian fatalities at intersections , according to data from the Avenue & Centre Street , Cherry Hill , Croft Farms Festival NationalHighway Traffic Safety Admin - MerchantvilleNJ.gov Arts Center , CHNJ.gov istration spanning 2017 - ’ 21 . FEB . 16 CUPID’S CORNER FIDDLER ON THE Rowan’s 54th Annual VENDING EXPO ROOF Jazz Festival returns to $ 100,000 Feb . 9 - 11 Feb . 16 - March 3 campus . Glassboro , Shopand support small busi - Ritz Theatre Co . presents Theamount won from a New Jersey lot - PfleegerConcert Hall , tery ticket matching all five winning nessesand vendors . the classic Broadway Rowan.edu numbers sold at a Pantry 1 Food Mart in Cherry Hill Mall , musical . Haddon Township , GloucesterCounty . CherryHillMall.com / Events Ritz Theatre Co . , RitzThe - atreCo.org FOOTSTEPS INTO Thenumber of vehicles BE MORE CHILL THE PAST : reportedbreaking down or Feb . 9 - 24 SENIOR CITIZENS ’ SMITHVILLE 26having issues after getting Catch the coming - of - age sci - VALENTINE’S DAY SLEUTHS gas at a Conoco station in Camden fi musical by Joe Iconis . BALL Feb . 24 recently , which officials say may have Burlington , Bridge Players Feb . 18 Learnabout local history and resultedfrom floodwaters contaminating TheatreCompany , Bridge - The free annual Valentine’s February the Moose , and thegas supply . PlayersTheatre.com Day dance is open to all takehome a moose - themed Evesham senior citizens . craft . Eastampton , Smithville VALENTINE MEET Marlton , Cherokee High Park , Co.Burlington.nj.us 10 AND GREET SchoolSouth Building , Thenumber of days a Deptford Olive Feb . 11 LHRSD.org JEFFERSON HEALTH Gardenemployeeworked before Enjoyone - on - ones with and FOUNDATION 2024 receiving a diagnosis of Hepatitis A , han - receiveValentines from GALA ’ 24 GALA dlingfoodand facing customers while beloved characters . Pitman , Feb . 24 Feb . 24 contagiousfrom Dec . 26 - 30 . OverThe Top Party Planning , Join the Philharmonic of Cocktails , dinner and live per - OverTheTopPartyPlanning.co SouthernNew Jersey for its formances , including from DJ m / Valentine - Meet - and - Greet annualgala as it welcomes Jazzy Jeff , beginning at 6 : 30 62 mph newsmusic director James p.m . to benefit Jefferson The top wind speed during the Jan . 9 AllenAnderson . Voorhees , Health.Atlantic City , Borgata rain storm that brought widespread Mansionon Main Street , Hotel , Casino and Spa , flooding , water rescues and power PSNJ.org Giving.Jefferson.edu outages to Burlington County . victims of domestic violence , high - risk inner - city youth $ 1.67 million and schools , as she has been a first grade teacher at Theamount approved for funding senior Westfield Friends School since 2021 . services provided by Burlington County’s Mayor Janjua brings with her the initiative - driven Department of Human Services and values that she has held since childhood , including Earlier this January , history was made when Officeon Aging , including housekeeping , civic engagement , cultural diversity , creativity , educa - FoziaJanjua was sworn in as the first Muslim homecare , legal fees , fitness and more . tion and altruism to her new position . andSouth Asian woman to lead Mount Laurel Thenumber of points scored Townshipas mayor , after serving as a township by Philadelphia 76er Joel councilwoman . 70Embiid in a late January A leader in the community , Mayor Janjua is also homegame . He is just the ninth player the founding board member of CommUNITY South ever to score 70 or more points in a Jersey - Philadelphia ( CommUNITY SJP ) . The volun - single NBA game and now holds the teer - based nonprofit plans monthly community ser - franchise record . vice events focused on providing meals , hygiene kits and care packages to shelters , mosques and commu - nity centers . 6.5 ThroughCommUNITY SJP , Janjua launched the The highest total amount of snow in Cakes4Kidsprogram that provides children in need inches that fell during the winter storm with personalized birthday confections . Her humani - that hit South Jersey , causing Gov . Murphy to issue a State of Emergency . tarian service also includes working with hospitals , SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 20 issue 10 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 6 |