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Calvin Brown

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So often, the things we take for granted are also most important to our success and well-being. A quick run to the market, a drive to a doctor’s appointment, a trip to a job interview; how difficult these simple tasks become if we can’t drive. Graduates of the Crisis Ministry’s License to Succeed program will attest to this, having seen how the acquisition of a driver’s license can make a tough s...
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Michael

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Michael Brown
“Homelessness affected several areas of my life,” says Michael. “I wasn’t providing for my five-year-old daughter. I wasn’t in contact with my family, and they worried about me as I moved from house to house with friends or to a shelter. Homelessness has been intrinsic to my life since the beginning,” he adds, starting with abandonment as a baby by his mother and being raised in her mother’s crowd...
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Spring Benefit 2019

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Join us to celebrate the contributions of Arm In Arm's Cornerstone Council! Thursday, May 16 5:30 pm Meet and Greet with Board of Directors and Cornerstone Council Members (for top level supporters) 6:30 pm Event Registration and Cocktail Reception 7:00 pm Dinner and Program 8:30 pm Coffee and Dessert The Nassau Inn Ten Palmer Square, Princeton NJ (parking available in the Chambers S...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Brenda Mason

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It was little more than a year ago that Brenda Mason and her fellow members of the Lady Orchid Assembly #44, a community service organization, arrived for a morning of volunteer service in the Crisis Ministry’s pantry on East Hanover Street. Brenda Mason, hunger prevention volunteer She and her fellow Lady Orchid volunteers liked what they saw, and Brenda soon began volunteering with t...
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Bringing the farm to the city

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Brian and Elyse from Farmers Against Hunger hosting a tasting during a busy day at the East Hanover Street Pantry.
A recent community health survey by the Trenton Health Team showed that more than 40% of Trenton residents feel it’s challenging to find fresh produce in their community. In some Trenton neighborhoods, that figure rises to 50%. Compare that to Mercer County as a whole, where only 16% of residents find it difficult to access fresh produce. Compared to the rest of Mercer County, Trenton can be co...
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The Crisis Ministry Issues the 50-Family Challenge

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The Crisis Ministry Issues the 50-Family Challenge – A community-wide campaign to keep 50 families housed with help from Accenture (TRENTON) – Accenture has donated $15,000 to the Crisis Ministry of Mercer County – along with a challenge for the community to match an additional $15,000 to help the organization support the housing of fifty families. Donations totaling $30,000 will provide direc...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Helen Burke

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Helen Burke, Homelessness Prevention volunteer.
Monday mornings, iced coffee in hand, Helen Burke arrives at the Crisis Ministry to volunteer as an intake specialist in our Homeless Prevention program. Helen first came to the Crisis Ministry in response to a leaflet she received at Trinity Church about volunteering. “At first, I thought, well I could volunteer in Princeton,” muses Helen, “but when I came to Trenton for the interview, I fell in ...
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