LAKEWOOD, N.J. – Residents of a homeless encampment in the woods near the Jersey shore have agreed with government officials on the details of a plan to close down the camp after its 80 or so residents have found homes. Both sides in the seven-year dispute have signed a consent order and submitted it to a judge, who is...
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NEWARK – A medical student from Essex County went out of his way twice during the blizzard to try to find a homeless man who had no where to go. Rameez Ulhassan has been providing aid and comfort to Paul Boateng for about a year. Boateng has been confined to a wheelchair and living on the streets of Newark for the past few...
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Written by MaryLynn Schiavi Special to the Daily Record — The number of homeless veterans throughout New Jersey is dropping thanks to outreach programs around the state, according to Tom Dresdner, president and CEO of The New Jersey Fallen Soldiers Foundation. The Foundation was one of three organizations hosting the inaugural...
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Written by Peggy Wright HANOVER — Sandy Mitchell knows that many people lost homes and property during superstorm Sandy but in her mind, the losses are temporary compared to the homelessness American veterans endure every day. With that perspective, her nonprofit organization Spirit of the Arts, which supports arts and humanities,...
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Operation Chillout began as an interfaith coalition to help homeless Vietnam Veterans. From a single location in 2000, the nonprofit coalition has grown to a year round outreach providing emergency supplies, new warm winter clothing and survival gear to the most vulnerable homeless people in 12 N.J. counties and several towns in...
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Veterans Day comes again on November 11, as a reminder to remember the men and women who have served our country — those willing to die to protect the freedoms of America. But an alarmingly high number of veterans live without basic comforts that many take for granted. Operation Chillout is there to remind us all to do our part for...
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Thank you to all of you who came out to our 2nd Annual … Leave No One Behind: Veteran Benefit Concert Click for Pictures from the Event
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