Tag: HomeFront
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Bristol-Myers Squibb funds four Lawrence Township Community Foundation partners through special grant
Thanks to a donation from Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Lawrence Township Community Foundation (LTCF) announced four grants totaling $20,000 to HomeFront, Arm in Arm, Mercer Street Friends and Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, to support their efforts to help local families during the COVID-19 health crisis. According to LTCF President Rachel Cantlay, board members decided to table…
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Thirty area nonprofits receive grant funding from Princeton Area Community Foundation
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has announced its initial round of COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants, totaling nearly $700,000 to more than 30 nonprofits. “This crisis is having a devastating impact on our most vulnerable communities,” said Jeffrey M. Vega, president and CEO, in a prepared statement. “As a philanthropic leader in this region, we knew we had to…
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HomeFront continues to support the homeless, working poor
When Connie Mercer visited the “homeless motels” that lined Brunswick Pike in Lawrence Township at the request of a friend who worked for the New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services, she could scarcely believe her eyes. Mercer saw motel rooms without cooking facilities that housed a mother and several children. Outside, drug dealers…
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Police union conducts food drive to assist individuals served by HomeFront
Sugarplums may be nice for Christmas, but HomeFront’s clients need more than sweet treats and that is why Lawrence Township police officers are collecting food for the nonprofit group’s food pantry. For the third consecutive year, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 209, which represents Lawrence Township police officers, is gathering food for homeless and working…
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HomeFront families and Pennington School gather for annual holiday party
There were smiles all around as HomeFront families were treated to a holiday party and lots of cheer by students and staff at the Pennington School last weekend. For few hours on Dec. 15, the families, many of them homeless or barely earning enough money to make ends meet, could share in the holiday spirit…
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Art program’s founders saluted at Princeton gathering on 25th anniversary
By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer The crowd that was seated at tables inside Princeton’s Paul Robeson Center on Nov. 29 waited until Connie Mercer and Anne Reeves walked in to shower the two women with applause. They were there on a night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a partnership between two nonprofit organizations…
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Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages donates winter coats for Central Jersey families
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Local bottler Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages recently donated more than 400 winter coats to New Jersey nonprofit HomeFront. Hundreds of distribution floor and office associates at Liberty’s South Brunswick facility collected the coats over the last few months and then delivered them to HomeFront’s Lawrenceville office on Nov. 28. “We were thrilled to…
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HomeFront gears up for Thanksgiving food drive that will feed thousands
There are few things more satisfying for families than to sit down at the table and watch while the master carver, whether it’s the dad, the mom or someone else, takes apart the Thanksgiving turkey. But for many families, it’s just a dream, unless someone steps forward to pack a basket or a box with…
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Coldwell Baker Residential Brokerage Cares Casino Royale will benefit local charities
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, the philanthropic arm of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, will be the host its fourth annual charity event, the Cares Casino Royale, at 6 p.m. on Sept. 13 at The Palace at Somerset Park, 333 Davidson Ave., Somerset. The Cares Casino Royale will…