• Sponsor one of our classrooms and provide the backpacks for a class of 20-22 children. 
• Sponsor 1,000 pieces from our school supply list.  Choose from items such as rulers, calculators, glue sticks, and more. 
• Give a financial donation toward the purchase of backpacks, school supplies and new shoes.
• Allow employees to volunteer 3 hours with United Way to stuff backpacks with supplies.
• Retail establishments: Sell our hang tags at your cash registers to raise money for the Backpacks for Kids program. 

2010 Sponsors to date include: AARP Clifton Richfield Chapter, BAE Systems, BP, Felician College, North Jersey Federal Credit Union, and Roche.

United Way unveils startling reality for 23% of Northern NJ Population

United Ways of Passaic, Hunterdon, Morris, North Essex, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren Counties collectively hosted the 2010 Public Officials Forum, held on the evening of May 24, 2010 at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J.  This year’s forum focused on the needs of residents who struggle every day to make ends meet.  This population has been identified as “ALICE,” an acronym representing those who are Asset Limited, Income Constrained, yet Employed. These residents are working in low-wage jobs, with limited assets and circumstances that constrain their earning capacity. They live each day one crisis away from critical financial instability.  

For more information about this event please click here.

Lakeland Bank supports the 2010 Flood Fund!

Lakeland Bank has donated $1,000.00 to the 2010 Flood Assistance Fund; this donation will be used to support the residents in Passaic County who have been affected by the recent floods. Thomas J. Shara stated, "Lakeland Bank is please to provide support for such a worthwhile cause." The United Way of Passaic County would like to send a special Thank You to Lakeland Bank! 

Pictured Below: (from left) are: Thomas J. Shara, president & CEO of Lakeland Bank; Yvonne Zuidema, president & CEO of UWPC; Connie Meehan, vice president of human resources at Lakeland Bank; and Daniel Leary, assistant vice president/branch manager of Lakeland Bak's Wayne office. 

2010 Celebration!

Join United Way of Passaic County as we celebrate 2009's successful campaigns, honor our volunteers and present the 2010 Community Cornerstone & Pavese Scholarship Awards at our annual awards breakfast!

For more information about the breakfast celebration and/or to buy a ticket to the event please click here!  

2010 Public Officials Forum

Hosted by the United Ways of: Hunterdon, Morris North Essex, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex & Warren 

Join key federal, state, and local elected officials and leaders from area corporations for this special networking evening and important presentation. 

Monday May 24, 2010

5:30pm-7:30pm

Dolan Performance Hall 

College of Saint Elizabeth 

For more information about the event and to register please click here.  

United Way of Passaic County establishes assistance fund for 2010 flood victims

United Way of Passaic County has established a special Flood Assistance Fund to aid those most affected in Passaic County by the recent disaster. Funding will be distributed to assist victims with long-term recovery efforts as part of a coordinated community effort to meet needs of affected individuals and families. 

"Today we need to rally around those who have lost so much and do what we can to help," said United Way President/CEO Yvonne Zuidema. 

Those interested in donating online please click here; or send a check payable to:

United Way of Passic County

2010 Flood Assistance Fund 

20 Mill Street 

Paterson, NJ 07501

For more information about the flood please click here to learn more or get involved and make a difference please call United Way at (973)279-8900. 

New Donation!

United Way of Passaic County thanks TD Bank for its corporate contribution of $5,000 to our Community Fund! The Bank and its employees have been supporters of United Way since 2002. TD Bank, which has 16 banking locations in Passaic County, is committed to supporting non-profit organizations in the communities where it does business. TD Bank is one of many corporations who know that a partnership with United Way is good business. If you would like to learn how to develop a partnership with United Way of Passaic County to help your business get involved in the community, please contact us.

Nutrition Matters more then ever!

United Way of Passaic County kicked off another season of Nutrition Matters this week at Children's Day Nursery and Family Center in Passaic.

Nutrition Matters is an 8-week program that focuses on improving the nutrition and health of pre-school children living in very low-income households. 13 mothers and 2 fathers will attend the 8 sessions that teach healthy cooking demonstrations, good nutrition habits for young children, and fitness ideas for parents and children. Each session also provides a bags of food for each family to take home and try the food and recipe that was taught during class. Nutrition Matters, now in its fourth year, is made possible by a generous grant from the Turrell Fund. 

Target invites everyone to participate in their two week long giving campaign!

The campaign, which runs from January 31 through February 14, 2010, combines football and love just in time for Super Bowl XLIV and Valentine's Day, and allows participants to choose how five national charities will receive a portion of $1 million from Target to fund educational programing.

Super Love Sender allows everyone to upload a personal photo and customize one of three quirky Valentine's Day E-Cards! Football-inspired video cards to send to friends and family in support of the select charities. 

Every time a video card is sent, the chosen charity will receive one vote. The total percentage of votes will correlate to the charities' portion of the $1 million towards their educational program!

United Way will use funds to
help children enter school ready to learn,

read proficiently by 4th grade and graduate on time!

Please click here to send your card and cast your vote!

ESFP-FEMA

Public notice is now available please click here for more information. 

THANK YOU!

Thanks to your support, Holiday Wishes 2009 was a huge success!

Thousands of gifts, valued at over $32,000, were distributed to children and families who had needs this season.

In addition, coats and non-perishable food was received and delivered to community agencies, who are distributing them now.

Your contributions are on the ground in our community, right now, helping people who need it most.

Thank you for sharing, and for making this truly the Season Of Caring!

Get Involved!

• Community Service Learning Project
• Inspire & Motivate 
  

Mattress Donation!

On Friday, October 2 United Way of Passaic County distributed over 100 new mattresses for adults and families being served by housing programs.  The mattresses were donated by Tempur-Pedic through Gifts in Kind International and are valued at $162,380.
 
Social service agencies serving families and housing the homeless  picked up the mattresses and will be putting them into service in the homes of poor families and in housing programs located throughout Passaic County.  Recipient organizations included Jewish Family Services, Paterson YMCA, Mental Health Association, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Workforce Investment Board, Passaic YMCA, St. Mary’s Hospital, Family Support Organization of Passaic County, and Veterans Family Housing Program. The tractor trailer loaded with mattresses arrived at St. Mary’s Hospital parking lot at 10:00 am on Friday.  Recipient agencies were on site to receive the mattresses.

A HUGE Thank you to all of our helpers and agencies for coming out and helping unload and load mattresses!

Bikes for the whole class!

Thanks to Roche an entire class of children from the Youth Leadership Academy received a bike! Every child was given a brand new bike and of course helmets, view pictures of the event below! If you would like to view some more pictures please click here!

  Principal Featherson, Paul Bailey  and Roche Staff!