by Our Future First | May 16, 2021 | Blog, News
We officially started our fundraising efforts to build Reese’s House, featuring a collaboration with Wildflower Vegan Cafe, last December. We had a deadline to raise the down payment for the building, about $30,000, by March. Within the span of 3 months, we had...
by Our Future First | Dec 29, 2020 | Blog, News
When we announced our Second Annual Holiday Toy Drive in the middle of a global pandemic, we anticipated receiving many requests for help from families in our community. Within a month of launching our sign-up form, we had over 400 responses for individual children...
by Our Future First | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog, News
We started Our Future First, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit, after losing our friend Maurice Lewis in May of 2018 to an act of random gun violence in our hometown of Millville, NJ. At 19 years old, Reese was the kind of person who did everything he could to help...
by Our Future First | Nov 6, 2020 | Events, News
We’re so excited to announce the launch of our 2nd Annual Holiday Toy Drive! Our goal is to help families in our area by providing gifts that bring holiday cheer! You can help by donating toys for any age group or by providing monetary donations that will allow us to...
by Our Future First | Oct 30, 2020 | Events, News
We are so excited to announce that we are taking the reins of the 25th Annual Jolly Holly 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run! We’re not going to let COVID-19 get in the way of our celebration and are still holding our 5K run and 1 mi fun run, but with a small twist! When you...
by Our Future First | Sep 12, 2020 | Blog, News
On Labor Day, we hosted our Second Annual Back to School Shoe Drive in the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church in our hometown of Millville. Our goal was to build on our first shoe drive from last year and we definitely surpassed our own expectations!...
