– As the Small and Mighty Communities teams for Salem and Penns Grove cities work to address food insecurity, we are asking, “Can an improvement in the existing systems of information exchange lead to a reduction in the percentage of residents…
– Joanna is a participant in the Glassboro Grows program that supports residents in growing their own produce and increasing their fruit and vegetable consumption. A long-time friend of Rowan University, one of the primary Glassboro Grows partners, Joanna has participated…
– Through our community’s hard work and patience, we successfully completed our first project in July. The Clayton community now has access to a brand new basketball court located at Herma Simmons Elementary School. This revitalized space allows people in our…
– Where has the summer gone? It is hard to believe that September is here. The Pleasantville ‘All In!’ collaborative is gearing up for the new school year! We plan to work more closely with Pleasantville Public Schools this year to…
– Seventeen months after the pandemic started, we are still addressing food insecurity in our community. Prior to COVID-19, it was not an area of focus in our collaborative’s work. Now, it is a crisis. Our volunteers are delivering groceries to…
– As the Small and Mighty Communities teams for Penns Grove and Salem cities work to address food insecurity, we are asking, “Can an improvement in the existing systems of information exchange lead to a reduction in the percentage of residents…
– Can you imagine how difficult it would be not only to have to adjust to all the changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, but to do so while homeless or housing insecure? That’s a reality our housing residents live with…
– At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the stay-at-home order restricted many Bridgeton residents from leaving their homes. This prompted the Live Healthy Bridgeton coalition to redirect its community engagement efforts to provide community support. With the…
– Over the winter of 2020, Bound Brook and South Bound Brook experienced a rise COVID-19 cases. Knowing that the Latino population was disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in the first wave, and the community’s hesitancy to obtain COVID-19 vaccines, the…
– Trenton Health Team’s (THT) Community Advisory Board (CAB) includes more than 100 organizations from around the region and across sectors. We convene regularly to share information, brainstorm solutions and co-design interventions enhancing health and well-being — but is the CAB…
– Summer is here and our team has been cranking up the heat. We’ve been focusing on growing community awareness of food insecurity in our city, developing key relationships to further our initiatives and educating our youth through engaging programs. Through our…
– Thanks to the funding received through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives program and the Clayton community’s input, we were able to start the first phase of our two-part plan to improve health and health equity in…