News from Project Self-Sufficiency

  Victoria Reiners, Esquire, will offer a free, virtual Landlord/Tenant seminar on Thursday, February 18 th , 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.   The free event will be hosted by Project Self-Sufficiency via Zoom and is open to the public.   Participants will discuss the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, including eviction, security deposits, leases, mortgages, and saving homes from foreclosure.   Advance registration is required.   To register and receive the log-in details, call Project Self-Sufficiency at 973-940-3500.   Project Self-Sufficiency’s legal education seminars are a program of the Sussex County Family Success Center.

  Despite the ongoing public health crisis, students from more than 25 schools in Sussex and Northern Warren Counties spent the last few weeks of 2020 collecting thousands of toys and gift cards in a friendly Stuff the Stocking competition to benefit the Season of Hope Toy Drive.   During previous years, the winning school would take home the coveted Stuff the Stocking trophy, along with a monetary donation to their school’s activity fund.   Second and third place winners would also receive donations for their schools.   With the coronavirus upending school schedules and forcing most institutions to conduct learning remotely, donating to the Stuff the Stocking contest became more challenging for many students.   In response, Project Self-Sufficiency created new competition categories to reflect the altered learning landscape:   In-Person Schools, Remote Schools and Elementary Schools.   Tying for first place in the category of In-Person Schools w...

  The dawn of a new year offers the opportunity to reflect on the benevolence showered upon Project Self-Sufficiency during the 2020 Season of Hope Toy Drive.   During the autumn, the call was put out to a community already wracked by financial and health concerns from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic that help was needed to provide a meaningful holiday season to thousands of local children and teens.   From then on, hundreds of families, businesses, schools, organizations, churches, and individuals rose to the challenge.   Each day brought a parade of donors carting thousands of new toys, gift cards and funds.   Never have we witnessed such a manifestation of hope in action.   The need to maintain social distancing upended business as usual at the Season of Hope Toy Shop.   Volunteers and patrons were not allowed inside the buildings, and every item, no matter how small, was thoroughly sanitized before being displayed.   Instead of choosing to...