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On April 1st, 2014 Opeation Chillout parterned with Ultravision Films to hold a free film screening of Destiny’s Bridge at Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ. By providing a free film screening both parties hoped to help create awareness of the homeless tent city in Lakewood, NJ. Here are some pictures from the...
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In many of South Jersey’s counties, homeless people seeking services are offered a one-way ticket to Trenton or Atlantic City. When Thomas Jones, a native of Asbury Park on the Jersey Shore, wanted to get clean and straighten out his life, service providers in his county gave him a one-way ticket to Trenton, 60 miles away....
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CHESTER TWP. – Four formerly homeless veterans may soon have a home. The housing will be made available through the newest Habitat for Humanity home on Pleasant Hill Road. The construction was completed on Wednesday Feb. 26. The home was renovated in a collaborative project of Habitat for Humanity and Hope For Veterans, a program...
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More than 600 backpacks stuffed with new warm clothing have been collected from our outreach partners this winter and delivered to homeless veterans, men and women in 14 NJ and 3 PA counties. Additionally, many hundred individual pieces of new clothing – caps, scarves, thermals, gloves, shirts, jackets, hoodies and emergency...
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LAKEWOOD – Public works crews removed at least 10 vacant tents and trailers within a homeless encampment in Lakewood Wednesday. The people who lived in them were relocated by the township as part of a court order. “Tent City” residents say they welcome the cleanup, but worry about what’s going to happen in...
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