Foundation & Grantee News
Cumberland County Improvement Authority Breaks Ground for Innovative Food Specialization Center
New Jersey Community Capital’s THRIVE South Jersey Program Provides in Part Funding for $10 Million Project (BRIDGETON, NJ – October 26, 2017) – The Cumberland County Improvement Authority broke ground on a new, 32,000-square-foot facility that will provide dedicated manufacturing space for food processors, that can be outfitted to… Read More
Pascale Sykes Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to New Jersey Community Capital’s THRIVE South Jersey Program
(VINELAND, NJ – September 8, 2017) – Frances P. Sykes, President of the Pascale Sykes Foundation, today announced that the Foundation has awarded $1.5 million in funding to New Jersey Community Capital’s (NJCC) THRIVE South Jersey program to support small business lending throughout New Jersey’s Heartland. The agreement that governs… Read More
The Rt. 54/40 Community Shuttle: A Great Way to Get Around
Check out this fantastic article on the community shuttle for Rt. 54/40. Many people have asked me about the “little bus” that travels throughout Buena Borough along Route 40, S. West Boulevard, Central Avenue, and Wheat Road. It’s none other than the Rt. 54/40 Community Shuttle which has been helping… Read More
Heart of South Jersey Touch-A-Truck Event
The Touch-A-Truck event was a huge success bringing in families from all over South Jersey. This is the fourth year the Heart of South Jersey held the event and each year, it brings in more and more people. Check out the Heart of South Jersey’s mission and the Touch-A-Truck event… Read More
Why Fathers Leave Their Children By David Brooks
The keynote speaker at February’s Working Together for Working Families conference, David Brooks, writes an article about fatherhood from today’s New York Times. “Millions of poor children and teenagers grow up without their biological father, and often when you ask them about it, you hear a litany of male barbarism. You hear… Read More
Community Shuttle Marks 2 Years With Week of Free Rides
Posted on May 23, 2017 at 4:21 PM on NJ.com By Matt Gray June will mark the two-year anniversary of the Pureland East-West Community Shuttle and operators are marking the occasion with a week of free rides June 5-9. The shuttle — which runs across the county… Read More
N.J. Jail Was Only One In The State To Get Grant To Help Inmates Get Jobs
BY BILL GALLO JR. [email protected] From NJ.com BRIDGETON — Recidivism is one of the greatest problems faced by law enforcement officials. An inmate gets out of jail, gets back in trouble and is again behind bars. Cumberland County has been working to stem that tide and the effort has… Read More
Wally Kappeler, Program Director, First Star Rowan Academy on Steve Adubato
Steve Adubato speaks with special guests that work with youths and communities of Bridgeton, NJ to help get students to prepare them for college and their future. Through Give Something Back, a scholarship will be made for students to have/had an incarcerated parent in Bridgeton, NJ. Guests Include: Jennifer Henderson, Program Henderson,… Read More
Conference pushes collaboration, family participation to lift struggling families
The message at the Working Together for Working Families conference Thursday was familiar but one organizers say needs to be reinforced. The best programs that help low-income working families are the programs those families themselves help develop to best meet their needs, they said. And, just as important, organizers… Read More
Nationally-renowned panelists join discussion on strengthening working families
The Pascale Sykes Foundation’s Whole Family Approach and South Jersey Strengthening Families Initiative Grantees shined brightly when more than 325 stakeholders and experts in the field family social services gathered on Feb. 2, 2017, for Working Together For Working Families. The one-day conference, which was held at Cumberland County College,… Read More
