The Tri-County Scholarship Fund is a non-profit organization created to help disadvantaged children attend college and other special schools. The group's headquarters is located in Parsippany. The organization is always in need of volunteers and donations, so visit the website for more information.
This is the office for Big Brothers Big Sisters, a nonprofit organization serving Essex, Union and Hudson counties. It offers mentoring programs to children throughout the area. Mentors are paired with a child in need to hang out, have fun and create a lasting friendship.
The Westfield United Fund raises and distributes money to social service agencies throughout Westfield. In 2009, it ended its longstanding relationship with the United Way and changed it's name back to its original name: United Fund.
Imagine provides year-round support and educational services free of charge for children, teens and adults coping with the death of a loved one.
Founded in 1936 as a response to the Great Depression, Cranford Family Care's philosophy is one of neighbors helping neighbors. It provides short-term, emergency assistance to families living in Cranford. The most common form of assistance is help with rent, mortgage payments and utilities. Assistance can take the forms of monetary contribution or a donation of food from their pantry. Families seeking assistance from Cranford Family Care must prove residency in Cranford and fill out an application. Ninety-two cents of every dollar goes directly to helping people. Cranford Family Care helped 40 families in 2009.
HOPES CAP, also known as the Hoboken Organization against Poverty and Economic Stress, was founded in 1966 to provide community services, like child care, day care, senior citizen programs and youth services. This office operates as the early childhood services center.
Founded in 1918, the Youth & Family Counseling Service (YFCS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing mental health and well-being services to kids and families throughout Union County (Westfield, Rahway, Scotch Plains, Garwood, Mountainside, Clark, Cranford and Berkeley Heights).
YFCS is one of the few regional counseling centers that offers “family systems”-based psychological counseling, education, crisis intervention, prevention and support services for individuals of all income levels. YFCS has served and empowered over 50,000 individuals throughout the community since it opened.
Toni's Kitchen has been dishing out food to the less fortunate in Montclair since 1982. The kitchen, situated at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, was named after its first cook, the late Toni Antoinette Green. Hospitality is number one as the kitchen is staffed mostly by volunteers from the area. The hot, nutritious and delicious meals contain food donated by local organizations, businesses and individuals. Local students also frequently get into the act. Meals are served every Thursday, Friday and Saturday as well as on Christmas.
This organization includes active, honorary and life members whose shared purpose is to preserve the history of the United States Cavalry and Armored Force, especially that of the military units descended from the 1st Troop and the 102d Regiment, New Jersey National Guard.
The Essex Troop Association awards annual scholarships, which total $3,000. Deadlines and information are listed on the website.
Founded by Joseph P. Miele in 1992, the Partnership for a Drug-Free N.J. is a non-profit organization that creates public awareness campaigns to spread the anti-drug message.
Camp Happy Times, affiliated with The Valerie Fund, is a camp for children who have or have had cancer. While it is headquartered in Maplewood, the camp is at the 200-acre Tyler Hill camp in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. For more information, see the website.
The Arc of Union County, established in 1949, is a nonprofit, non-sectarian, membership-based organization devoted to enhancing the lives of people with developmental disabilities, and to instructing families of the disabled in how to improve their loved one's quality of life. Visit the website for more information about the organization.
Knights of Columbus Middlesex Council is a fraternal organization that promotes brotherhood and community ideals. This chapter was chartered in March 1904 and is headed by Carl A. Anderson, who serves as Supreme Knight. For membership information, call the number provided.
Life Management provides in-home care. It offers a variety of programs including Senior Home Repair.
