Volunteers pack Thanksgiving dinners at Project Self-Sufficiency (Photo provided) Project Self-Sufficiency seeks donations to feed families on Thanksgiving Project Self-Sufficiency is asking for help feeding hundreds of low-income families who need a little extra help during the... Local News 19 Oct 2021 | 05:01
Kori Bodle is expecting her first child (Photo provided) Pregnant women can get free support from a personal nurse Kori Bodle has faced several exciting challenges during the past few months, including launching a career, getting a driver’s... Local News 03 Sep 2021 | 04:11
Elenora Benz and Mike Dolan joined members of the Branchville, Newton, Vernon, and Wallkill Valley Rotaries to volunteer at Project Self-Sufficiency’s Back to School Fair. ( PHOTO SUBMITTED) Local business owners volunteer at event for needy children Area business owners recently stepped up to give a boost to local students by volunteering at Project Self-Sufficiency’s... News 26 Aug 2021 | 12:41
Rylee Petrucelli (Photo provided) Byram middle school student collects feminine care products for women in need Middle school student Rylee Petrucelli recently donated hundreds of packages of feminine care products to the food pantry... Local News 11 May 2021 | 05:47
Prom dresses are available at the Sister-to-Sister Prom Shop in Newton (Photo by Rob Yaskovic) Girls are invited to select a prom dress Newton. Girls are invited to make an appointment to select a new or gently used prom dress from the extensive collection... Local News 19 Apr 2021 | 02:17
Sister-to-Sister Prom Shop seeks dresses Newton. Project Self-Sufficiency is seeking donations of new and gently used formal wear, including prom dresses, bridesmaids’... Local News 13 Apr 2021 | 10:05
We live in a community with abundant joy, hope, and concern for each other To the Editor: The dawn of a new year offers the opportunity to reflect on the benevolence showered upon Project Self-Sufficiency... Letters to the Editor 15 Feb 2021 | 04:12
Students from Reverend Brown Elementary School donated hundreds of new, unwrapped toys to the 2020 Stuff the Stocking contest (Photo provided) Local schools win Stuff the Stocking contest More than 25 schools in Sussex and Northern Warren counties spent the last few weeks of 2020 collecting thousands of toys... Local News 08 Feb 2021 | 01:49
Sherri and Lou Cecchini, along with staff from Off Shore Marine, with their 2020 Stuff the Boat project (Photo by Laurie Gordon) ‘What to my wondering eyes should appear, but a boatload of toys to bring holiday cheer’ Perhaps she should be renamed “Santa Sherri.” For the past decade, Sherri Cecchini, her husband, Lou, and their staff at... Local News 08 Dec 2020 | 03:15
Project Self-Sufficiency Youth Corps members (from left): Kelly Tapia, Xavier Gonzalez and Adrianna Smith help bag turkey dinners (Photo by Laurie Gordon) Hundreds of pies and turkeys donated by a caring community What a record to set, and what an environment in which to set it. Because of the pandemic, many more families reached out... Local News 24 Nov 2020 | 08:55
Gift bags are assembled for distribution to local senior citizens in need as part of Project Self-Sufficiency’s Earth Angels initiative (Photo provided) Winter drives focus on coats and homebound seniors Project Self-Sufficiency is conducting several drives to help local residents as winter nears — one to keep families in need... Local News 10 Nov 2020 | 05:02
Off Shore Marine in Branchville is filling a sport boat with toys on behalf of the Season of Hope Toy Drive (Photo provided) Local business and first responders join to ‘Stuff a Boat’ for children in need Bring gift cards, checks, and new, unwrapped toys to fill the 22-foot-long 2020 Nautique GS22 sport boat at Off Shore Marine,... Local News 09 Nov 2020 | 02:47
Sussex County Freeholder Director Sylvia Petillo (right), NJ State Senator Steve Oroho (second from right), and Fredon School District Chief School Administrator Matthew Beck (third from right) join Project Self-Sufficiency Board of Directors members, and Santa, at the kick-off of the Season of Hope Toy Drive. (Photo provided) Season of Hope Toy Drive kicks off, hampered by Covid The annual Season of Hope Toy Drive was recently launched by Project Self-Sufficiency and a consortium of businesses, schools,... Local News 05 Nov 2020 | 01:04
Spookmania volunteer (Photo by Laurie Gordon) Project Self-Sufficiency says ‘boo’ to Covid Susie Mittelstadt of Hampton, dressed in costume, played the violin along to Halloween music as folks drove by to say hello... Entertainment 02 Nov 2020 | 03:43
Ali Stoner (right) with her grandmother, Lois Pellow, and some of the supplies they gathered (Photo provided) Wantage teen gathers new school supplies for children in need With a little help from her grandparents, Lois and Harold Pellow, 16-year-old Ali Stoner of Wantage collected 180 bags packed... Local News 01 Sep 2020 | 11:57
