Every night, 300,000 children in New Jersey go to bed hungry. Please help by bringing nonperishable food items to every NCJW event or meeting that you attend. See the list of needed items.
Tour of some of the best homes in Short Hills and support NCJW/Essex in the process! After the tour, join us for a luncheon at Martini Bistro & Bar in Millburn. Open to NCJW/Essex members and their guests only. Look for invitation in the mail and use the mail-in reply card.
Interested in being a security volunteer? Contact the NCJW/Essex office.
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Cedar Hill Country Club, Livingston
$45 per person
Celebrate our new slate of officers, honor our award winners, enjoy a lovely Brunch, and participate in the raffle drawing.
Open to NCJW/Essex members and their guests only. Watch for your invitation in the mail.
Honor a Special Mother AND Support the Back 2 School Store!
Mother’s Day is May 13! You can honor a special mom in your life -- your mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, daughter, or friend -- by making a donation to the NCJW/Essex Back 2 School Store! Sponsor a child for $180. Buy a child’s backpack for $36. Your donation also helps support other NCJW/Essex community service projects.
Career Closet of NCJW Moves to Livingston
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by local and county officials, the Linda and Rudy Slucker NCJW Center of Women (CFW) celebrated the grand opening of its Career Closet, a service for women who need business-appropriate clothing to jump-start their personal economic recovery, at 349 East Northfield Road, Livingston. Launched 10 years ago, Career Closet of NCJW provides – free of charge – new or like-new business-appropriate clothing and accessories to women in need Read our press release Read story in Livingston Patch Donate new or like-new clothes to Career Closet of NCJW
NCJW/Essex Volunteers Staff Soup Kitchen on MLK Day
Forty volunteers, ranging in age from 12 to 72, organized, cooked, served, and cleaned up in order to feed more than 70 people in need of a hot meal on Martin Luther King Day on January 16. Held at Christine’s Kitchen at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in West Orange, the MLK Day lunch was organized and sponsored by NCJW/Essex. The diners included local men, women, and children ranging in age from 7 to 70. See our slide show.
