News from Project Self-Sufficiency

Celebration of Literacy Award Winners, 2019 The annual Celebration of Literacy was held recently at Project Self-Sufficiency to honor agency participants who had impressive academic achievements, as well as those who had completed significant steps towards economic self-sufficiency during the past year.   Seven participants received honorariums in memory of longtime Project Self-Sufficiency supporters, including Dina DiGiacomo, Stephanie Freer, Elisha Johnson, Ben Lauridsen, Rachel Linzalone, Holly Pheifer, Jennifer Space, and Jessica Struble.   Honorees were addressed by New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development Deputy Commissioner Paul Yuen, Sussex County Freeholder Director Sylvia Petillo, and Sussex County Freeholder Dawn Fantasia.   Agency clients Debbie Ayers and Taiya Lewis inspired the attendees by sharing their personal experiences and the obstacles they had overcome along their respective paths to academic success. The men and...

The fifteenth annual Celebration of Literacy was held recently at Project Self-Sufficiency to honor agency participants who had impressive academic achievements, as well as those who had completed significant steps towards economic self-sufficiency during the past year.   Several participants were received awards in honor of longtime Project Self-Sufficiency supporters.   Presentations were given by keynote speaker, Dr. Allison Blake, Commissioner of the Department of Children & Families, and Sussex County Community College President Dr. Jon Connelly, and Sussex County Freeholders George Graham and Carl Lazzaro. The men and women who were acknowledged at the event included community college graduates, medical assistants, nursing students, and students at business colleges.   Scholarships were awarded to five agency participants.   Several of the evening’s awardees are graduates of the sixteen-week Higher Opportunities for Women program, a stru...