Join together with many other members of the community to honor Dr. MLK in song at the Day's Opening Ceremonies. All ages welcome!! Download the music and practice at home (including We Shall Overcome and Down By the Riverside). Then, join us at 8:30am at the Y to rehearse with the full group prior to the program and perform during our Opening Ceremony. A wonderful way to get involved with the community!
Everyone is welcome regardless of attendance at any rehearsal!
We will be running a Soup and Sandwich luncheon with Bingo for approximately 100 Seniors from town. This slot is for set up of the luncheon.
Donor Guidelines -
Items wanted for collection:
We will be running a Soup and Sandwich luncheon with Bingo for approximately 100 Seniors from town. This slot is for serving at the luncheon.
We're going to be making small boxes and filling them with paper quotes and thoughts that will be given to Food Bank clients.
Learn how to prepare and respond to emergency situations though participating in a game and interactive exhibit.
Participants will make crafts while learning about the impact of plastic on the environment as well as make cards to donate to sick children. Participants should bring NEW playing cards, Play Doh, or small boxed puzzles to donate to children in the hospital.
Children will be making a Valentine's Day Craft and a special note for kids who are undergoing treatments in both Goryeb Children's Hospital and Newark Beth Israel Pediatric Hospital. We are looking for donations of fun no-slip socks, word search books and packs of colored pencils
This even includes cutting coupons and sorting food from non-food. You need to be able to cut in order to participate. Please bring your own scissors!
We will be running a Soup and Sandwich luncheon with Bingo for approximately 100 Seniors from town. This slot is for performing a talent at the luncheon. We're seeking talent to entertain the seniors (ie play music, dance, magic).
Set up for our packaging of 10,000 meals in an assembly-line of highly nutritious dehydrated meals comprised of rice, soy, vegetables, and 23 essential vitamins and minerals. Set up will involve moving boxes from truck, setting up tables , chairs, etc etc. Donations will also be accepted to pay for the meals.
Volunteers MUST BE ABLE TO LIFT UP TO 50LBS.
Please help Second Chance Toys by donating your gently used plastic toys. Be sure to inspect the toys to make sure they are in good condition, no missing pieces and NO STUFFED ANIMALS.
We are Troop 40561 and we are working towards our silver award in Girl Scouts Help us create craft kits for families and kids at Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, NJ by donating craft supplies. We are asking for people to donate craft supplies such as Elmer's glue, pom- poms, googly eyes, duct tape, glitter, pop sickle sticks, and etc. Our Goal is to make 100 bags to donate.
Come for the delicious refreshments and stay for an interactive volunteer orientation experience that will not only introduce you and your family to The Need2Read Program, Inc., but also to our Wednesday night youth literacy program offered to homeless children residing in the Family Promise shelter. Learn how not only adults, but children as young as 5 have volunteered with the organization to provide exciting, out-of-the-box, literacy fun to children ages 3-12 years old while also promoting a love of literacy in the community. Find out how your child can get hands-on volunteer experience and earn community service hours. While there, be sure to meet some of our volunteers, Executive Board members, and high school members of the Need2Read Club at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High! But wait, there’s more, help us fill our Kindness Trees with words of kindness, inspiration, and encouragement by writing on leaves and birds that will cover the trees. Bring a bag of candy, Valentine’s pencils, stickers, erasers, or other small toys and treats to fill Valentine’s baskets that will be delivered to each family that we serve in the shelter. We look forward to seeing you ALL!!!
Visit our website at www.TheNeed2Read.org for more information! Follow us on Facebook at: www.Facebook.com/TheNeed2Read
SJBC Youth Ministry will be making Health Kits for Homeless and Low Income families. The kits will be made in the Fellowship Hall after the MLK Opening Program is completed; January 21st. We are asking for donations:
Please arrive with sliced bread and meat/cheese. We will make and bag sandwiches together. This is great for a Boy or Girl Scout troop / team / family / friends / religious/community group to do together. This goes fairly quickly so you may want to consider at the least, 2 loaves of sliced bread per person and 1-2 pounds of meat and cheese. We will supply baggies and plastic gloves and transport the sandwiches to multiple area organizations who will distribute them to the needy. Great for ages 5-105!
A 23 minute film entitled “Refugee,” narrated by Cate Blanchett will be shown. This film features five acclaimed photographers who travel the world to provide insight into the difficult conditions faced by refugees who dream of a better life. There will be a post-film discussion which will include information about the refugees in Union County who the Refugee Assistance Partners, NJ (RAP) support. Attendees can learn about the various opportunities RAP offers to members of the community who wish to also aide these refugees.
RAP's mission is to welcome refugees, helping them find self-sufficiency while safe-guarding their dignity and uniqueness. Educating members of the communities we welcome is an integral part of our mission.
Join us at Temple Sholom to decorate flower pots, plant flowers and make cards. Then, drive over to Center for Hope Hospice in Fanwood or Elizabeth to visit a patient and deliver your flowers (flowers can also be delivered to the front desk) Participants are asked to donate $5 per project pot to cover costs. Please register by project (ie - if your family of four is coming, but you are only doing one project together, please just register just one person).
Participants will sew together knit squares. No sewing experience needed!
Fun with Bubbles - kids will make gigantic bubbles with straws, cups and string.
(This activity is being run by volunteers from the 4H Service Club for children in our community)
Bring your children of all ages to join in on the fun with The Need2Read Program, Inc.! Children will be inspired to develop an even greater appreciation for literacy and will be introduced to the topic of homelessness in a sensitive, respectful, and attention grabbing way that offers them an added opportunity to complete one of two service projects for a homeless or less fortunate family before they leave! Old and young will hear the story of “Fly Away Home” and “The Old Man”, play an interactive large group game, fill up our Kindness Tree, make a Valentine’s basket for a homeless family in the shelter or create a reading nook for a less fortunate family which will be delivered to their home later in the day! But wait! There’s more! Children of all ages will be able to select as many free books as they’d like to take home for themselves, a relative, or a friend! We will also have a few special character guests with us that will make for a great photo op experience! We can’t wait to see everyone there!
For more information about our organization visit: www.TheNeed2Read.org Follow us on Facebook at: www.Facebook.com/TheNeed2Read
Come make a Valentine's card for our veterans! All materials will be provided.
Please join us at one o’clock for a panel discussion by SPFHS students, moderated by SJM leaders at All Saints Episcopal Church, 559 Park Avenue in Scotch Plains. Each of us carry several identities. These identities find their origin in many areas of our lives – race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, political inclinations, physical and cognitive abilities, even documentation status. These issues of identity can lead to considerable barriers to young people finding their voices and standing as individuals ready to be a part of the greater collective. Thus asking the question, “Who am I?” can lead to several different answers from each young person in our society. The influence of social media on self-identity and worth has taken considerable hold and it’s power cannot be ignored. The family, for centuries, has been the primary source of cultural identity and norms, yet these shifts have our young folks being accused of not being Black, Asian, Jewish, Latino enough. Labels we all assign to others as well as ourselves. Come share your stories with us, as we begin the journey to explore implicit and explicit bias in our young people. Help us help them “Break the Labels”.
We will be packaging 10,000 meals in an assembly-line of highly nutritious dehydrated meals comprised of rice, soy, vegetables, and 23 essential vitamins and minerals. These packaged meals have been used primarily to support school feeding programs in developing countries. Hunger is the common thread among the world’s most challenging issues. Targeting hunger — specifically by supporting school feeding programs — leverages support to other causes including poverty, disease, education, and the welfare of women and children.
Donations will also be accepted to pay for the meals.
We will be collecting personal care items for homeless and needy young women. Please bring any (or all!) of the following: Maxipads, tampons, toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, mouthwash, other toiletries like soap, body wash, shampoo, conditioner. We'll assemble personal care bags to be distributed by I Support the Girls. We'll also be writing notes of encouragement to be placed in the bags.
Break down for our packaging of 10,000 meals in an assembly-line of highly nutritious dehydrated meals comprised of rice, soy, vegetables, and 23 essential vitamins and minerals. Set up will involve moving boxes from truck, setting up tables , chairs, etc etc. Donations will also be accepted to pay for the meals.
