New Jersey

Optimum Community and NatGeo Mundo visited Technology High School in Newark to recognize 11th grader Valeria Angel as the 2016 Student Explorer Contest winner.

Optimum Community held an assembly at Metuchen High School to honor the 5-time Grand Prize winners as this year’s Grand Prize Charity Champions.

Optimum Community held an assembly at Metuchen High School to honor the 5-time Grand Prize winners as this year’s Grand Prize Charity Champions.

All Saints Academy 4th grade student Bianca Lumang was announced as a runner-up in Optimum Community's inaugural Black History Month Essay Contest.

All Saints Academy 4th grade student Bianca Lumang was announced as a runner-up in Optimum Community's inaugural Black History Month Essay Contest.

Metuchen High School is a 4-time Grand Prize winner in Optimum Community's Charity Champions program, and the outstanding efforts seen in the past were also on display in this year’s fundraising and awareness activities for the charity, Breaking the Chain Through Education.

Metuchen High School is a 4-time Grand Prize winner in Optimum Community's Charity Champions program, and the outstanding efforts seen in the past were also on display in this year’s fundraising and awareness activities for the charity, Breaking the Chain Through Education.

To celebrate the generous fundraising efforts undertaken by students at Eastside High School in Paterson, students and guests gathered for a check presentation for their participation in Optimum Community’s Charity Champions program.

To celebrate the generous fundraising efforts undertaken by students at Eastside High School in Paterson, students and guests gathered for a check presentation for their participation in Optimum Community’s Charity Champions program.