PPAG News
30 Stories for 30 Years: Chapter 6– 35 Years of Fellowship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6wS80SEacM&feature=youtu.be The Dubliner Brunch was started 35 years ago in 1982 by the late Senator Pete McDonough. The idea was to create an opportunity for good...
30 Stories for 30 Years: Chapter 5– A Special Valentine to Blood & Platelet Donors
February can be one of the most challenging times to collect blood and platelets, as drives are canceledhttp://www.redcrossblood.org/ due to severe weather. Those who come to donate through February...
30 Stories for 30 Years: Chapter 4– Making a Difference through Strength & Grace
Our newest PPAGer, Davon McCurry, is President of the Siani Strong Foundation. Davon and his family founded the foundation which passionately advocates for bone marrow transplant and cancer...
30 Stories for 30 Years: Chapter 3– Penn East & PPAG at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
On a cold day in January of 1982, sixty hungry people gathered for the free meal in the basement of a Trenton church. By the end of that year, more 40,000 meals had been served. No one knew there...
30 Stories for 30 Years: Chapter 2– Big Brothers, Big Sisters for the Win
PPAG wishes to congratulate the Big Brothers Big Sisters State Association, which was presented with a joint ceremonial resolution for their excellent work in providing New Jersey's children facing...
30 Stories– Chapter One: Warming Communities
PPAG in partnership with One Warm Coat, is hosting a winter coat drive now until February 23. Health experts report that even a 2-degree drop in body temperature results in reduced heart rate, loss...
Announcing 30 Stories for 30 Years
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." John Wooden In...
Vested Interest: Patti McGuire’s Passion for Fairness
The two-family home with a small backyard on West New York’s 59th Street was one of the last Irish households in the center of an urban revival propelled by Cuban immigration. While tens of...
Bill Pascrell, III: PPAG Perspectives: Navigating the Gaming Landscape
Drawing on the international gaming expertise of Bill Pascrell, III (BP3), the Princeton Public Affairs Group (PPAG) announced the extension of its gaming practice providing...
More than a Game: Kevin Hagan’s Upward Journey
Kevin Hagan never dreamed of being president. His goals were always bigger. “My early to mid-childhood was all about basketball – all day, every day. I dreamed of being Magic Johnson, but I’m about...
A Slalom Trail to National Honors: PPAG’s David Smith
Decades before capturing the #10 spot in the Legends Division of the 2013 USA Snowboard Association National Championship, David Smith was clearing the gates in one of America’s toughest political...
The Master of Working the Room
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