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AmeriCorps Prepares for Fifth Anniversary Launch
AmeriCorps
Make a Difference Day
October 23, 1999
Program: Citi Serve St. Pauls CDC
Event: Volunteering and youth service in a cleaning up, educational
activity
Location: West Side Park, Totowa Ave., Paterson, NJ (behind Kennedy
High School)
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 P M
Contact Name: Terre Cassetta
Phone Number: (973) 278-7900
Fax Number: (973) 684-5130
E-mail: Finance451@aol.com
Program: Promote Self-Sufficiency, Catholic Community Services
Event: Assisting the neighborhood cultural center (OLC Victory
Hall) in a restoration/beautification process
Location: 186 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Contact Name: Jill Arahill
Phone Number: (973) 643-3710
Fax Number: (973) 643-9222
E-mail: Preventchildabuse@worldnet.att.net
Program: NJ Community Developing Corporation
Event: * River Clean Up * Environmental Booth -- activities to
increase environmental awareness * Arts and Crafts * Volunteer Sign Up
for existing AmeriCorps*Vista programs
Location: West Side Park, Totowa Ave., Paterson, NJ (behind Kennedy
High School)
Time: 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Contact Name: Melissa Petraccoro
Phone Number: (973) 225-0555
Program: Juvenile Justice Commission - AmeriCorps Junior Mentor
Program
Event: Clean Up and Painting Project at the Salvation Army
Location: 699 Springfield Ave., Newark, NJ
Time: 10:00 AM
Contact Name: Hassan Keith
Phone Number: (201) 217-7155
Fax Number: (201) 217-7347
Program: Red Bank Borough Schools
Event: Painting Murals on the outside patio of a playground
Location: Upper Elementary Middle School, 101 Harding Road, Red
Bank
Time: 9:00 AM 3:00 PM
Contact Name: Mel ONeal
Phone Number: (732) 758-1805
Fax Number: (732) 758-1518
Program: Urban School Service Corps Camden (Molina School)
Event: Park Clean-up and Beautification
Location: Farnham Park Park, Camden, NJ
Time: 9:00 AM 1:00 PM
Contact Name: Patricia A. Nelson
Phone Number: (609) 966-8969
Fax Number: (609) 342-6930
Program: Urban School Service Corps, Department of Human Services,
Foster Parents, AmeriCorps *Vista
Event: Park Revitalization Activity
Location: Neighborhood playground at 21st Avenue and
Spring Street, Paterson, NJ
Time: 10:00 AM 1:00 PM
Contact Name: Gary L. Brown
Phone Number: (609) 292-3703
Fax Number: (609) 393-4846
E-mail: Gbrown@dhs.state.nj.us
Program: A+ For Kids, Department of Human Services, Foster Parents,
AmeriCorps *Vista
Event: Park Revitalization Activity
Location: Mill Hill Child Development Center, Oakland Avenue, Trenton,
NJ
Time: 1:00 PM 4:00 PM
Contact Name: Gary L. Brown
Phone Number: (609) 292-3703
Fax Number: (609) 393-4846
E-mail: Gbrown@dhs.state.nj.us