Tag: GI Go Fund
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Lawrence Township Community Foundation marks 20th anniversary; awards grants to 17 nonprofit groups
Seventeen nonprofit groups that serve Lawrence Township were awarded $31,850 in grants through the Lawrence Township Community Foundation. The funds were distributed among the groups ranging from the Lawrence Township Environmental Education Foundation to HomeFront and the Lawrence Hamnett Soccer Association at the spring grants awards ceremony. The Lawrence Township Environmental Education Foundation will use…
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Veterans encouraged to seek assistance from GI Go Fund
The GI Go Fund has done considerable work for veterans over the past few months, including providing SBA and NJEDA loan assistance to veteran centers incubator businesses; connecting critical products for COVID-19 response to health care facilities in desperate need of supplies; and fielding video calls from more than 100 veterans in New Jersey and hundreds…
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Female veterans invited to information fair May 18
EDITOR’S NOTE: The New Jersey Community Veterans Engagement Board conference scheduled for May 18 has been postponed until further notice. The New Jersey Community Veterans Engagement Board will hold a conference and information fair for female veterans from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 18 at Corpus Christi School, 80 David St., South River.…
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Dress down day on Nov. 7 will benefit veterans
The GI Go Fund will relaunch the most popular dress down day for veterans in the country, Jeans for Troops, on Nov. 7. Individuals, businesses and organizations can dress down for a donation, which will be donated to the GI Go Fund to support fellow veterans’ organizations such as the Veterans and Foreign Wars, the Jewish…
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Dress down day May 25 to support the military
Thousands of companies, schools and organizations across the country have registered to support military veterans in honor of Memorial Day by joining the national Jeans for Troops Day on May 25. Registration is due by May 15 to sign up, receive program information and materials, and promote a dress down day. For more information,…
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Sandburg students build a ‘habitat’ for Newark family
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Last school year, Carl Sandburg Middle School Principal Martha Simon and teachers put hard hats and goggles on for a good cause when they joined volunteers from Habitat for Humanity Newark on site at a multi-unit condominium being built for veterans. This school year, students got a chance…
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GI Go Fund to celebrate 10 years of veterans assistance
The GI Go Fund will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a Veterans Day Gala from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Newark Club, 1085 Raymond Blvd., Newark. The GI Go Fund is a veterans assistance program that began in South Brunswick. For ticket information, call 866-389-4446 or visit www.gigo.org.