JAR of Hope continues to raise awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an affliction that affects some 20,000 boys in New Jersey and is ultimately fatal.
The New Jersey chapter of the nonprofit Huntington's Disease Society of America is banking on hope, even as it adjusts its operations to accommodate COVID-19 restrictions.
Local lawmakers believe that the county's number of overdose deaths can be driven down if those in danger are made to feel more comfortable talking about their personal demons.
Since 1976, the Valerie Fund has operated throughout New Jersey, New York City, and the Philadelphia metro area with the mission of supporting comprehensive health care for these children.
Isobel Costello is headed to Loyola University New Orleans, but the nonprofit she founded will keep going thanks to her two sisters, one of whom is about to enter high school herself.