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91��Ƭ Thanks Its 2024 Holiday Donors

Michelle Lang — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:56:43 +0000

Each year, 91��Ƭ receives donations that benefit those we serve for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Thanks to the generosity of individuals and organizations, we can provide holiday meals and Christmas presents to families.

We are deeply grateful and thank the following groups and individuals for spreading the spirit of joy during the 2024 holiday season.

2024 Christmas Gift Drive Donors:

, Emerson, N.J. – Sandy Johnson, coordinator
, Short Hills, N.J. – Leslie Elble, coordinator
– Cindy Oliveira Oswald, coordinator, and coworkers
, Summit, N.J. – Brian Topping, coordinator, coworkers and students
, Short Hills, N.J. – Christy Wong
, Summit, N.J. – Margaret Strong, volunteers and parishioners

Harmony House Donors:

Loretta Bronat – Cleaning products, towel set, adult and children hats, gloves and mittens
, Lattoya Dawson – Canned goods
, Zhada Stamps Moore – Canned goods, nonperishable items
, Lumane Metullus – 15 Thanksgiving baskets, hygiene kits, detergent, diapers and cases of water
Sally Milad – Christmas party and presents
Christopher Kosseff – Toothbrushes
Lesley Michael – Christmas presents
Gita Sheth – Toys, Hess Trucks and books
, Idalia Castro – 400 new pajamas
– Meals

Volunteer Hosts 10th Annual Christmas Party for 91��Ƭ Harmony House Families

Michelle Lang — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:01:04 +0000

Volunteer Sally Milad organized and hosted her 10th annual Christmas party for the children and families at Harmony House, 91��Ƭ’s transitional housing facility for homeless families. The event took place on Dec. 22 and included presents and a visit from Santa. We thank Milad for making the holidays bright for our families. Photos courtesy of Sally Milad.

91��Ƭ Harmony House Children Get Ready to Head Back to School

Michelle Lang — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:51:44 +0000

Volunteer Sally Milad once again arranged for a back-to-school event at Harmony House, 91��Ƭ’s transitional housing facility for homeless families, which was held on Aug. 26. This is the eighth year Milad has thrown the event with the help of donations and volunteers. Children received backpacks, school supplies, pizza and snacks at the event. They were able to get haircuts and hair styles as well. We thank Milad and the other volunteers for their hard work. It was a great way to kick off the new school year.

91��Ƭ Thanks Its Holiday Donors

Michelle Lang — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:23:21 +0000

Each year, 91��Ƭ receives donations that benefit those we serve for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. 91��Ƭ Outreach Coordinator and Board Member Ex-Officio Madge Wilson organizes and oversees a drive to ensure that children receive presents for Christmas. She also collects Thanksgiving meal donations and arranges for donated Christmas trees to bring holiday cheer to 91��Ƭ buildings.

Harmony House, 91��Ƭ’s transitional housing facility for homeless families, also received donations during the holiday season to benefit its families.

We are deeply grateful and thank the following groups and individuals for spreading the spirit of joy during the 2023 holiday season:

, Newton, N.J. – Brother Jee and Brother Bernardo Lee, coordinated the donation of Christmas trees
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Carelli and family
Weichert Realty, Short Hills, N.J. – Bobbi Ostrow, Rebecca Berenson, Victoria McMurrian and Joanne Tedesco-Kloud, coordinators
, South Orange, N.J. – Ann Moore, coordinator, and parishioners
, Milburn, N.J. – Fire Chief Robert Echavarria and coworkers
, Westfield, N.J. – Marilyn Ryans, coordinator
, Summit, N.J. – Brian Topping, coordinator, coworkers and students
, Short Hills, N.J. – Betsy Guarnieri, Andrea Mansfield and Rosemary Mattson
, North Caldwell, N.J. – Donna Zarros, coordinator
and – Father Nicholas Gengaro, coordinator, and students
, Bloomfield, N.J. – Lorraine McMillian and Judy Nitkowski, coordinators
, Summit, N.J. – Margaret Strong, Theresa Sweeney and volunteers and parishioners
, Short Hills, N.J. – Jessica Marinoff, Leslie Elible and Liz Sherman, coordinators
, Emerson, N.J. – Sandy Johnson, coordinator
, Verona, N.J. – Barbara Yates, coordinator, and parishioners
, Cedar Grove, N.J. – Brenda Pereira, coordinator
– Cindy Oliveira Oswald, coordinator, coworkers
Mr. and Mrs. Desfardins, Maplewood, N.J.
, Maplewood, N.J. – Marcia Hicks, coordinator, and students
, West Orange, N.J. – Maggie Macias, coordinator
, Franklin Lakes, N.J. – Elizabeth Harakins, coordinator

Thanksgiving Turkey Donations:

, Short Hills, N.J. – Michael Roberts, coordinator, and parishioners
Office of Youth Ministry at , Ramsey, N.J.
Kathryn Grifonetti
Anthony Falco
Brother Travis Gunther
, City of Newark

Harmony House Donors:

, Pastor Oliver Coleman – Thanksgiving dinner and toy giveaway
, Pastor Lawren Monroe – Holiday celebration
– Free shopping for families of children who attend Newark Public Schools
, Lumane Metullus – Thanksgiving baskets and household supplies
Sally Milad – Harmony House Christmas Party
– Christmas gift donations
Loretta Borronat – Christmas gift donations
– Christmas gift donations
, Bria Beaufort – Christmas gift donations

91��Ƭ Harmony House Families Enjoy Christmas Party

Michelle Lang — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:16:42 +0000

Volunteer Sally Milad organized the annual Christmas party she hosts for the children and families at Harmony House, 91��Ƭ’s transitional housing facility for homeless families. The event took place on Dec. 17 and included presents and a visit from Santa. We thank Milad for her efforts to make the holidays bright for our families. Photos courtesy of Sally Milad.

Getting Harmony House Children Ready to Head Back to Class

Michelle Lang — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:03:17 +0000

Volunteer Sally Milad once again arranged for a back-to-school event at Harmony House, 91��Ƭ’s transitional housing facility for homeless families, which was held on Aug. 28. This is the seventh year Milad has thrown the event with the help of donations and volunteers. Children received backpacks, school supplies, pizza and snacks at the event. Boys were able to get haircuts and girls got their nails done and their hair braided. We thank Milad and the other volunteers for their hard work. It was a great way to kick off the new school year.

Back-to-School Event Helps Harmony House Kids Return to Class in Style

Michelle Lang — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 15:37:15 +0000

Volunteer Sally Milad once again organized a back-to-school event at Harmony House, 91��Ƭ’s transitional housing facility for homeless families. She first started the event in 2017, which brings school supplies, backpacks, hair stylists and pizza to the facility for children to enjoy. The event, which was held this year on Aug. 29, is meant to help the children look and feel their best for the start of a new school year. Photos courtesy of Sally Milad and Yonette Fredericks.

Harmony House Thanks Donors, Community Partners

Michelle Lang — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:45:09 +0000

Dear Donors and Community Partners:

Harmony House management and the families would like to take a moment to express our deep appreciation for all the support and aid that have been offered in these unprecedented times. Even during a period of nationwide social and economic unrest, and a statewide quarantine that has disrupted the lives of so many, the various organizations and individuals have taken the time to demonstrate to those most vulnerable in our community that they are not forgotten and that their health and wellbeing matter.

Harmony House is a transitional housing program with the primary goal of helping families move from homelessness to permanent housing and from dependency to self-sufficiency. With the capacity to house 102 families in individual apartment units and a host of on-site social services, Harmony House provides much more than a shelter. It offers stability to families facing seemingly insurmountable barriers and enables them to restore their lives.

Since the COVID-19 shutdown began in late March 2020, Harmony House has received the following donations from our generous supporters:

World Central Kitchen, in partnership with Audible, has made over 70 trips to Harmony House. From early May to the end of June, they have delivered 5,580 meals.
Newark Emergency Services for Families (NESF) has increased its usual monthly donation of perishable and non-perishable goods to a weekly delivery of donations during the shutdown.
The National Council of Jewish Women in collaboration with the Community FoodBank of New Jersey continues to support us through their donation of sanitary napkins, totaling 81 boxes annually.

Throughout the year, the following supporters have also been a beacon of support and hope to our families:

Margaret Strong from St. Teresa’s in Summit, N.J., has provided our families with Christmas gifts for all the children.
Sally Milad has continuously provided our families with back-to-school haircuts and hairdos for all children year after year.
Sean Lewis from Calvary Baptist Church in Morristown, N.J., provides Christmas gifts for our children.
Ana Osario from Newark Public Schools has graciously provided toiletry items for men and women, as well as food donations.

These donations have been incredibly important to and gratefully received by our families. The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a crisis with multiple dimensions: an economic catastrophe, a fear for health and life itself and above all uncertainty of what the future holds and how to move forward. Uncertainty and economic fragility already plagued our residents before the pandemic hit, and the current state has only made it that much harder for our residents to get back on their feet. On behalf of Harmony House staff and residents, we truly cannot thank you enough for doing what you can to help.

Amidst all the turmoil, a silver lining can perhaps be found in how the pandemic has brought communities together. All across the nation, everyone from community residents at the grassroots level to large corporations have come together to form relief funds and support networks to ensure that we all come through this crisis whole. I hope that we are able to sustain this momentum even once COVID-19 is a problem of the past and continue to lend each other a helping hand. Altruism and compassion are as much a part of a healthy society as vaccines and businesses.

Sincerely,
Yonette Fredericks
Director of Harmony House

Sending Harmony House Students Back To School In Style

Michelle Lang — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:01:29 +0000

Photos courtesy of Sally Milad.
Dozens of Harmony House residents participated in a back-to-school event Aug. 28 organized by Jersey City resident Sally Milad. She arranged for volunteers to provide haircuts and styling for the children and also handed out school supplies and provided pizza.
Milad found Harmony House, 91��Ƭ’s transitional housing facility for homeless families, and reached out to friends and family to put the event together.
“Everyone wants to do something to help out, but no one has an idea of where to start,” she said. “I know there’s a lot of people that wanted to help. I kind of took it upon myself to start it.”
Harmony House Senior Case Manager Lisa Chavis appreciated Milad’s generosity. “Sally is a beautiful and giving person. She went out of her way to recruit a number of well-known barbers from all over Essex and Union County to come out and provide haircuts for the boys and cute little hairstyles for our girls at Harmony House in preparation for the new school year,” she said. “You could feel the love, generosity and appreciation of all those in attendance.”
Many back-to-school events include school supplies, but it’s not so common to include haircuts. Milad said she wanted the children to feel confident as they started the new school year.
“When you look good, you do good, you feel good. I wanted the kids to go to school feeling good and getting work done as opposed to being worried about how they look,” she said.
91��Ƭ 75 children and 20 volunteers participated.