The Family Promise Youth Council is looking forward to another exciting year of service and friendship. All high school students in Bergen County are eligible to participate. Interested in learning more about the Youth Council's mission and volunteering...
It’s just about one year ago that Gino Reina contacted Family Promise with an offer to provide a monthly donation of hot food to the Walk-in Dinner Program. Obviously we enthusiastically accepted! Since that time, Gino has been generously funding the donation from the...
Before Olivia Carbonaro became Family Promise of Bergen County’s new accountant, she was for years a dedicated volunteer. In that capacity, she learned things they don’t necessarily stress in accounting classes. One is to look around. Here’s an example. In 2021 Olivia...
In 2020, the Family Promise sheltering network of congregations, serving working families experiencing homelessness, was forced to close due to the pandemic. In its place, the Bridge Network was developed, and continues to assist families on their road to stability...
The mission of FP is to provide temporary shelter and individualized support to working families experiencing homelessness. Experiencing homelessness? Why don’t we just say, “homeless families”? We see too much potential in the families we serve to allow them to be...
As summer comes to an end, so does another year of Camp Lots-of-Fun, Family Promise’s annual two-week day camp for children ages 5-12 who have experienced homelessness. In addition to welcoming many boys and girls from our own shelter and support programs, we once...
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