OUR HOUSE HEROES A Time for Thanksgiving
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ur House, a Murray Hill based nonprofit providing residential, day and support services for adult with disabilities, is forever grateful to the many heroes who rose to the top during the worst days of the pandemic and continue to do so. “When the pandemic hit we immediately went into crisis mode in order to keep our residents and staff safe and healthy,” says Michele DelCorsano, Our House President and CEO, “We identified what our immediate needs were, put out a plea for help and people from all walks of life stepped in.”
Our House is bursting with heroes, many known by name but others quiet and anonymous. Heroes included Board Members who coordinated meals and birthday celebrations for the residential programs, community members who dropped off PPE supplies and provided hundreds of homemade masks and, of course, the Our House direct service professionals. A key factor in the limited number of COVID cases affecting Our House was that many staff moved into residential programs to limit the number of staff members rotating through the program – true heroes. “On behalf of the Our House family, thank you to everyone who has helped thus far and who continue to help. I would like to invite others to join our list of heroes. In this season of thanks and giving, we hope people will consider supporting Our House,” continues DelCorsano.
Michele DelCorsano with resident, Danielle.
Our House will be designating their Giving Tuesday Campaign to support
The staff picked up hundreds of homemade masks made by community members. the purchasing of holiday gifts and meals for the nearly 100 adults with disabilities who live in one of their 28 group homes/supportive living locations. The Giving Tuesday Campaign will run from December 1st-5th. If you would like to support this effort please visit justgiving. com/campaign/ givingtuesday2020. For further information or questions contact Dawn K. Knill, CFRE at dknill@ ourhousenj.org or 908-464-8008 ext. 172.
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