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December 23, 2020

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The PotLuck Society, a group that brings together women from different cultures to share meals and experiences, donated $5,000 to the YWCA Princeton annual fund to express their appreciation for the organization’s mission, as well as for hosting the group at Bramwell House. Pictured are representatives of the PotLuck Society steering committee Mindy Novis, Liz Hosny, Mara Connolly Taft, YWCA Princeton’s Chief Executive Officer Judy Hutton, Nancy Kieling, Anna Marie Toto, Barbara Coe, and Widian Nicola.

Kimberly-Clark’s Cottonelle donated 10,000 rolls of toilet paper to United Way of Greater Mercer County, which partnered with Mercer Street Friends and Jewish Family and Children’s Service to distribute the toilet paper within the community.

United Way of Greater Mercer County collected nearly 5,000 pounds of food, the equivalent of 4,025 meals, for its sixth annual Strike Out Hunger event, which took place this year in a virtual format. The food collected benefitted Mercer Street Friends Food Bank’s network of more than 40 food pantries.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Hamilton announced a donation of 14,000 surgical masks and $20,000 from New Jersey-based nonprofit organization United Moms Charity Association (UMCA). The contribution will be used to support the hospital’s ongoing priority mission of patient and staff safety through the purchase of needed supplies and safety equipment now and in the future.

On June 24 and 25, Mercer County Community College held a community service drive at its James Kerney Campus. 433 people received free food, clothing, books, and educational service information.

Since March 16, Jewish Family & Children’s Service has helped to feed more than 2,250 people through its brick-and-mortar, Yvette Sarah Clayman Kosher Food Pantry and the JFCS Mobile Food Pantry. JFCS also provided grab-and-go hot lunches to 25 to 30 seniors four days a week and continued delivery of 120 meals per week through Kosher Meals on Wheels to homebound seniors Above, East Windsor Mayor Janice Mironov assists with a distribution stop at Ethel McKnight Elementary School in East Windsor.

JM Group’s 2019 Holiday Meal Drive resulted in the donation of $15,000 to Mercer Street Friends Food Bank. Pictured: Diana Pursell, Borden Perlman, left; Patricia Hartpence, NJM; Jess Morrison, JM Group; Steven Goldman, NJM; Sherri Petonic, JM Group; Tony Ruccio, Witherspoon Grill; Bernie Flynn, Mercer Street Friends; Laura Estey, Kristine’s; and Jack Morrison, JM Group.

The Lawrence Headquarters Branch library’s Knitting Circle and Crochet Corner initiated for the eighth year a community drive at the library to collect handmade scarves, hats, and mittens to donate to HomeFront in January, 2020.

In response to the pandemic, the D&R Greenway established 32 socially distanced garden plots at St. Michaels Farm Preserve, of which six are reserved for charity. Above, Marino and proprietor Lyn Farrugia of Aunt Chubby’s Luncheonette in Hopewell receive the first delivery of food from the charity gardeners at St. Michaels Farm Preserve in mid-July. The restaurant coordinates the distribution of the fresh produce to 30 Hopewell families in need.

CASA for Children Mercer Burlington partnered with CompuScore to hold a virtual race from May 15 to July 15. Pictured with a check for the money raised are CompuScore president Staci Siconolfi-Lymperopoulos, left, and CASA executive director Laura Wall.

Javier Columbie, left, general sales manager, and Bill McDonagh, principal at Route 18 Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in East Brunswick, present a check in the amount of $6,750 to Michael Loch, director of the Hackensack Meridian Carrier Clinic fund development office, in support of Carrier Clinic’s capital improvement projects for its Belle Mead campus.

The Allstate Foundation awarded NAMI of Mercer County a $5,000 Helping Hands Grant. Allstate agency owner Ron Bansky, second from right, led a virtual volunteer team that supported the NAMIWalks Your Way event for the Mercer County chapter. Pictured with him are NAMI Mercer staff members Danita Saunders-Davis, Janet Haag, and Dawn Dannebrink; and Allstate’s Andy Heinz and Jon Castaneda.

The Thomas Edison State University Foundation has entered into a partnership with the Ammon Foundation to provide scholarship opportunities for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder. John Sizemore — pictured above with TESU vice president John Thurber, left, and Ammon Foundation executive director Mariel Hufnagel — is among the first scholarship recipients.

Fox & Roach/Trident Charities, the charitable arm of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors, celebrated the 25th anniversary of giving to the communities they serve and held their 25th Annual Community Service Day. Sales associates and employees of BHHS Fox & Roach’s Robbinsville office spent the day volunteering for Be Kind Joy of Giving. Groups from the Robbinsville office raised funds and spent the day packing meals for local food pantries.

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