Category: Education and Mentoring

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    Filling backpacks with supplies and minds with knowledge! Join in this year’s Jersey Cares School Supply Drive!

  • City Spotlight: Plainfield

    As a response to all of the amazing volunteer work being done across New Jersey, the Jersey Cares City Spotlight will showcase exceptional civic engagement weekly in a specific New Jersey community. Plainfield is a city in Union County, New Jersey and has experienced exponential growth according to the United States Census. As of 2010,…

  • Check out what these Literacy Leaders volunteers are up to at a public library in New Jersey. Want to volunteer with Jersey Cares? Click here to see the many ways to get involved.

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    Spring may have just sprung, but these AmeriCorps NCCC members are getting New Jersey’s beaches ready for the summer! Help restore New Jersey back to its pre-Sandy state! Get involved today!

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    These Verizon volunteers certainly answered the call to help New Jersey High Schoolers become more prepared to start college.  

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    Volunteering with Jersey Cares is a charming experience. Just ask these BASF volunteers! While you are at it, check out the jewelery and decorations they made for children at an agency in Morris County.  

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    When it comes to volunteering, there is no fine for overdue-ing it! Just ask these IPC volunteers who helped organize this school library in Jersey City, NJ.

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    Keep your eyes peeled, you don’t want to miss the smashing job this Enterprise volunteer did in the potato sack race during a Fit & Fun workshop at a school in Plainfield, NJ!

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      Gumdrops, peppermint sticks, and licorice. What more do you need to have a sweet time volunteering? Get involved with Jersey Cares. Click here to find out how.

  • Skills Based Volunteering…Is it for you?

    It’s not every day that you get to use your expertise to help a deserving cause.  Through the Jersey Cares Skills-Based Volunteer Program, individuals have been giving back to their communities by dedicating their time and skills to help others. It was just a year ago that Jersey Cares received a grant to develop the…