HomeFront: “Helping Families Break the Cycle of Poverty”
HomeFront is an non-profit agency serving the poor and homeless in Princeton, Lawrenceville, Ewing, and Trenton. Below is an excerpt from HomeFront’s website.
HomeFront’s Mission:
“HomeFront programs provide emergency shelter and transitional and affordable housing. Our mission is to meet the immediate needs of food, shelter and safety and to help the troubled families break from the cycle of poverty. We work with single mothers, single fathers and families with histories of domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse and intergenerational welfare. We also work with normal families who just cannot make ends meet in a declining economy.”
Because of the way the economy has been, a record number of families looked to HomeFront for help last year. This past April 1,059 “heads of the household” came to HomeFront. This is a 57% increase over 2008.
HomeFront holds Volunteer Orientation meetings at 6pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Meetings are held at HomeFront headquarters at 1880 Princeton Avenue in Lawrenceville. To register to attend a meeting, email getinvolved@homefrontnj.org.
Not able to make a meeting, but want to get involved?
Contact Alicia Portalatin at (609)989-9417 x133 or at AliciaP@homefrontnj.org for information about ways to get involved and help out.
The Rowan Rec Center will be hosting a holiday event for children from HomeFront. I will have more information on this event next time.
“HomeFront believes that Americans have the will, the energy and the heart to help when given a chance.”
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