Jersey Cares is a state-wide non-profit that recruits and engages volunteers in rewarding, effective efforts that address community-identified needs. Following Hurricane Sandy, thousands of people have registered with Jersey Cares, offering to help their neighbors recover from the devastation. Our $30,000 relief grant will provide additional staffing and other operational funding, allowing Jersey Cares to effectively deploy thousands of people across the state to help affected areas rebuild and recover.
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Organizations, both small and large, are leveraging online tools and social media to better inform their donors and showcase the work they do.
Yesterday our Management Assistance team hosted a workshop for 35 representatives from various Robin Hood funded programs highlighting the importance of online marketing, communication and fundraising. Topics included: website design, blogging, social media, emails and online giving platforms.
Grantee workshops are just one way that Robin Hood enhances our investments and adds value to each dollar donated.
City Harvest, a Robin Hood-grantee, can now rescue even more food for hungry New Yorkers. With the help of a $550,000 Robin Hood capital grant, City Harvest opened a 45,400-square-foot food rescue facility in Long Island City in 2011.
With areas to temporarily store dry goods, refrigerated space, freezer space, loading docks, a volunteer area, and room for a state-of-the-art kitchen for nutrition education, City Harvest’s new facility gives the world’s first and New York City’s only food rescue organization the space and opportunity to grow efficiently.
In the face of rising need, in coming years City Harvest will be able to double the amount of rescued food it provides in the five boroughs to 60 million pounds of food annually, all while keeping its overall cost to rescue and deliver a pound of food low.
Photos courtesy of City Harvest.
Help New York City’s senior citizens stay cool in the summer heat. Volunteer tomorrow at the Robin Hood-funded Met Council’s Ice Cream Social! Visit their website for more information.
Photo Credit: Strawberry Ice Cream Cone (by TheCulinaryGeek)
Diane McNulty, Executive Director of Corporate Communications for The New York Times Company.
We are proud to share that two of the three New York Times Nonprofit Excellence Awards recipients are Robin Hood-funded organizations. Congratulations to City Harvest and Sanctuary for Families! Learn more here.
The Released Project – What Happens After Incarceration?
The Released Project is produced by Robin Hood-supported Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) which helps 2,000 newly-released ex-offenders and parolees find work each year. Three photographers documented the lives of nine formerly incarcerated individuals, capturing their highs and lows, triumphs and struggles in a series of powerful images.
See The Released Project here.
KIPP Report Card: All A’s
School may be out, but KIPP is definitely in. The Robin Hood-funded program released its annual report card, revealing that its students outperform their peers nationally in math and reading. KIPP schools also boast higher graduation and college matriculation rates than the national average.
View the infographic.
Skype CEO Tony Bates
Partnership for Children, a Robin Hood-funded program in New York City, “was offered the opportunity to replicate the program in the Detroit public school system…Using Skype, the trainers were able to supplement their visits with face-to-face workshops held over video calls. This saved time and money, and literally enabled staff to be in two places at the same time.” Read more here.
