Impact

Week of Service Wrap Up

Our first United We Serve week of service was a huge success! All 70 towns engaged with us. We partnered with over 150 organizations, and THOUSANDS of volunteers rolled up their sleeves to serve our community. Scroll to see our impact!

Senior Centers

Conducted donation drives for food pantries, animal shelters, and women’s shelters
Knit & Crocheted blankets & hats for babies
Assembled breakfast baskets
Packed hygiene kits
Painted kindness rocks
Completed gardening & outdoor clean-up projects

Schools

Colored placemats and bookmarks
- Norwood made 250 placemats
Wrote thank-you letters to service members
Attended knitting lessons with Seniors
Led tech tutorials for Senior Citizens
Completed clean-up & environmental projects

County Wide

27 Clean-ups
- 100 bags of garbage collected
16 Food Distribution and Essential Needs Projects
- Kits made
- Food distributed
14 Collections and Drives
- 10,000 lbs of food collected

Kick Off Event Impact

850

pints of soup prepared and delivered to local food pantries

190

blankets created for veterans and New Bridge Medical Center

350

hygiene kits assembled for the Bergen County homeless shelter

70

care bags prepared for children impacted by domestic violence

90

care bags delivered for veterans at the Paramus Memorial Veterans Home

200

reusable bags collected and donated to food pantries

"We hope this week inspires residents to roll up their sleeves and continue volunteering! Stay engaged, see what our partners are doing, and continue to strengthen our civic foundation."

- Tracy S. Zur

Special thanks to

Christian Health

Annie Hausmann, Norwood

Table to Table

HealthBarn

Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey

Center for Food Action

Jen Margolis