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Center for Food Action of New Jersey 192 West Demarest Avenue Englewood, 07631 Center forNJ Food Action of New Jersey 192 West Demarest Avenue Contact: Jennifer Rothman Hackensack, NJ 07601 Phone: 201-569-1804, ext. 28 Web: www.cfanj.org Contact: Jennifer Rothman Mission: The organization’s goal Hotline: 201-569-1804, ext. 28is to prevent hunger and homelessness, and to improve the Web: www.cfanj.org lives of individuals and families. It provides emerMission: The organization’s goal is to prevent gency food, and housingand assistance, advocahunger andutility homelessness, to improve the cy, counseling servicesand and families. access to Itother comlives of individuals provides munity resources. clients find solutions emergency food, CFA utilityhelps and housing assistance, to problems, achieve financial stability and create advocacy, counseling services and access to aother brighter future. community resources. CFA helps clients find solutions to problems, achieve financial stability and create a brighter future.
New Concepts for Living 68A W. Passaic Street Rochelle Park, NJ 07662 CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates Contact: Rachel Shemesh, exec. director 45 Essex Street, Suite #200 Phone: 201-843-3427 Hackensack, NJ 07601 Email: info@ncfl.net Web: www.ncfl.net Contact: Jennifer Murrin Mission: New Concepts is a community nonHotline: 201-843-6700 profit organization committed to people with disWeb: www.westbergen.org abilities and their families. Inspired by the vision CASA volunteers appointed by a Mission: of families and consumers, Neware Concepts enables judge to discover the best possible outcome people to realize their dreams and achieve their for an abused or neglected child’s future. individual potential through quality communityIt is the goal supports of the CASA volunteers to place every program and services. one of these kids into a safe, permanent home and to give them hope for a better life.
Multiple Sclerosis Care Center Holy Name Hospital Multiple Sclerosis 718 Teaneck Road Care Center Holy Name Teaneck, NJHospital 07666 718 Teaneck Road Teaneck, NJ 07666 Contact: Lisa Futterman
Phone: 201-837-0727, ext. 3770 Contact: Lisa Futterman Web: www.msccc.org Hotline: 201-837-0727, ext.Jersey’s 3770 only nonMission: The Center is New Web:licensed www.msccc.org profit facility providing healthcare and reMission: The is New only nonlated services toCenter patients withJersey’s MS regardless of profitability licensed facility providing healthcare and their to pay. related services to patients with MS regardless of their ability to pay.
Table to Table P.O. Box 1051 Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates Contact: Claire Insalata Poulos, president One Bergen County Plaza, Suite 440 Hotline: 201-444-5500, 201-871-1070 Hackensack, NJ 07601 Web: www.tabletotable.org Mission: Table to Table is a communityContact: Amanda Simonton, based food rescue program collecting preamanda@bergencasa.org pared and perishable food to deliver to organPhone:serving 201-336-7520 izations the hungry in Bergen, Hudson Email: info@bergencasa.org and Passaic counties. Web: www.cfanj.org Mission: Court Appointed Special Advocates
(CASA) for Children of Bergen County is an independent, nonprofit organization of professionals and trained volunteers who have been appointed by the NJ Family Court to advocate for children removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect. CASA works to ensure that needed services and assistance are made available to these children while helping to move them toward safe and permanent homes.
“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity and the responsibility to give something back by becoming more.” —Anthony Robbins
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