Family Promise of Essex County

We’re thrilled to be a 2024 Bezos Day 1 Families Fund AWARD RECIPIENT! Serving families in need is at the core of what we do at Family Promise of Essex County. This generous $425,000 gift comes at a critical time, as family homelessness has risen dramatically around the country. FPE is humbled and gratified to receive this gift from The Day 1 Families Fund, which will allow us to help even more families experiencing homelessness in our Essex County community. More details to come about the grant and how FPE will be using it. Learn more about the Day 1 Families Fund at https://lnkd.in/gyAAFmu

We had an amazing night on November 2 for our Driving Home Hope gala...our largest fundraiser of the year! We blew our fundraising goal away thanks to the generosity of our supporters and sponsors. With some donations still coming in, we are happy to report that we raised nearly $250,000 that evening...to be used directly to support Essex County families facing the crisis of homelessness. Special thanks to Board Member & Event Chair, Jane Zoidis-Quinn, for spearheading the efforts. FPE was proud to honor Kathy Hay Stine, a longtime supporter, beloved volunteer and Board Member & Chair. Shout out to Kate Albright (https://lnkd.in/eZha2ps3) for these fantastic photos. If you were not able to attend Driving Home Hope, but would still like to support our event fundraising efforts, you can?donate here. https://lnkd.in/ehYiZmKZ

This wonderful young woman, Jessie McGowan, had a goal for Bat Mitzvah project and wow, did she ever exceed it! Jessie chose to support FPE by collecting items for Welcome Home Kits that we provide to families who are exiting shelter and moving into permanent housing. On Tuesday, Jessie and her mom delivered an entire carful of cleaning products and toiletries to our office. Jessie set up a table outside of Brookdale ShopRite in Bloomfield for nearly four hours collecting items. Jessie put together the flyer pictured here and asked shoppers if they would consider contributing to her collection to support families experiencing homelessness. The shoppers did not disappoint!!! We are so grateful to Jessie, her family and to all of the ShopRite customers (and store manager) who supported this fantastic project. The families who will each get an overflowing bag of cleaning products and toiletries appreciate this more than we can express.

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Thank you to the NJ Chapter of Cushman & Wakefield’s Women’s Integrated Network (WIN) for their donation of more than 130 hygiene kits for families that FPE currently serves or are providing outreach to throughout Essex County. Special thanks to Co-Chairs Courtney Rosenkrantz and Christina Basile Magill for spearheading this effort and to Courtney for making the delivery to our FPE office in Montclair! We are truly grateful for this partnership and support!

Thanks to The Montclair Girl for covering details about our upcoming Driving Home Hope event ! https://lnkd.in/gAGXFdzb

FPE invites you to Driving Home Hope on Saturday, November 2. Please join us to raise much needed funds for families experiencing, or at risk for, homelessness in Essex County. Registration is now open and tickets can be purchased at https://lnkd.in/eyf_UjjY or by scanning the QR Code below.

The results are in! Target Circle voting helped us receive a share of Target’s donation. Thanks to everyone who supported this promotion, FPE will receive $3,665.19 to support our mission! We are grateful for your support and the opportunity to participate in this promotion from Target! If you would like to see the full voting results, take a look: https://lnkd.in/dyFCyp7 #thankstarget?? #housingisahumanright #familypromise #fpe

FINAL DAY to vote for Family Promise of Essex County on Target Circle's list of featured nonprofits! If you have a Target Circle Account, be sure to check it to see if you have any points accumulated. Help us make the most of this incredible opportunity. Every vote counts to help us receive a portion of the average available Target funds. As a reminder, Target Circle orders to support FPE are available in-store or online at the Clifton, Closter, Edgewater, Paramus, Hackensack, Clark, Linden, Union, North Bergen and Jersey City locations. Find out more about Target Circle here: www.target.com/circle

#NJ is committing to getting the lead out - Governor Phil Murphy shared at the Governor's Conference on Housing and Economic Development that the state will soon commit $180 million to nonprofits and local gov'ts via the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Lead Remediation & Abatement Program! Read more: https://lnkd.in/esNX3NFc