Tag: New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund

  • Womanspace receives pandemic relief funding to support victims of domestic violence

    Womanspace receives pandemic relief funding to support victims of domestic violence

    Womanspace was awarded a $20,000 grant from the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund (NJPRF). For this award, Womanspace in Lawrence Township was among 140 nonprofit organizations identified as best positioned to provide services and support to New Jersey communities in greatest need. The funds from this grant will go toward continuing efforts to support victims…

  • LOOSE ENDS 12/4: Sustainable signs

    LOOSE ENDS 12/4: Sustainable signs

    By Pam Hersh As I emerged on Black Friday from the Princeton CVS on Nassau Street to a horde of unmasked kids who refused to move out of the way to let me pass, I turned red with anger, assumed the status of a crazy little lady, and hollered: “Wear a friggin’ mask.” Thank you…

  • Funding helps Old Bridge schools stay connected during remote learning

    Funding helps Old Bridge schools stay connected during remote learning

    The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund (NJPRF) will provide $187,000 to the Old Bridge Public Schools to help students stay connected during the remote learning. Old Bridge is one of nine districts across the state sharing more than $2.6 million from the NJPRF to help bridge the digital divide exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, which…

  • Decency Foundation, Hopewell Valley YMCA receive COVID-related funding from First Bank

    Decency Foundation, Hopewell Valley YMCA receive COVID-related funding from First Bank

    First Bank has donated $30,500 to help communities hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic. Locally, money was offered to The Decency Foundation, based in Hopewell, which works with restaurants to provide nourishment to those impacted as part of the Working Meals fundraising campaign; and the Hopewell Valley YMCA, based in Hopewell, which provides emergency childcare for…

  • Red Bank councilman teams up with First Lady to boost relief fund

    Red Bank councilman teams up with First Lady to boost relief fund

    RED BANK – Borough Councilman Hazim Yassin announced he has formed a coalition of more than 100 elected officials who have pledged to donate campaign funds to the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund. The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund is a nonprofit organization that was created by New Jersey’s First Lady, Tammy Murphy, to address…