Routine Wednesday visiting the #LBOT

#LBOT represents Library Boxes of Trenton.

Today I met Miss Peaches at the Lawrence St Community Garden across the street from George Page Park off of Olden Ave.

While traveling through the north ward I saw this box distributing books.

I am not certain who Created this box, manages it etc., but I knew today I had to support it!

Make sure you stop by the Creation of an #LBOT at the 2nd Annual Trenton Makers Day Event happening on Friday July 28th from 10a to 3p, more information available at www.trentonmakers.org

In the interim have a look and listen to my chat with Alex Rivera of My Brothers Keeper sharing about Trenton Makers Day 2017.

https://soundcloud.com/trenton365/alex-rivera-trenton-makers-day

For up to date information about the Trenton 365 Show air schedule visit the website
www.trenton365.com

United Way of Greater Mercer County "Strike Out Hunger" event

Here is some information from our Strike Out Hunger event the other day.

·         52 event staff

·         27 partners and sponsors

·         38 teams

·         600+ participants

·         Nearly 178,000 bowls of oatmeal packaged

Our key partner in the event was Mercer Street Friends Food Bank.

Sponsors included:

·         Wegmans

·         Horizon NJ Health

·         Johnson & Johnson

·         Wells Fargo

·         Case’s Pork Roll

·         Nordson

·         Stark & Stark

·         Ancero

·         East Windsor Education Association

·         NJM

·         Mercadien

·         Wawa

UWGMC also partnered with ten community agencies in Mercer County to expand the focus on summer hunger. These agencies have collectively been awarded $75,000 to purchase additional food to stock their pantries for the upcoming summer months. The goal is to assist more children, families, and other vulnerable individuals to help prevent hunger over the summer.

·         Arm In Arm

·         Catholic Charities

·         Mt. Carmel Guild

·         RISE

·         HomeFront

·         Trenton Area Soup Kitchen

·         Jewish Family & Children’s Service

·         Meals on Wheels of Mercer County

·         Rescue Mission of Trenton

·         Mercer Street Friends Food Bank

We are also partnering with Advocates for Children of NJ, the City of Trenton and the County of Mercer to produce flyers to help make vulnerable populations aware of free summer meals in our area.

In partnership,

Cheri

Cheri Hennessy Durst

Vice President of Development & Strategic Partnerships

United Way of Greater Mercer County

609-637-4904

Cheri.durst@uwgmc.org

http://www.uwgmc.org/

Crossroads Corporate Center

3150 Brunswick Pike, Suite 230

Lawrenceville, NJ  08648

Have a look at some images I captured of the event.

Images of the United Way of Greater Mercer County "Strike Out Hunger"event.

Have a listen to some archived interviews with Tarry Truitt on the Trenton 365 Show

Trenton Civic Trust

Several years ago when I took a week long training for Community Organizing I had no idea what was going to happen.

I was always interested in the lives of others and found joy spending time with people of various backgrounds.

In Trenton NJ we have a group of citizens who are actively involved in the process of addressing areas of concern and seeking solutions through a no-blame approach.  The Trenton Civic Trust is part of the Citizens Campaign, a non-profit organization.

On August 5, 2017 we will have a statewide gathering called the Civic Summit

WE INVITE YOU TO

THE CIVIC SUMMIT

Empowering – Motivational – Educational

SATURDAY – AUGUST 5, 2017

LOCATION: Rutgers Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations Building

50 Labor Center Way – New Brunswick, NJ 08901

[Parking available on-site]

SCHEDULE: 9:00 – 10:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

PROGRAM: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm -- - Lunch will be provided.

10:00 – 11:00 am

The Power of Citizens, School Board Members and the Superintendent

Panelists: Jonathan Busch, The Busch Law Group

Dale Caldwell, President, New Brunswick Board of Education

Nicole Okun, Former Superintendent, Old Bridge Public Schools

11:00 am - Noon

Navigating Through Political Obstacles: In depth guide to the 10 Step Problem-Solving Process

Panelists: Harry Pozycki, The Citizens Campaign

Rob Horowitz, Political Strategy Consultant

Noon – 1:00 pm

Lunch/Media Literacy: Depicting Fact from Fiction in the News

Keynote Speaker: Joe Amditis, Center for Cooperative Media

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Civic Trusts-- -Open Discussion: Collaborating on Solutions

Panelists: Harry Pozycki, The Citizens Campaign

Joel Rosa, The Citizens Campaign

RSVP: Seating is Limited! RSVP to Evelyn Torres at evelyn@thecitizenscampaign.org  

In the interim have a look at some images from past Trenton Civic Trust meetings.