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The Flight out of Poverty The Flight Out of Poverty ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 The Flight Out of Poverty How often does the average person encounter the face of poverty these days? Do we know it when we see it anymore? It used to be easily identified as the faces of the “street people,” the vacant staring faces of those leaning against old buildings or the slumbering faces of people sitting on sidewalks and subway grates. The faces of modern poverty are much more subtle and much more pervasive. They are elderly resigned faces standing in the grocery checkout line with just two items. They are the weary, anxious faces of those pouring your coffee at the local diner or pumping your gas or caring for your mom in the nursing home. They are the pinched, agitated faces of hungry school kids finding it hard to see a brighter future. All would like to fly far away from poverty but few understand how to make a sturd y pair of wings with which to do that. This annual report is dedicated to the brave families who find their way to HomeFront and are willing to do whatever it takes to learn to make those wings – to lift themselves and their children up and out of poverty to soar into a better life. It is also dedicated to the loving and generous people who give of themselves and their resources to make it all possible because they believe that people can fly. Friends, HomeFront’s mission is Some mornings, as I make my way from the HomeFront parking lot into my office, I can’t help but think of the to end homelessness in Central New Jersey oft-quoted line from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...” The line by harnessing the caring, resources for food bags regularly snakes out the front door and down the sidewalk. Soaring food prices and reduced safety nets always equal punishing hunger for those with very limited resources. The lines are not only getting longer, and expertise of the community. they are getting grayer. Seniors, many of whom have worked all their lives, are being hit hard by state and federal We lessen the immediate pain of homelessness budget cuts for those in need. and help families become self-sufficient. However, there is plenty to report in the ‘best of times’ category. This has been a significant year for HomeFront in many ways. Thanks to an avalanche of support from every corner of the community, we were able to open our We work to give our clients the skills new diaper resource center with 200,000 boxes of donated diapers and wipes. Eventually, our plan is to have the and opportunities to ensure adequate incomes capacity to serve all of Mercer County collaborators who need these supplies. and we work to increase the availability With a $1.5 million grant from the New Jersey Department of Health, HomeFront has joined forces with of adequate, affordable housing. Capital Health, Catholic Charities and Rescue Mission of Trenton to launch “For My Baby and Me,” a We help homeless families advocate comprehensive program for opioid addicted pregnant women who are determined to welcome their for themselves individually and collectively. babies into a better world.. I am also proud to report that HomeFront has just started a new program, “Mandy's Place,” a small residential home for especially fragile older ladies that will focus on quality of life and the physical stability of its residents. Board of Trustees These new programs are all very exciting for me and our staff but I think what warms my heart the most, and Allen M. Silk, Esq., Chair brings me great peace in these challenging times, are the major improvements we have made to HomeFront’s infrastructure. There’s nothing like the feeling that a strong infrastructure brings. It speaks to ‘forever’ and ‘safety.’ Ruth Scott, Vice Chair It’s that calm feeling you have in your home when a big storm is approaching but you know that your roof and Patricia Hartpence, Secretary windows are tight. This year, a major grant was secured to re-work the infrastructure of our Free Store, one of Anthony C. Stewart, Treasurer HomeFront’s oldest sites and a staple in the Trenton community. Another momentous improvement in Patrice Coleman-Boatwright HomeFront’s infrastructure that doesn’t involve construction crews was the establishment of an endowment Tanuja Dehne, Esq. last year, a significant labor of love and commitment by our Board of Directors. Sangita Karra Thanks to the people listed in this report, longti me and much-loved members of the HomeFront family and Brian Kasper some significant new ones, I feel we are entering a new era of being pro-active and ready for the challenges Kevin Malcarney ahead. For me, this feels like a joyous graduation from the years and years of being reactive and flying by the seat of our pants. I feel peaceful and hopeful and, most of all, grateful to each and every one of you. Phyllis Marchand Rose Mazzella With deepest thanks, Michael Moorman Amy Vogel Richard Weidel Connie Mercer, Founder & Executive Director Elizabeth S. Wasch, LMSW South Jersey Industries,Inc. Celia & Marlon Bernstein Robert Staudinger Christina & James Besanceney In 2017, there were 13,236 homeless Systemic Management Services Jeanne & Richard Besser TD Charitable Foundation Shari & Haim Blecher Mary Alice Teti Bracco Diagnostics children in New Jersey.* Anita Trullinger Marc & Susan Brahaney York Tsuo Delphine Brinckman-Salzedo Homelessness often occurs because people with low-paying George A. Ohl, Jr. Trust UNEX Manufacturing Gerard & Mary Brophy Oscar & Dell Gerster Amy & Paul Vogel William Burke jobs are enormously vulnerable to life events which they The Meta & William S. Griffith Foundation Michael & Christina Walden Judith & William Burks Fund of the PACF Harris Family Fund of the PACF Jennifer & Frederick Wasserman Lisa M. Butler, Esq. haven’t the resources to overcome. Helping a family avoid Harwood Lloyd Ben & Gail Cahill Holman Automotive Group, Inc. DRAFTSMEN Julie Carman eviction with a rent payment in many cases is enough to Celina Imielinska Robert J. & Michelle A. Caruso InsiderScore, LLC Gifts $1,500 to $4,999 Michael Cassidy prevent homelessness. ITI Tropicals Abeille Pharmaceuticals Arlene Ceterski John Ben Snow Memorial Trust Jacqueline Alberts Andrew Chen & Jacqueline Mass PJ Patel Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Amicus Therapeutics Anna E. Cianciara DONORS OF GIFTS 10/01/2017 – 09/30/2018 The Prudential Foundation Michael L. Kincaid Gary A. Angyal Robert J. & Elaine Ciatto Donors for five or more consecutive years appear in . RWJ Barnabas Health Kuiken Brothers Company, Inc. Anonymous Family Foundation, Inc. bold Rachelle Simon & Ned Wingreen Karen & Daniel LaRochelle Anonymous Susanne & Joerg Claus Ned & Sheryl Stern William & Nancy Lifland Fund Jacquie Asplundh David Colby Anthony Stonis of the PACF Meredith Asplundh & Nigel Craig VISIONARIES ARCHITECTS Wakefern Food Corporation Heather & William Lyon Timothy Gardner CSAA Insurance Exchange Wells Fargo Social Responsibility Gifts $20,000 & above Gifts $10,000 to $19,999 Duncan & Nancy MacMillan Atlantic Lining Co., Inc Marc & Elizabeth Davis Eileen & Ward McCarthy Anonymous Accurate Box Company, Inc. McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Anonymous Anonymous ENGINEERS Gifts $5,000 to $9,999 Carpenter, LLP Anonymous Anonymous Brian & Linda McGrath Appaloosa Management AT&T Mercer County Office The Rita Allen Foundation MICRO Patricia & David Atkinson Denise & Larry Bartels Allentown Presbyterian Church James W. Milton Bank of America Charitable Foundation Anne & Craig Battle Anonymous Patrick & Margaret Mooney BlackRock Financial Management Bloomberg L.P. Elizabeth Baughan Music Together Scott & Martha Blandford Bristol-Myers Squibb Sarah Bayne & Scott Belair Connie Mercer & Andrew Bodnar & Amy Pruitt Employee Giving Fund William Bennett Howard Myers Bonner Foundation Cardolite Corporation Alan & Madeline Blinder Shalu Naso James E. & Diane W. Burke Foundation Church & Dwight Bonaventura Devine Foundation Nassau Presbyterian Church Lydia Collins deForest Charitable Trust Employee Giving Fund Daniel Brox Regina & Tom Neilssen Ann & Bernard Flynn Coldwell Banker Community Health Charities New Jersey Resources The Gordon & Laura Gund Foundation Community Foundation of New Jersey Jean Crane Novo Nordisk Jane & Simon Hallett William H. Connolly & Co., LLC Credit Suisse Rene & Karolin Obregon Marion Harvey Sandra & Willard Dennis Anne & Gregory DeMarco The Josephine Peiser Mandy Holanda Robert & Leslie Doll Edgar O. Dixon Charitable Trust Charitable Foundation The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey Dina Elkins Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation James & Judith Perhach Betty Wold Johnson James J. Gallagher Mary Dougherty & Erik Neumann PNC Foundation Steven Kalafer Melissa & Glenn Geist Annemarie DuPont Princeton Orthopaedic Associates Lebensfeld Foundation Gerber Metal Supply Co. David Earling & Maria Nicolo Family Fund The Rock Brook Consulting Group Mathematica Policy Research Gibbons P.C. Mark & Nila Eisenach Roma Bank Community Foundation Rev. David McAlpin Edward Graham Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP The Fred C. Rummel Foundation When Delilah’s infant daughter Patricia had a severe concus- Merancas Foundation Don & Joyce Hofmann Michael & Susan Falcon The Valerie Beth Schwartz Foundation sion, Delilah had to drive to Philadelphia repeatedly to care for Michael & Elizabeth Moorman IEW Construction Group, Inc. Finish Line Youth Foundation Allen & Judy Silk NJM Insurance Group Investors Bank Foundation Debbie & Gary Gartenberg Utpal & Maritoni Shah her and missed a lot of work. Delilah lost so many hours on the Nordson Corporation Foundation Janssen Pharmaceutica Princeton Area Community Foundation Johnson Family Foundation job that she didn’t have enough money to cover the rent. Facing PSE&G Karma Foundation eviction, she didn’t know what to do. HomeFront helped. Amy & Jay Regan Anne & Vincent Grogan † Rue Insurance James Kerney Foundation 423 families received emergency George H & Estelle M Sands Douglas & Miriam Kuiken Baldwin-Sieck Family Fund Stephen Davis Foundation Mitchell & Heather Livingston housing assistance to keep them Francene Barbour Susan Davis Starbucks Foundation The Curtis W.
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