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The below is a letter received from Lauren Zyriek and Eric Kipnis of the State of New Jersey: Hello Census Advocates, Partners and Community Leaders, New Jersey’s population and apportionment counts announced by the Census Bureau on Monday exceeded all expectations – our population grew by nearly 500,000 people over the last decade. The count tells us a number of things. Foremost among t...
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  TRENTON, NJ: On Friday, April 9th from 10:00am-12:00 pm, Arm In Arm will be hosting a Farmer’s Market outside of their 123 East Hanover Street location in Trenton. Clients will receive fresh fruits and vegetables including bell peppers, onions, apples, oranges, bananas, spinach, potatoes, and more! Arm In Arm Board member and regular volunteer, Adrian Colarusso, teamed up with Sha...
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Arm in Arm Introduces and Welcomes Four New Board Members.   Nicholas Valvanis, Chair of Arm In Arm Board of Directors, along with Executive Director David R. Fox, are pleased to welcome four new members to Arm In Arm’s Board of Directors: Camille Hernandez-Burt is a financial advisor whose journey growing up in a working class family in Albuquerque, New Mexico, coupled with her exp...
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Arm in Arm is excited to announce a new partnership with Khufu Court #118- a charitable and benevolent organization that: stresses the development of powerful leaders; encourages health awareness; provides services to help disabled and senior citizens; provides for effective networking among its members and other organizations; recognizes and celebrates the historic and current achievement of Afri...
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Arm In Arm is excited to be partnering and collaborating with Hamilton Township’s Department of Community and Economic Development to assist qualifying Hamilton Township residents with utility, rent or mortgage payments. Hamilton Township has secured a federal CARES Community Development Block Grant of $680,000 and, because of their collaborative history with Arm In Arm, sought AIA’s assistanc...
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On February 25, 2021 from 5:30-6:30PM, Arm In Arm will premier This Is Home, A Celebration of Home and Triumph of Community, a virtual event featuring Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer prize winning author of “Evicted.” This hour long event will honor Arm In Arm volunteers and supporters while also taking a deeper look into the eviction crisis and what it really means for community members in Merc...
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Share the love this month by supporting our 17th Annual Valentines For Food Drive           Partner with us in helping to provide our neighbors with nutritious food to feed their families, offering them stability and consistency. Click to Donate Food        Donate healthy, non-perishable foods at your school o...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated annually on the third Monday of every January as a way to celebrate the life of The Rev. Dr. King, and to promote service throughout the nation. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy charges us all to do what we can for our communities. The pandemic has presented challenges to our traditional service model, so we came up with new and creative...
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Starting on December 14, 2020, Arm In Arm will be introducing a community cabinet at their satellite location on Hudson Street. The cabinet, which will feature a variety of free canned goods and books, is designed for community members who are unable to come to the pantry’s distribution days due to other commitments or their children’s school schedules, as well as to promote literacy for all ages....
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