Burlington County News in Brief

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, April, 2008

Prom gowns available to girls in need Through the efforts of members of Jim Walter's Allstate Insurance agency in Marlton, some girls may get to go to the big dance after all. Walter, Jamie Matthews, Lindsey Brod, Samantha Webb and Kristi Peterson collected about 40 prom gowns as part of the corporation's Cinderella's Closet program, a statewide charitable effort to provide the dresses to those unable to afford their own.

Allstate New Jersey agents and employees collected more than 300 gowns. Oral cancer kits being made available The Burlington County Cancer Coalition will continue to distribute oral cancer awareness kits to dentists' offices, an effort it began this month. The kits contain consumer information about oral cancer, its risk factors and symptoms. Dentists...