Star Stories

Siani Aikens Siani Aikens arrived at Eggerts Crossing Village when she was in second grade. An Every Child Valued alumna, she has since...

All Jahmir Anderson ever wanted to do was dunk a basketball. He had no idea where that urge would lead. “I was playing in the fourth grade and I don’t think I ever actually enjoyed basketball,” the Lawrence High senior said. “It was just the love of trying to dunk and then I finally got to that level and it just never translated to real basketball. My freshman year I came out here for track and ever since I hopped on the runway I just fell in love with it.” With good reason.

When we interview successful Every Child Valued (ECV) alumni, we find one recurring thread consistent with our Stars’ success. We always...

After a storied career in Track and Field at Lawrence High School , Jahmir Anderson is attending the College of New Jersey majoring in...

In 2018, the Orlando family went on a “Mission” from Eggert’s Crossing Village in Lawrence to their father's birthplace in Usula, Kenya

When Prince was in fourth grade, he wanted to go to Every Child Valued. Unfortunately, he did not know how to register for the program,...

When she was in kindergarten at Lawrence Elementary School, Valandra Riggins started at the K-3 grade after-school program offered by...

Aaliyah Walker graduated from Montclair State University fours years after graduating from Lawrence High School and eight years after participating in Every Child Valued as a student and volunteer. During the week after school, as a volunteer, she would help with homework and play games with the children. Aaliyah remembers the people who helped her along the way, including Ms. Tonia Moore, a guidance counselor from Lawrence High School who was very involved at ECV; Courtney L

When Cassandra Riggins moved to Eggerts Crossing Village in 2004, she had big dreams for herself and her daughters. Since that time, Ms. Riggins has completed her associates degree at Mercer County Community College and her bachelor's degree at Rider University. While working and going to school, she has also seen to it that her daughters, Aaliyah and Valandra, followed her example. Aaliyah graduated from Montclair State University. She is the first in her family to go direct

This young woman just graduated from Georgetown Univer sity with her Master’s Degree in Systems Medicine. Now she is doing perinatal...