It's That Time of Year Again!
This past weekend Newark Community Solutions held its Fifth
Annual Holiday Gift Drive "Wrap Party." This year our drive
supported the Angel Tree Network, a program
that facilitates holiday season gift donations to children with at least
one incarcerated parent, as well as families in the Newark YMCA Emergency
Residence program. Over 150 gifts were donated by Newark City employees as well
as local organizations including the GI Go Fund, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.,
and Sigma Phi Rho Fraternity Inc. Volunteers and staff mingled, snacked
and wrapped all morning and in the afternoon Newark families began arriving to
pick up the gifts. Once again Newark Youth Court members invited all kids
in attendance to their arts and crafts station where they decorated sugar
cookies and made festive ornaments with beads, popsicle sticks and pipe
cleaners (no glitter this year ;-)
The
YMCA also worked with local favorite Tops Diner who donated delicious desserts for
our families and volunteers - best carrot cake EVER!
Thanks
again to all our staff and volunteers who participated – it gets better every
year!
Happy Holidays from our Newark
Community Solutions Family
See you in 2016!