News & Updates

Nov

2025

Giardino fundraising campaign a success

Thank you so much for helping us raise more than $35,000 for the Giardino family. In addition to the $32,000 we raised through online donations, we were also able to raise more than $3,000 with our Benefit Concert for the Giardino Family event. Your support truly made this happen, and it's providing critical assistance to a family at an incredibly challenging time. Special thanks to everyone who donated, volunteered, and shared donation links, and to our benefit concert performers: John... More

Apr

2025

2025 Life Guard 5K Raises more than $18,000

With your support, the 2025 Life Guard 5K raised more than $18,000 to help local families in need. The first place finisher in this year's race was Patrick Keefe. Congratulations to Patrick and the other top finishers (listed below). Thank you to all Life Guard 5K participants, donors, sponsors and volunteers – past and present – for supporting our annual race and fundraising drive. Your support truly helps make a difference in the lives of the families and individuals we help. 2025... More

Nov

2023

Life Guard raises more than $8,600 for local man

Thanks to everyone who supported and attended the fundraiser for Brian Allison on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at the Fair Haven Columbus Club. Together, we were able to raise more than $8,600 for Brian's cause. Brian Allison is a longtime volunteer and contributor to the Fair Haven Fire Department and First Aid Squad, and due to health reasons, our fundraising event aimed to help relieve Brian of significant financial stress, and to allow him to focus on his long-term physical and mental... More

Nov

2022

2022 Life Guard 5K a great success

The 2022 Life Guard 5K was a great success. Together, we were able to surpass our fundraising goal and raise more than $26,000 to help local families in need. The first place finisher in this year's Nov. 20th race was Olli Muniz. Congratulations to Olli and the other top finishers (listed below). Thank you to all Life Guard 5K participants, donors, sponsors and volunteers – past and present – for supporting our annual race and fundraising drive. Your support truly helps make a difference... More

Oct

2022

Our Impact in 2022

Thanks to your donations and support, Life Guard has been able to help 16 local families so far in 2022, including: We helped a homeless family secure an apartment and got them started in their new home. We helped a family whose wife / mother was unable to work due to a form of epilepsy. Their disability insurance hadn’t started and the family lost crucial income which caused them to fall behind on their bills and also left them with no discretionary income. Life Guard Ecumenical... More

Oct

2021

2021 Life Guard 5K raises more than $22,000 for families in need

UPDATE: 2022 Life Guard 5K Recap... More

Nov

2019

2019 Life Guard 5K raises $35,000 for LGEF mission

Our 4th annual Life Guard 5K Run/Walk for Charity was a great success. Thanks to our fundraising teams, donors, and sponsors, we surpassed our fundraising goal of $30,000 by more than $5,000! Congratulations to the top finishers in the 2019 Life Guard 5K. This year's race featured the fastest time in Life Guard 5K history – with Ron Haney completing the course in a blistering 19 minutes, 22 seconds! MALE 1. Ron Haney (19:22) 2. Brian Allman (21:06) FEMALE 1. Sarah Chin (21:18) 2.... More

Oct

2019

Our Impact in 2019

Thanks to your donations and support, Life Guard helped more than 10 local families in need this year (2019). Some highlights include: We paid numerous mortgage payments for a local family whose husband/father passed away. Life Guard also purchased several food store gift cards for the family, helping to bridge the gap while the mother found employment. We helped a family from Neptune who has been struggling to make ends meet due to their triplets' ongoing and chronic medical issues.... More

May

2019

Tracey McGee & LGEF raise $12,000 for local family

Thank you to everyone who supported our Running For Ryan fundraising campaign. Spearheaded by the tireless Tracey McGee, the campaign raised more than $12,000 to help Ryan Shaughnessy and his family in their battle against leukemia. In addition to her months-long fundraising efforts, Tracey ran and completed the 2019 Boston Marathon on April 15th to further inspire Ryan and his family.

Nov

2018

2018 Life Guard 5K raises over $17,000 for LGEF mission

Fundraising for the 3rd annual Life Guard 5K Run/Walk for Charity surpassed our goal of $15,000 by more than $2,000! The 5K race capped off a 4-week fundraising drive to benefit Life Guard Ecumenical Foundation as participants completed our 5-kilometer course in Sea Bright, NJ on November 10, 2018. A special thanks to all the participants, donors, sponsors and volunteers for helping make the 2018 Life Guard 5K a huge success.

Jun

2018

LGEF raises over $5,600 for the "From Fear To Hope" campaign

John Amabile at Dublin House in Red Bank, NJ

We are pleased to announce that Life Guard Ecumenical Foundation raised over $5,500 for the "From Fear to Hope" campaign. The campaign got a huge boost by our very own John Amabile, who organized and performed a charity benefit concert at Dublin House on June 6, 2018. These funds will go a long way in helping improve the living situation of a local, 26-year-old woman who suffers from a debilitating spinal condition. If you weren't able to make it to the benefit concert, please read her story... More

Nov

2016

2nd annual Life Guard 5K raises more than $28,000 for LGEF

The second annual running of the Life Guard 5K was a great success! On the brisk morning of Nov 19, 2016, 100 participants completed our 5-kilometer course in Shrewsbury, NJ. The 5K race capped off a 6-week fundraising drive to benefit Life Guard Ecumenical Foundation. A special thanks to all the participants, donors, sponsors and volunteers for helping make the 2016 Life Guard 5K a huge success.

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