Around The Town Friday, July 26 Friday Family Fun at LBIF
TIME: 4 p.m. LOCATION: LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ DETAILS: Experience the fun and possibilities of clay. Learn to throw on the potter’s wheel or play around with handbuilding techniques. For ages 8 and older. Ages 5-7 permitted with adult supervision. Fee is $35, plus cost of clay. Call the foundation or visit their website for more information and to register.
Saturday, July 27 2019 Barnegat Dock Concert Series
TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: Barnegat Public Dock, E. Bay Ave, Barnegat, NJ 08005 DETAILS: In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved into the Russel O. Brackman Middle School at 600 Barnegat Blvd. Upcoming shows JULY 27: Sounds of the Street JULY 28: Gary Morton Entertainment - In the Brackman Middle School AUG. 3: Joey D Rockin’ Oldies AUG. 10: Happy Days String Band AUG. 17: Gary Morton Entertainment AUG 18: Michael Rinaldi - In the Brackman Middle School AUG. 24: The Kootz AUG. 31: Sounds of the Street SEPT. 7: Strictly ’60s - Pirate’s Day If you or your business would like to sponsor a concert please contact Committeeman Al Bille at ABille@ barnegat.net
Friday, August 2 Galaxy in a Bottle
TIME: 12:30 p.m. LOCATION: Barnegat Branch of the Ocean County Library, 112 Burr St., Barnegat, NJ 08005 DETAILS: Come make a Galaxy in a bottle to take home with you. The activity is for ages 4 and older. Please register online or by calling the branch.
Tuesday, August 6
Into the Mystic Ghost Walking Tours of Beach Haven
TIME: 7 p.m. LOCATION: LBI Historical Association Museum, Beach and Engleside Aves., Beach Haven DETAILS: Tours are held every Tuesday and Wednesday night throughout the summer. Reservations are required. Tickets, which include admission to the museum before the tour, are: Adults, $15; Children age 12 and younger, $8; 5 and younger are free. Cash only. Purchase tickets at the museum starting at 6:30 on the night of tours. Tickets include admission to the museum before the tour. Tours are held weather permitting, and the museum reserves the right to cancel at any time. Call 609-709-1425 for reservations or if unsure of weather.
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YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S CUPBOARD RECEIVES CAUSEWAY’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY GRANT By Kaitlyn Strohmeier In Celebration of The Causeway Family of Dealerships 50th Anniversary, we continue with our yearlong campaign - Causeway’s 50 Golden Acts of Good - to help our neighbors and positively impact Ocean County. Anchoring this campaign is the Grant Giveaway program, through which Causeway awards a $10,000 grant to one Ocean County nonprofit every month, from January through November of 2019, culminating next December with the award of a New Ford Transit Connect Van. We are proud to announce our July $10,000 grant winner, Your Grandmother’s Cupboard. Did you know? More than 2.1 million New Jersey residents (25% of the state’s population) are living in poverty. Almost 14,000 adults and children in New Jersey are currently homeless. New Jersey has the 5th highest foreclosure rate in America… and a sudden accident, medical crisis or loss of job will cause more families now living paycheck -to -paycheck to lose their homes. Soup kitchens and food pantries are doing all they can to help, but there are so many “non-basic necessities” they simply cannot provide. Your Grandmother’s Cupboard was founded to meet those needs. Who is Your Grandmother’s Cupboard? Your Grandmother’s Cupboard (YGC) is a non-profit organization established by people who recognize the needs of the homeless and working poor in our communities. The Cupboard was established to provide some of these basic needs through local donations. Many people living in poverty often do not have access to transportation to visit thrift shops and pantries. This program is unique because they bring clothing, shoes, blankets, and personal care items to where they are needed most. Your Grandmother’s Cupboard is known best by word-of-mouth. Churches, Clubs and Social Services are typically where people hear of YGC.
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(From left to right) - Joe Stroffolino Director of Advertising and Marketing, Michael Lehmann President of Your Grandmother’s Cupboard, Karen Porcello Secretary of Your Grandmother’s Cupboard, Dave Wintrode President of Causeway Family of Dealerships, and John Meeker Treasurer of Your Grandmother’s Cupboard
Anyone in-need could go to their office in Toms River which is open five days a week and by appointment on weekends. As of now, YGC has two part-time employees and 39 volunteers. These volunteers drive anywhere from local Toms River, the 21 Counties in New Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania! History In the winter of 2003, Jean and Clark Paradise became aware of three camps of homeless individuals living in the woods outside of Lakewood, NJ. With the help of Minister Steve Brigham, they started bringing blankets, clothing, and portable heaters to the camps. They soon learned that these folks were lacking personal care items like soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toilet paper, etc. Answering the call to action, they asked friends and family to gather clothes, blankets and personal care items to bring to the tent city. The response was positive, the generosity more than they expected. They sought out others who would need the remaining donations. What they discovered was shocking. They found that there were many families living in motel rooms throughout Ocean County and hundreds more barely getting by, and so they continued to ask for donations and brought them to motels, the tent city, soup kitchens and shelters. As word spread about their ministry, they started to receive phone calls requesting help from church groups and individuals. As the need grew, so did their ambition and so Your Grandmother’s Cupboard was born. From a small donated space in Ocean County, they now operate from locations in Toms River, Wayne and Phillipsburg, the “Cupboard” has acquired three enclosed trailers and two mini-vans that are used to serve thousands of homeless and nearly homeless families and individuals every month throughout New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania. What should have been a quiet retirement for Jean and Clark has turned into a full time Both in their 80’s they visit over 25 soup kitchens, shelters and motels every month bringing a trailer full of donated clothes, blankets, books, food and toiletries. Mission For those living in poverty, simply having something to eat and a safe place to sleep are the top priorities in life. There is little money left for other necessities like clothes and shoes, diapers, soap, shampoo, toothpaste and other personal care items. Although food kitchens and homeless shelters are doing all they
can to feed and house those living in poverty, there are so many “nonbasic necessities” they simply can’t provide. Your Grandmother’s Cupboard was started as a means of filling those needs. Volunteers at Your Grandmother’s Cupboard collect and Jean and Clark Paradise sort items to make them ready for distribution. This time consuming activity is a vital part of the ministry. We are always looking for willing hands that have an hour or two to spare to help.
Ways you can help! Your Grandmother’s Cupboard collects everyday items from clothes, shoes, blankets, food and toiletries. Two major items they have to go out and purchase because they don’t receive a lot of donations for are diapers and baby formula. Please check out their Wish List for items they currently are in-need of. To donate online please visit their website at YGCNJ.ORG Your Grandmothers Cupboard Wish List: • Diapers and formula • Feminine hygiene products • Men’s work pants • Toilet Paper and Paper towels • Bars of soap, deodorant and shampoo • Combs, hairbrushes and disposable razors • Blankets and sleeping bags • Children’s books, toys and games The drop off trailer outside of YGC office is located at Roslyn Plaza - 173A Route 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08753 Can’t make it to Toms River? Don’t worry! The Causeway Family of Dealerships will be collecting items for Your Grandmothers Cupboard too! Please drop off donations to the Causeway Ford Lincoln showroom.
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Editor: Joe Stroffolino Assistant Editor: Kaitlyn Strohmeier Publisher: Melissa Hill Creative/Comp: Keith Stewart, Amber Leto, Theresa Maye, Ben Tomlin Marketing: Brianna Kennedy © 2019. All rights reserved.
1. There simply is no other organization anywhere in New Jersey, anywhere in the United States or anywhere in the world like Your Granmother’s Cupboard.
senior citizen villages, service clubs, churches, thrift stores and dedicated volunteers that provide and donate these items.
2. We are now providing almost 4,000 children and adults each month FREE clothing, shoes and other items and that number keeps growing. These are people in need, often in desperate circumstances, and for whom the Cupboard is often their only resource. In fact, it is up almost 1,000 from the previous year. This year, even with all the snowy days, we are now serving an additional 50 people at the Roslyn Plaza location and the same across the state.
7. In addition, the Cupboard has been able to recruit and train 15-20 dedicated volunteers that serve at the Cupboard every week and an additional number that serve in the outlying areas in the northeast and northwest. These are the people who process the donated items, sorting by size and gender, and either packing into our large plastic tubs or hanging on racks.
3. Of the 4,000 people we serve every month, approximately 2,500 are adults, with the rest being their young children. These “customers” normally leave with at least one bag of clothing and other supplies, usually much more. We limit the amounts of toilet paper, diapers and food, but almost every other item has no limit if it is the correct size. 4. The 2,500 adult “shoppers” every month, with each one taking a minimum of 10 items (and usually much, much more) means we need to have obtained, processed, put into tubs and distributed 25,000 items, primarily donated clothing and shoes every month. 5. Those numbers mean that we now are obtaining, processing and distributing 300,000 items of clothing, shoes and necessities of life every year. 6. This “supply chain” is made possible because over the years the Cupboard has developed a network of
8. These are the reasons that the Cupboard has been able to survive, grow and serve so many people in need, people who often have no other resources. 9. We have built a supply chain making it possible to provide free clothing and shoes to thousands of people in need every month, unlike anything else in the entire world. 10. The Cupboard has made it possible for individuals to donate clothing, shoes and other items that they no longer need or no longer want knowing they will be put to good use for people in need(and not sold for scrap, which is the case for many other organizations.) 11. The volunteers at our walk ins, food pantries and soup kitchens, then make these items available to people who really need and really want at no cost. 12. The Cupboard has become “God’s Recyclers” and it is God’s continuing help, along with help from special friends like you, who have made it all possible.