“Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” —Danny Thomas Peter’s The Volunteer Place Center of Bergen County 251Passaic State Street 64 Street Hackensack, NJ 07601 07601 Hackensack, NJ Contact: Janet Mary Sunden Contact: Sharma Hotline: 201-488-3850 Phone: 201-489-9454 Email:www.bergenvolunteers.org cccdcexdir@gmail.com Web: Web:www.dioceseofnewark.org/cdc/98annrpt Mission: The Volunteer Center of Bergen
Smile Forever Forever Foundation Foundation Smile P.O. Box 306 P.O. Box 306 Closter, NJ NJ 07624 07624 Closter, Contact: Patrick Patrick Gonnelli Gonnelli & & Contact: Jennifer Falkenstern, Falkenstern, director director Jennifer Email: patrickgonnelli@msn.com Email: patrickgonnelli@msn.com Hotline:201-408-5239 201-677-0368 Phone: Mission: The Smile Forever Foundation is Web: www.smile-forever.org named in honorSmile of Barbara Mission: The Forever Gonnelli Foundationwho is
fought invaliantly breast cancer 13 named honor ofagainst Barbara Gonnelli who for fought years. She touched thecancer lives offor so 13 many people valiantly against breast years. She and always tried to help others. Smile touched the lives of so many people and always Forever’s is toForever’s help and support tried to helpobjective others. Smile objective is cancer-stricken families who havefamilies exhausted to help and support cancer-stricken who all financial resources in their fight in against the have exhausted all financial resources their fight disease. Families are recommended to us by against the disease. Families are recommended doctors, nurses and local social service agento us by doctors, nurses and local social service cies whowho know of families in in need. agencies know of families need.
/cccdc.html County strengthens the community by connectMission: To opportunities continue toto provide a noing people with serve, operating questions asked safe haven for the homeless model volunteer programs, building capacity for in Bergen County. and participating in strateeffective volunteering, gic partnerships that meet community needs.
Julia’s Butterfly Butterfly Foundation Foundation Julia’s 637 Wyckoff Wyckoff Avenue, Avenue,Suite Suite#285 #285 637 Wyckoff, NJ 07481 Wyckoff, NJ 07481 Contact: Christine Christine Callahan Callahan Rasnake Contact: Hotline:201-675-9961 201-675-9961 Phone: Web: www.juliasbutterflyfoundation.org www.juliasbutterflyfoundation.org Web: Mission: Julia’s Butterfly Foundation is a Butterfly Foundation is a volunMission: Julia’s
volunteer, non-profit charitableorganization organization teer, non-profit 501 501(c)3 (c)3 charitable dedicatedtotoimproving improving lives of terminally dedicated thethe lives of terminally and and chronically ill children and their families. The chronically ill children and their families. The founfoundation honors the memory of six-year-old dation honors the memory of six-year-old Julia Julia Marie Bommer, who passed 2005 Marie Bommer, who passed away inaway 2005infollowfollowing herbattle braveagainst battle aagainst a raredisorder. kidney ing her brave rare kidney disorder. It is the foundation’s goal to pay It is the foundation’s goal to pay tribute to tribute Julia’s to Julia's life byother helping other and children their life by helping children theirand families families struggling with the demands of struggling with the demands of their uniquetheir cirunique circumstances. We are by and the cumstances. We are humbled by humbled the courage courage and dedication thecaregivers children and dedication of the childrenofand wecaresupgivers we support, consider it a privilege to port, and consider it aand privilege to provide financial provide financial aid, physical assistance and aid, physical assistance and services to those who services to those who need it most. need it most.
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