Family Affected By Fires Donating To Florham Park Fire Department

LONG VALLEY, NJ — After seeing firsthand how devastating fires can be, Long Valley residents and business owners want to give back to the fire departments that helped them over the years.

The owners of the Chocolate Shoppe in Long Valley, Darleen and Mike Wizorek, lost their Florham Park home to a fire on December 20th, 1983. Shortly after that, they moved to Long Valley, where they've lived since.

Then, 33 years later, they lost the Mendham location of the Chocolate Shoppe in a second fire.

"It ended our business in Mendham and although we couldn't see the light at the time, it was there. It brought us home again.We are so proud and lucky to call Long Valley our home town, and now the home of our family business too," daughter Emily Oldmixon said.

Now that they're up and running in Long Valley, the family wants to give back.

"We so appreciate all the time and energy volunteer firemen put into their Community and my dad, himself, was a volunteer fireman at the time of his house fire. So on Thursday, December 28th this year we will be donating 25% of all sales made that day to the fire department in Mendham, Long Valley, Florham Park, and Washington. Thank you so much for all your support and love over the past years," Oldmixon said.

The Chocolate Shoppe is located at 62 East Mill Road.

Image via Chocolate Shoppe, used with permission