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Links to Community Events
Please see this week’s events about the great things happening in our community. Let us know what is happening with your group. If you have an event, you would like advertised, please email mdecker@newtonnj.org.
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Growing Stage Winter Academy, Feb 28- March 21
Braves Lacrosse Registration Closing
Newton United Recreation Soccer Registration
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Apply for the Youth Preparedness Council
Do you know a teen who has a passion for preparedness? FEMA is accepting applications for its 2021 Youth Preparedness Council (YPC). Since 2012, FEMA has brought youth from across the Nation together to serve on the YPC. Each year, teens apply to the YPC for an opportunity to join FEMA in encouraging emergency preparedness. YPC members are selected for two-year terms. As part of the YPC, members can build leadership skills and represent their schools and communities. They also share their perspectives, feedback, and opinions with FEMA. The YPC gives youth the chance to meet peers from across the country and work on projects, such as preparedness fairs for their communities. A virtual summit in July gives members a chance to meet each other and hear from FEMA experts. The application period is open to teens in grades 8-11 until March 7, 2021. Learn more on Ready Kids and apply here!
Important Links:
FEMA Youth Preparedness Council Application Form: https://go.usa.gov/xAmJh
Application Instructions: https://go.usa.gov/xAmSW
Member Roles and Responsibilities: https://go.usa.gov/xAmSX
Lasagne Love - Request a FREE Lasagne if in Need. IF YOU ARE IN NEED ...or KNOW SOMEONE IN NEED request a FREE LASAGNE or direct someone to ❤️❤️❤️ LASAGNE LOVE ❤️❤️❤️ You will be matched with a volunteer who will personally make and deliver one hot or ready to bake family-sized lasagne. Family can request this once per month.ATTENTION ALL BOYS AND GIRLS
It’s time to register for the 2021 wrestling season. Whether a returning team member, newcomer, or just curious to try out a new sport or get back into athletics after this past year, we have a place for everyone. This is a great opportunity for any boy or girl to try a new and healthy activity during this modified season. Wrestling is sure to boost confidence, build character, and increase endurance for young athletes. Come join our school sponsored program and fall in love with a great sport! Registration information can be found on our web page: http://newtonbravesyouthwrestling.com See you all soon!!
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The Growing Stage Winter classes starting January 16
The Peer Leadership Manna House(Manna House is a local non-profit food pantry)
Reserve a copy of the 2020-2021 Newton High School yearbook today!
This year is different than last, and next year will be different than this one — let’s hope! To help your student remember it all and keep the memories from blurring together, reserve a copy of a 2021 yearbook.
ORDER A YEARBOOK
Please find a message from NHS Junior Julia Decker;
My name is Julia Decker and I am a Junior at Newton High School. For the past 4 years, I have been raising awareness and funds to help children in China and Cambodia get their lip and/or palates repaired. I have successfully raised enough money for 7 repair surgeries over the last 4 years. This started as a school project but has grown into so much more.
A cleft lip and/or palate is a split or opening in the upper lip or roof of the mouth or both. Babies with clefts have a difficult time eating and gaining weight. For the past five years, I have paired up with the organization “Love Without Boundaries” to help sponsor the repair surgeries of orphaned and vulnerable children who are unable to afford the care that they so desperately need.
I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and lived in an orphanage in Central China until I was three and a half years old. An anonymous donor sponsored my lip repair surgery which enabled me to drink formula and grow and thrive. It is my desire to pay it forward and help as many children as I am able.
I’m excited to share that I was recently matched with 2 babies awaiting surgery. If you would like to learn more about my project, please check out the link below or donate. Feel free to share my fundraiser on any social media platforms that you use.
The Smile Project - Make a Donation
The Smile Project - General Information
Sparta Ecumenical Food Pantry Fundraiser
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The Sparta Ecumenical Food Pantry is hosting an online fundraiser in partnership with Mary Kay. The Sparta Ecumenical Pantry supports our Newton Public School families with food donations and holiday meals. If you can support the fundraiser please see the attached flyer for more information. 
New York Blood Center Donate Spaces
The NHS Soccer Booster Club has teamed up with Pure Vida bracelets to make a custom unisex rope bracelet in maroon, white and grey. They should arrive in the next 6 weeks and will be available for $6 each. Please let me know or you email the president of the booster club directly (kathleenhmull@gmail.com) if you would like to purchase one or more.
Sparta Ecumenical Food Pantry is open at the following address on the following times. All families are welcome.
32 Main St Sparta, Nj 07871, 862-266-0563 or 201-306-6148
Hours Through December 23, 2020:
Wednesday 9-3pm, Thursday 4-6:00pm, Friday 9-1pm
Families can now apply for child care tuition assistance to help with the care for children who have remote learning schedules due to the COVID-19 public health emergency through the NJ Department of Human Services. Eligibility requirements, how to apply, and more information about the program can be found at: www.ChildCareNJ.gov or by clicking here.
This program ends December 30, 2020 and applications will be considered until funds for the program are exhausted. In order to meet eligibility you must:
Be a NJ resident with a school-age child 5-13 years old
Your household income does not exceed $75,000 a year
Your child is attending school with either a part-time or full-time remote learning schedule
Heart & Sole - Girl's Positive Youth Development Program for Grades 6-8
The Metro YMCAs partnered with Seashore Produce and Fruit Co. to distribute boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables. Each box is intended to nourish a family of four for about a week.
The USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program offers local pick up for Sussex County is at Fairview Lake YMCA Camps, 1035 Fairview Lake Rd., Stillwater - Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Hunger Free NJ - Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) is a program to help families buy food for their children who normally would get free or reduced-price meals at school before the closures. The benefit for each eligible, school-age child is $416, which covers the days schools were closed due to COVID19. The funds will be available when you activate your card, which is similar to a bank card and protected with a Personal Identification Number (PIN).
Deliver Together High school students from New Jersey have launched Deliver Together to positively impact those affected by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Working together with community leaders, we are organizing free-delivery and errand-runs to mitigate the spread of the disease among those most vulnerable. We believe that it is our obligation to provide aid to those in-need and protect the them from unnecessarily journeying outside the safety of their homes. All the funds provided will cover operational costs, including initiating a website, compensating for gas, and protective gear for volunteers. This initiative will drastically lower the chances of elderly coming in contact with the disease by ensuring they remain within the confines of their home. Deliver Together is counting on your support to help move this initiative forward and defeat and the novel Coronavirus. We welcome any donations and suggestions and are extremely grateful for those who support this initiative!
Sussex County Hunger Coalition Membership Drive
Helping Low-Income Consumers Stay Connected During the COVID19 Pandemic Through the Federal Lifeline Program
Project Self-Sufficiency’s Food Project, Nourishing our Neighbors, is available to all Sussex and Warren County families in need throughout the summer, regardless of whether or not they are agency participants. The attached flyer provides details about how to access assistance.
New Jersey to Launch Online Grocery Shopping for SNAP Recipients
SNAP Benefits during Coronavirus
SNAP Benefits during Coronavirus Spanish
There’s an incredible new opportunity for recovered COVID-19 patients to help their community. In coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Red Cross is seeking people who are fully recovered from COVID-19 to sign up to donate plasma to help current COVID-19 patients. If you have recovered from a positive COVID-19 diagnosis and wish to be a convalescent plasma donor, or if you know somebody who has recovered and may want to help in this way, please visit our COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Information Page. You could be eligible to help.
DOES PUBLIC CHARGE APPLY TO YOU?
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How to participate:
Come to the Halsted Cafeteria on Food Distribution Days from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm
Pick up meals for any child, under the age of 18, in your family.
If your family is interested in participating at Halsted please complete this survey. We want to make sure that our Food Service company can meet any new demands.
Como participar:
Venga a la cafetería Halsted los días de distribución de alimentos de 10:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m.
Recoja comidas para cualquier niño menor de 18 años en su familia.
Si su familia participá en el program de alimentos Halsted, complete esta encuesta. Queremos asegurarnos de que nuestros servicios de alimentos puedan satisfacer las necesidades de todas las familias.
TGS TV is a free and easy online hub to incorporate theatre and the arts into yourChildren are now at home and, sometimes, not knowing where to turn when stress boils over into abuse. With your help, by sharing this video, kids in NJ will know to tell a trusted adult who can call 1-877-NJ-ABUSE Hope for Sally, and all children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GgUCavhlZA
Food Pantry Resources:
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The 2020 Census will determine the funding our schools, hospitals and communities get for the next decade! Although the pandemic has impacted and delayed Census operations, people can still self-respond safely, confidentially and easily from home (online at 2020census.gov, over the phone at 844-330-2020 or by mail). To engage your children, you can download a copy of the “We Count!” by clicking here. https://c2cnewton.weebly.com/we-count-books-to-read.html
Concerns surrounding COVID-19 increase by the minute. Low income families are suffering more each day. As this situation develops, we need to ensure those in need are safe, secure, and healthy. Sojihuggles Children’s Foundation has provided over $13,000 in aid to families in need in Sussex County in just the past week alone. We are fortunate to have a very generous donor who will match additional contributions up to $12,000.
ALICE RECOVERY FUND: RESPONDING TO COVID-19 CRISIS IN NJ
Head over to www.Smart911.com to create your Safety Profile. It’s free, private, and secure.
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time
New York Blood Center (NYBC) is extending open hours at its donor centers and urgently requests that healthy donors make appointments to help maintain the region’s blood supply at this critical time.