Give Thanks – Page 3 – GrassROOTS Community Foundation

Turkey Giveaway

November 8, 2016
Dr. Janice Johnson Dias
Events

GrassROOTS in collaboration with the City of Newark will distribute turkeys and fresh fruits and vegetables to 6,000 Newark residents.

Marley Dias and Mona Scott-Young host GrassROOTS Give Thanks Benefit Gala

October 31, 2016
Dr. Janice Johnson Dias
Events

Join The GrassROOTS Community Foundation, and co-host Mona Scott-Young (CEO, Monami Entertainment) and Marley Dias (Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks) on November 19th for our annual Give Thanks Benefit Gala. Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, New Jersey from 7-11pm. For tickets: http://givethanksgala.eventbrite.com. The purpose of the Give Thanks Benefit Gala is to raise funds to support our work in New Jersey. As a social action and public health organization, we provide health and wellness programs for women, girls and community…

Join Our Turkey Challenge

October 19, 2016
Dr. Janice Johnson Dias
Fundraising Campaigns, GrassROOTS Gives, GrassROOTS News

For the past six years, GrassROOTS has been providing necessary resources for Newark, the West Ward neighborhood and the over 1,000 families living at Georgia King Village, a housing development in Newark, and home to a significant number of single, black mothers and their children. Almost 30 percent of Newark’s residents live below the US poverty threshold and 1 in 5 residents of Essex County are food insecure. This year we have partnered with the City of Newark and the…