Month Of Service Events
"Empowering Communities …Volunteer NJ!"

Thursday, October 1

Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Event: Novartis Pharmaceuticals,  Time: 8:30 am Location: The Link Community School, 139 Livingston St , Newark , NJ

Thursday, October 1

Wakefern Shoprite, Event: Community Date at the NJ Community Foodbank,
Time: 1:30pm, Location: 31 Evans Terminal #1, Hillside, NJ

Friday, October 2

Ujima Urban Women's Center, Event: Personal ShoppersDay, Time: 11:30 – 1pm,
Location: 1001 Pennington Road Ewing, NJ 08618, Contact: Kim Copeland (609) 882-2098

Saturday, October 3  

Prudential, Event: Global Day of Caring, Time: Morning Event, Location: Newark, NJ

Saturday, October 3  

New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center, Event: Fall Festival,
Time: 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM, Location: 2300 Stuyvesant Ave. Trenton, NJ 08618,
Contact: Karen Carson (609) 530-6384

Sunday, October 4

American RedCross Tri-County Chapter, Event: Fanny Wood Day 2009, Time: 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM,
Location: Downtown Fanwood New Jersey , Contact: Corinna Krauskopf (908) 756-6414

Monday, October 5

United Way of Somerset County, Event: Holiday Ornament Project, Time: On- going Various shifts available, Location: 1011 Route 22 West Bridgewater, NJ 08807, Contact: Lisa Galonardo (908) 725-6640

Wednesday October 7

Gloucester Volunteer Center and United Way, Event: County-wide strategic planning session for volunteer development, Time : 9:30 am – 3:00 pm Location: Gloucester County Community College .  

Friday October 9

NJ Commission on National and Community Service, Event: AmeriCorps Launch,
Time : 9:30 am – 3:00 pm, Location: Rider University

Saturday, October 10

Saddler's Woods Conservation Association, Event: Fall Stewardship Day, Time: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM,
Location: 250 MacArthur Blvd. in Haddon Township, NJ 08108,
Contact: Janet Goehner-Jacobs (856) 869-7372

Sunday, October 11

Upper Raritan Watershed Association, Event: A nnual Old Fashioned Country Fair,
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Location: Fairview Farm Wildlife Preserve, Bedminster,
Contact: Lauren Theis ( 908) 234-1852

Wednesday, October 14

America's Grow a Row, Event: Pick Produce to Feed the Hungry Time: 8:3 AM - 12:30 PM,
Location: Peaceful Valley Orchards and Grow-a-Row Farm, 150 Pittstown Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867,
Contact: Colleen Duerr

Thursday, October 15 

Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, Event: Toiletries Fair, Location: 72½ Escher Street, Trenton, NJ 08609

Friday, October 16

Rutgers University, Event: Learn to End Hunger Symposium Time: 9:00 am, Location: Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Saturday, October 17

The Cerebral Palsy League Event: CPL 5k Breakfast Run Time: 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Location: 61 Myrtle Street , Cranford , NJ 07016 Contact: Sharon Gribbin (908) 653-9333

Friday, October 23

Trenton After School Program Event: Fundraising Banquet Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: Covenant Baptist Church ( Trenton ) Contact: Kay Roberts (609) 947-4679

Tuesday, October 27

Junior Achievement   Event: JA Day with Campbell 's Soup Employees Time: 10:00 am
Location: F.X. McGraw Elementary School ( Camden ) Contact: Tanisha Troutman ttroutman@ja-nj.org

Wednesday, October 28

Junior Achievement   Event: JA Day with Campbell 's Soup Employees Time: 10:00 am
Location: J.G. Whittier Elementary School , Camden , NJ Contact: Tanisha Troutman ttroutman@ja-nj.org

Thursday October 29

Contact We Care, Event: Gala Keynote: Secretary of State Nina Mitchell-Wells, Time: 6:00 pm,
Location: Primavera Regency, Sterling, NJ