News from Project Self-Sufficiency

A consortium of local businesses, educators, first responders, and non-profit organizations gathered to kick off the annual Season of Hope Toy Drive with a challenge to individuals, schools and businesses serving Sussex and Northern Morris and Warren Counties:   Collect enough toys by mid-December to enable thousands of children to have a memorable and happy holiday.   Holiday carols were provided by local a cappella group Harmony in Motion.   Season of Hope Toy Drive Partners The toy drive is a joint effort which is driven and coordinated by Project Self-Sufficiency, along with its partners First Hope Bank, Gravity DesignWorks, iHeartMedia, Inc., Intercar Mercedes Benz, The New Jersey Herald, Off Shore Marine, Pass it Along, The Printing Center, Selective Insurance Company of America, Service Electric Broadband Cable, Shop Rite, Sparta Train Station, Stocker Bus Company, the Sussex County Chamber of Commerce, Sussex County Community College, Sussex Honda,...

On any given day in the month of December, a little bit of magic happens on the Project Self-Sufficiency campus: A racing boat packed with toys docks in the parking lot, college and high school students deliver thousands of freshly-baked cookies, a caravan of trucks laden with toys from the Santa Train draws up, scores of volunteers from local businesses and schools help to sort toys, a school bus disgorges thousands of gifts collected by local children.   The result is a beautifully-arranged toy shop made available to more than 1,000 families selecting toys for more than 2,100 children and teens from our community this year.   This is the Season of Hope.   This is what it looks like to live in a community that cares.   The Season of Hope Toy Shop was made possible by so many generous and caring neighbors who contributed in a multitude of ways.   This letter cannot begin to list them all, but we would like to acknowledge several.   First, ...