Giving Back

PATERSON, NJ - While many communities have been forced to scale back or forego entirely their annul Memorial Day celebrations, one local veteran, as though reacting to reveille, was up early Monday to make
sure that Paterson’s military heroes still received the honor they deserve.

Tony Vancheri, Paterson’s Deputy Mayor for Veterans Affairs, has ably led the city’s annual ...

PATERSON, NJ - Signalling an expanded effort to share resources, coordinate strategy and planning, and establish a mutual aid network to provide homebound and at-risk populations with food and other essential needs, six Passaic County-based non-profits have joined together under the umbrella banner of the “Passaic County Pandemic Partnership” (PCPP).

According to a statement by the ...

PATERSON, NJ - Friday, May 8, was a day to remember for 200 families who received Chromebooks and grocery gift cards from NJCDC! The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to those we serve, and through surveying neighborhood residents, we found their two biggest needs are food and access to technological devices.

Low-income families, such as those in our neighborhood, often have to cut back ...

PATERSON, NJ - For Paterson’s Julia Gonzalez, donating 50 pizzas to the ICU unit at St. Joseph’s Health earlier this month just didn’t go far enough in showing her gratitude to the men and women working on the frontline to keep their city healthy. So, on Saturday, again with the help of Al Pomodoro Pizzeria on First Ave, she is repeating the generosity, this time to the ...

PATERSON, NJ – The New Jersey Development Corporation has received $419,418 in AmeriCorps funding, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced Tuesday. The funding will help place 20 AmeriCorps members on the ground to serve with the NJCDC in Paterson.

Calling the AmeriCorps program “one of America’s best ideas,” Pascrell said that he was “thrilled that a ...

PATERSON, NJ – Paterson’s New Destiny Family Success Centers (NDFSC) is among the growing list of local nonprofits continuing to serve the local community during the COVID-19 public health crisis. 

Recently, staff and volunteers from the organization that serves as a centralized resource hub serving more than 1500 families in Passaic County each year joined with Joseph ...

PATERSON, NJ – Pandemic or no pandemic, local non-profit organizations say they are committed to doing whatever they can to continue helping a growing number of residents in need.

While life in New Jersey has grinded to a halt, many non-profits have vowed to continue their missions to help the underserved, even if it has meant temporarily suspending some programs to focus on just ...

PATERSON, NJ – Paterson officials have announced an innovative pilot program to connect local volunteers with their senior citizen neighbors that may be having difficulty keeping stocked with food during the coronavirus public health crisis.

“In the City of Paterson, we want to make sure our senior citizens are taken care of,” Mayor Andre Sayegh said, announcing the effort ...

PATERSON, NJ - More and more people throughout the country—and in Paterson—are hungry as a result of COVID-19. Studies show that the rate of food insecurity rises when the national or local economy is unstable—such as during the current pandemic.

Indeed, in the last month, many Patersonians have been laid off, had their earnings drastically reduced, or have been unable to ...

WAYNE, NJ – Grim statistics dominate the headlines during a global health crisis but defeating a pandemic must begin in the hearts and minds of those who step up to the front-lines purposely and without anything to gain but to fulfill a basic-desire to help.

What makes someone put themselves at risk to help others? According to the Passaic County Public Health Supervisor Sandra ...