Heartland Hero Nick Pittman
Best known as “Nor’Easter Nick” to the many fans who make his high-energy broadcasts part of their daily routine, Nick Pittman is South Jersey’s premier weatherman. With an affinity for Read More
Category Archive: Heartland Heroes
Heartland Hero Duke Braun
The heart of the Jersey Heartland beats strongest because of individuals like Duke Braun. As President of the Wenonah Lake Association — a volunteer-based civic organization that hosts several fundraisers Read More
Heartland Hero Eric Schmehl
Eric is a New Jersey Heartland native who has become incredibly involved in the town of Hammonton during the five years he has lived there. He serves as an elected Read More
Richard Snyder Receives April 2020 New Jersey’s Heartland Hero Award
It is not often we have to make split-second decisions with the lives of others in the balance. Richard Snyder, our newly nominated Heartland Hero, had to make that decision Read More
Trinity Jagdeo
Trinity Jagdeo is an 18-year-old 501 (c) (3) nonprofit owner of an organization for kids with special needs. She started this nonprofit organization at the age of 17 because of Read More
Vickie Mortiz-Sippel
You won’t meet a woman as giving and as selfless as Vickie Moritz-Sippel every day. A resident of Little Egg Harbor, Vickie adopted her son, Chris Moritz, a special needs Read More
Jerry Titherington
There are things in life we sometimes take for granted. We see firetrucks and ambulances racing down the road with lights flashing and assume in our time of need, when Read More
Dr. Joanne Negrin
Prior to the 1960s, many experts throughout the United States considered bilingualism a handicap. They believed children fluent in two languages had to spend too much energy distinguishing between two Read More
Deborah Jaffe
New Jersey’s Heartland Heroes are all special people, and none more so than Deborah Jaffe. For her tireless work on behalf of the region’s special needs children, we are proud Read More
Sharon and Bert Carpenter
Sharon and Bert Carpenter, Residents of Glassboro, have been named New Jersey’s Heartland Hero for the month of October! Sharon and her husband, Bert, has been very involved in working Read More
