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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...
Introducing Reese’s House: A Community Cafe!
We know it has been a bit since our last update, but that's because we have been hard at work on Reese's House! If you've been following our journey, you know we lost our zoning to operate Reese's House as a community center last summer. We were devastated when that...
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...
Blog
Our Second Annual Back to School Drive
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!...
COVID19 Community Support
When COVID19 hit, we weren’t sure what to do as an organization. We knew that we needed to help and support our community, but we weren’t sure about the best way to help. After a few weeks after the schools shut down, we started to receive messages from community...
Our First Annual Holiday Toy Drive
It was early November when we started receiving messages and emails from community members informing us that Toys for Tots was not operating within our county, Cumberland County, this holiday season. Knowing the impact that that program has for kids and knowing what...
Events
The 28th Annual Jolly Holly was a huge success!
Our organization kept the tradition alive last weekend and had a great turnout for the 28th Annual Jolly Holly Run and Walk! With 165 total participants for the 5K race, the 1 mi race, and the 1 mi walk, we had the largest turnout since we took over the race and the...
Our 5th Annual Holiday Toy Drive is here!
If you're anything like us, you probably can't believe that it is already November and that the holidays are right around the corner! It definitely snuck up on us, but we are just as excited as ever to announce our 5th Annual Holiday Toy Drive! Over the last...
Get in the holiday spirit with the 28th Annual Jolly Holly Run!
Join us for the 28th Annual Jolly Holly Run! Through our partnership with Second Capital Running, we are excited to offer an incredible event that truly has something for everyone! Whether you participate in our 5K or 1 mi race...