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Our 6th Annual Back to School Shoe Drive was a Huge Success!
We hope you had great a Labor Day weekend because we definitely did! We hosted our 6th Annual Holiday Back to School Shoe Drive on Monday and it was an incredible success! We received just over 200 requests for help with shoes from our community this year. Initially,...
Reese’s House is back in business after a broken pipe!
It's hard to believe that it has been a few months since we posted an update, but we have had a lot going on at Reese's House and in our personal lives. From a personal perspective, our Executive Director's family experienced a major health scare. Thankfully, it was...
Our Executive Director Receives the NJ Attorney General Excellence Award for Victims’ Justice!
It's no secret that our organization started within months after losing Maurice Lewis to an act of random and senseless gun violence in Millville. Our founder and Executive Director, Sean Thom, was devastated after losing Reese, his former student, so he decided to do...
Blog
Reese’s House: An Update
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...
Recap: Our 2nd Annual Holiday Toy Drive
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...
Help us build Reese’s House!
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...
Events
Mental Health Matters: A Community Learning Session
What is “Mental Health” and why does it matter? Cumberland County Positive Youth Development Coalition, Our Future First, and Oaks Integrated Care invite families to a community learning session on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 7pm. Attendees will be provided with the...
Our 6th Annual Back to School Shoe Drive is Live!
It's hard to believe that the summer is in full swing and we are getting ready for our 6th Annual Back to School Shoe Drive! We are incredibly excited to continue this tradition that has allowed us to provide over 800 pairs of shoes in our community since we started...
Our 5th Annual Toy Drive was our best yet!
It's hard to believe that our annual Holiday Toy Drive continues to get bigger and better each year, but we keep finding a way to make a bigger impact in our community during the holiday season! We continued our trend this year and distributed about 1,500 toys to...