Gatherings

{ ON THE TOWN } Gatherings

Bergenites always show up to support their friends and neighbors—especially when help is needed most.

NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The NNJCF collaborated with community leader Randy Glover and donated frozen 1 turkeys to All Access Community Development Corporation (All Access CDC), a nonprofit organization headquartered in Hackensack that helps young adults with families. The turkeys were distributed through All Access CDC’s Grab & Go Meals program. 1 Mary Call Blanusa, Danielle DeLaurentis, Randy Glover, Joellen Green

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COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY

The Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest hosts an annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive to benefit Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ). This year, AHA donated turkeys to 88 local families that currently face food insecurity. 5 AHA Middle School students Angela, Lavender and Valentina prepare to load turkeys on the CFBNJ truck.

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FOOD BRIGADE

Dumont-based Food Brigade received a donation from Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey, a local offshore survey company working in the renewable energy sector. The donation will go toward Food Brigade’s mission of fighting food insecurity in New Jersey. 6 Karen DeMarco, Kelly Stewart

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HACKENSACK RIVERKEEPER

The Hackensack-based organization hosted its annual Mitzvah Day Cleanup with Ben Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Paramus. Mitzvah Day is a Jewish faith-based day of voluntary service that takes place every fall. The idea is to bring the community together to help strengthen various aspects of civil society, including the environment. 2 More than 80 volunteers participated in the Riverkeeper’s Mitzvah Day program. 3 Young ones remove litter and debris from the Van Saun Mill Brook.

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BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LOWER BERGEN COUNTY

The Boys & Girls Clubs in Lodi recently received a donation from Spencer Savings Bank. The funding will help fund much-needed repairs to the local nonprofit organization’s gymnasium, which was damaged during flooding events last year. 4 Boys & Girls Clubs members and staff with Spencer Savings Bank representatives

BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

Members of the Prosecutor’s Office’s Bergen County Community Engagement Task Force joined the Bergen County Department of Human Services to deliver activity boxes crafted for the Post Stroke & Disabled Adults Support Group program. Donations were received from various police departments throughout the county. 7 Community Engagement Task Force deliver the activity boxes.