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Meet team member Angie Vargas

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Did you know that Arm In Arm now offers expanded services for families and individuals who live in Princeton? Through a Community Service Block Grant awarded by the Mercer County Department of Human Services, Arm In Arm will work with at least 75 income-eligible Princeton households to overcome barriers to financial stability. “Low-income residents of Princeton are often overlooked because t...
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More Than Just Outreach

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A lot of what we thought were negatives are actually positives if we can learn how to turn them around. I've been through so much, I feel like I can overcome anything.
Reflection shared by Luis Rivera, Arm In Arm outreach worker He comes in with an expression that can best be described as desperation and fear. He said that I was not going to believe what “THEY” are trying to do to him now. He was full of negative thoughts. He had missed several follow up appointments, but I had seen him in the streets while doing outreach and reminded him that we had to me...
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Arm In Arm Welcomes New Board Members Johannes Haushofer, Elizabeth Koehler, Deborah Toppmeyer, Phil Unetic and Sallye Zink

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new 2018 Arm In Arm board members
Please join us in welcoming five new members to our board of directors! Johannes Haushofer Johannes Haushofer is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs and Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Economics at Princeton University. He is interested in understanding whether poverty has particular psychological and neurobiological consequences, and whether these consequences, in tu...
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Why We Give: Arm In Arm supporters share their stories

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As 2018 draws to a close, we celebrate the resilience and perseverance of more than 11,000 people of all ages who work arm in arm with us to increase their own food, housing, and employment stability. We also celebrate those who are committed to improving the lives of Mercer County neighbors in need of a helping hand—those friends and partners whose financial support demonstrates confidence in the...
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Reflections From Our Summer Interns

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Arm In Arm interns and summer student workers
Last week, we said goodbye as the last of our summer interns headed back to school. Since June, we had the opportunity to work with several impressive students, who dedicated their summers to supporting the mission and programs of Arm In Arm. Before they finished their internships, we asked each of them to share their thoughts on their time with Arm In Arm. Read what they had to say below! "Wo...
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From the Times of Trenton: Feds grant Trenton $3.8M to help house the homeless

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By Kevin Shea kshea@njadvancemedia.com For NJ.com TRENTON -- The city announced Thursday they've received a $3.8 million federal grant to aid their ongoing partnership work in finding shelter for the homeless. Homelessness continues to be a "troubling national problem" for which federal funding is key to ending, Mayor Eric Jackson said in a statement announcing the grant. "Locally...
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So Percussion Summer Institute packs 31,000 mac’n’cheese meals for Arm In Arm pantry customers

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For the third summer in a row, our friends from the renowned percussion ensemble So Percussion took a day from their two-week residency at Princeton University to pack mac'n'cheese meals for customers of Arm In Arm's three food pantries. The result? 31,000 meals! We thank everyone who lent a hand to this remarkable community effort!
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Arm In Arm Strikes Out Summer Hunger with the United Way of Greater Mercer County

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Left to right in the photos above, Carolyn Biondi, Arm In Arm's Executive Director, welcomed UWGMC's Sandra Toussaint, President & CEO, and Tarry Truitt, Community Relations Director, for a tour and visit. During the July 26 visit, Sandra presented our summer 2017 food purchase grant of $5,000. Many thanks to the United Way of Greater Mercer County for vital support as we join forces to St...
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Volunteer Reflection by Andre Biehl

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The following guest post was written by volunteer Andre Biehl. For me, volunteering is a passion. I have been volunteering at Arm in Arm since 2015, when I was in 7th grade. In my work, I restock shelves with healthy foods and help clients select their food items. I have staffed the client intake desk, helped deliver food to home-bound people in Trenton and, because I speak Spanish, have transl...
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Jacque Howard of WIMG’s Trenton 365 radio program interviews Kevin Parham about outreach to chronically homeless individuals

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Did you know Mercer County is one of the best areas in the nation for services that help people who are homeless? Tune in to Jacque Howard's Trenton 365 radio program on WIMG-1300 as he talks with Kevin Parham of Arm In Arm and Janet Porter of the CEASe Center in Trenton about community efforts to reach out to and house unsheltered individuals in Trenton. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/tr...
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