New Jersey – GrassROOTS Community Foundation

Give Thanks

GrassROOTS Community Foundation in partnership with Uzima Dance Fitness and Kindred The Family Soul are uniting once more to #GiveThanks. TeamTia + TeamLisa + TeamAja + TeamJanice are united to = TeamGive. Collaboratively, we are raising $20,000 to support girls, women and families in Newark, Philadelphia and Boston. Funds raised will provide meals for elders and community members at Georgia King Village, Newark, NJ; families in Philadelphia, PA who are food-insecure and domestic violence survivors in Boston, MA…

SuperCamp 2020 (Virtual)

The same camp that trained SuperGirl Marley Dias, founder of the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign, is now accepting applicants. If you live in and around Essex County, New Jersey, you are eligible to apply for our SuperGirlsSociety (SGS) and our summer academy SuperCamp. SGS is a family-based yearlong leadership development program for girls of African descent and their caregiving circle. This sisterhood and service group provides training in African and African-American history, public speaking, mental, sexual and physical health as well as…

Families in New Jersey and Georgia are the real winners of the #TurkeyChallenge

Mona Scott-Young is the undisputed champion of the GrassROOTS Turkey Challenge beating board members, Lisa Maxwell and Dr. Janice Johnson. But the real winners are the hundreds of families who received healthy meals this holiday season. Funds raised by the competitive turkey challenge allowed GrassROOTS to purchase 20lb turkeys, organic fruit and veggies for families at Georgia King Village in Newark and QLS Gardens in Atlanta. For pictures of the GrassROOTS Give Back events go to: Georgia King…

End Period Poverty in Newark NJ

Girls in poverty will miss almost one third of a school year, simply because they are a girl. Thirty-seven states tax girls and women for period products. As early as age 9, the majority of girls will begin menstruation. This launch into womanhood constitutes many changes to their lives. For girls with meager and limited resources menstruation introduces new and more stressful financial burdens. The consequences of which can impede their educational achievements. The effects are compounded for those…

SuperGirls Showcase

SuperGirls Showcase what they learned during SuperCamp 2019 Join our brilliant and talent group of girls as they share what they have learned during SuperCamp 2019. At the showcase, SuperGirls will: Perform Poetry Dance Afrobeats Dance Hip-hop Present their academic research SuperCamp is a leadership camp for girls of African descent. We train girls to use their gifts and talents to make a difference in the world. During our intensive leadership camp girls work to gain or bolster self-efficacy, body…

Wellness Wednesday

Join us for Wellness Wednesdays with the SuperGirls No sign-up necessary 12:15pm with Newark Yoga Movement Military Park Newark, New Jersey Bring water and yoga mat For questions: info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org

Wellness Wednesday

Join us for Wellness Wednesdays with the SuperGirls No sign-up necessary 10:00am with Uzima Dance Fitness The Episcopal Church of St. Andrew and Holy Communion 160 South Orange Ave. South Orange, New Jersey 07079 Bring water and yoga mat For questions: info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org

Wellness Wednesday

Join us for Wellness Wednesdays with the SuperGirls No sign-up necessary 12:15pm with Newark Yoga Movement Military Park Newark, New Jersey Bring water and yoga mat For questions: info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org

Wellness Wednesdays

Join us for Wellness Wednesdays with the SuperGirls No sign-up necessary 10:00am with Uzima Dance Fitness The Episcopal Church of St. Andrew and Holy Communion 160 South Orange Ave. South Orange, New Jersey 07079 Bring water and yoga mat For questions: info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org

Support #WhatOrphansWant

Join SuperGirl Olivia in granting the wishes of children in Haiti. Using the power of song, we are raising funds to help children in Haiti. About this Event There are more than 32,000 orphaned youth living in Haiti, more than anywhere in North America, do not always get what they wish. Most of these children became orphans after the 2010 earthquake, placed in orphanages by their parents to keep them alive. Others are in orphanages because their family members…