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Connections at Home Awarded Grants To Serve Socially Isolated Seniors

Connections at Home (CAH), a non-profit based in Verona, and serving Montclair, Bloomfield and many other neighboring towns, is the recipient of several grants to further its mission of helping socially isolated, homebound seniors. The COVID-19 pandemic has sent much of New Jersey’s population indoors to isolate at home, with minimal contact with others. It …

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Edition #2 | December 2019

Your quarterly news & updates Alex’s Corner   New Grants. More Impact. Thanksgiving Meal Delivery.   Currently, thanks to our supporters, our program is the biggest its ever been! Our four social workers and interns currently take care of 108 homebound adults! This is made possible by our generous funders, The Victoria Puder Foundation, The Grotta …

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Members of the board of Directors of Connections at Home celebrated their fourth anniversary September 24 in their offices in Vanguard Medical Group.

Helping Socially Isolated Seniors, Connections at Home Celebrates Fourth Anniversary

Connections at Home (CAHNJ), the Verona based non-profit organization dedicated to helping socially isolated, homebound Essex County seniors celebrated its fourth anniversary September 24 in its offices at Vanguard Medical Group. Since its inception in the fall of 2014, CAHNJ has been providing program participants with a free, senior-friendly, computer or tablet so that they …

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(l. to r.) Chris Petermann, Chair, Board of Trustees, Partners for Health Foundation; Mike Bruno, Human Needs Food Pantry; Pam Scott, Executive Director, Partners for Health Foundation; Rich McMahon, Councilor-at-Large; Ann Lippel, Senior Citizens Advisory Council; William Hurlock, 1st Ward Councilor; Latifah Jannah, Sister to Sister, who accepted on behalf of Adele Katz; Mayor Robert Jackson; Robin Schlager, 2nd Ward Councilwoman; Anne Mernin, Toni’s Kitchen; Carolyn Lack, Aging in Montclair; Katie York, Lifelong Montclair; Robert J. Russo, Councilor-at-Large; Buddy Evans, YMCA of Montclair; not pictured: Wally Weikert, Family Service League Photo Credit: Neil Grabowsky / Partners for Health Foundation

Partners For Health Foundation Awards $100,000

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Partners for Health Foundation awarded 10 Community Impact Awards, and grants totaling $100,000, to recognize nonprofit organizations and individuals making a significant difference in the health and well-being of local communities. The awardees were selected from 65 nominations that cited contributions in areas such as hunger, homelessness, chronic disease prevention, …

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