NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (WABC) — The marketplace at the Children’s Specialized Hospital at RWJ Barnabas is a little slice of heaven in a place where so many things hang in the balance.

It provides families of kids recovering from traumatic injuries with supplies they need to stay with their young ones during extended hospital stays.

The marketplace has anything from shoes to clothes and toys and toiletries – it is packed with all the essentials.

“It’s empowering. There’s so little that you have control over when you’re in the hospital or when your child is in the hospital,” said marketplace organizer Charli Nobles.

In most cases, parents do not want to leave their children but run out of supplies when they are by their child’s bedside day after day.

“It kind of gives you a little bit of normalcy in a place that’s not so normal,” Nobles added.

All of the items are donated and the hospital has a QR code so people can make donations and know exactly what is needed.

“When you’re dealing with an illness or a chronic illness, the last thing you want to worry about is where am I getting my iPhone charger or some basic clothing,” said Children’s Specialized Hospital Dr. Matthew McDonald

For the families of hospitalized children – this is a marketplace that provides a little relief.

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A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s decision to order New Jersey Democrats scrap a ballot design widely viewed as helping candidates with establishment backing.

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals considered a slimmed-down appeal brought by the Camden County Democrats after the county clerks — the officials charged with designing ballots in New Jersey — dropped out of the appeal of a lower court’s temporary injunction.

The appeals court’s decision means that U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi’s order requiring clerks to stop using the so-called county line ballot, which lists candidates with political party support in a single column and often relegates others to “ballot Siberia” will stand.

But that court’s order far from resolves the issue in New Jersey, which had been unique in the country for using the county line style ballots. Quraishi’s order applies only to the Democratic primary on June 4 because Republicans sought to join the lawsuit after a deadline passed.

Once a pillar of politics in the state, the county line ballot began showing signs of crumbling this year. Senate candidate Democratic Rep. Andy Kim brought the lawsuit with House candidates Sarah Schoengood and Carolyn Rush, alleging that the system unfairly helped those with party backing get preferential ballot placement. Soon after, state Attorney General Matt Platkin said he found the county line to be unconstitutional.

Legislative leaders have said they acknowledge the need to address the issue, though it is unclear how it will end up.

For now, under the judge’s order the Democratic primary will unfold with an “office block” ballot, or a listing of candidates near the office they are seeking, as the rest of the country uses.

In an emailed statement, William Tambussi, the attorney for Camden County Democrats, said the organization respects the court’s decision.

“The Committee believes that the First Amendment freedom of association held by political parties is an important constitutional right to defend. The current system in Camden County has led to slates of elected officials of historic diversity and qualifications without limiting anyone’s access to the ballot,” Tambussi said.

A message was left with the attorney for the Camden Democrats seeking a response to the appeals court’s ruling.

Kim’s lawsuit came in the context of — at the time — what looked like a challenging primary fight against first lady Tammy Murphy for the seat held by indicted Sen. Bob Menendez. Menendez has said he won’t seek reelection as a Democrat, but he could possibly run as an independent after federal corruption trial ends.

Murphy had won the endorsement of a handful of county party leaders, winning the line on the ballot there. But Kim seemed to capture a growing tide of progressive frustration with the system. Murphy dropped out of the race, acknowledging the high stakes in November given that Democrats have a narrow majority in the Senate and saying she didn’t want to attack a fellow Democrat.

Kim is now in a strong position for the Senate seat in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican senator in over five decades.

The UFC has officially confirmed the full fight card for its return to the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on June 1 for UFC 302.

Last May, the Prudential Center hosted a UFC 288 card that saw Aljamain Sterling defend his bantamweight belt against Henry Cejudo and Yan Xiaonan lock up an eventual strawweight title shot by knocking out Jéssica Andrade, and the venue will host an even bigger PPV event this year with UFC 302.

UFC CEO Dana White announced after UFC 300 that UFC 302 would be headlined by a lightweight title bout between Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier with middleweights Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa fighting in the co-main event, and the promotion officially confirmed the full 13-fight card today via press release.

#1-ranked Arman Tsarukyan revealed after his win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 300 that he was forced to decline a quick-turnaround to face Makhachev at UFC 302, but Tsarukyan has already declared that he intends to challenge the winner of that lightweight title bout.

The co-main event for UFC 302 will see Strickland return to action for the first time since he lost the middleweight belt to Dricus Du Pessis at UFC 297, and the main card also features another huge middleweight bout between top contenders Roman Dolidze and Anthony Hernandez.

The event will also include a heavyweight clash between Jailton Almeida and Alexandr Romanov as well as some action-packed prelims that feature a number of well-matched bouts, and UFC 302 will also be the first event where fighters will use the new gloves that were unveiled during UFC 300 fight week.

The UFC 302 main event will mark Poirier’s third attempt at claiming undisputed lightweight gold when he faces Makhachev, and that highly-anticipated matchup will close out a card that currently looks like this:

• Main Event: Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier – For the UFC Lightweight Championship

• Co-Main Event: Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa

• Roman Dolidze vs. Anthony Hernandez

• Jailton Almeida vs. Alexandr Romanov

• Joselyne Edwards vs. Ailin Perez

• Mickey Gall vs. Bassil Hafez

• Grant Dawson vs. Joe Solecki

• Phil Rowe vs. Jake Matthews

• Hyun Sung Park vs. André Lima

• Sumudaerji vs. Joshua Van

• Roman Kopylov vs. César Almeida

• Randy Brown vs. Elizeu Zaleski

• Niko Price vs. Alex Morono

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