This week was a big week for mentoring at Pass It Along. We kicked things off on Saturday where we headed down to South 17th Street Elementary School in Newark for our new Saturday School program. Twenty volunteers attended and worked with twenty-five South 17th St. students, preparing them for their state testing in May. […]
Continue readingYesterday, February 14th, marked my first full month at Pass it Along…and what a month it has been! My first week, I saw two huge events that were the result of a ton of effort and planning on the staff’s part long before I arrived: Dodgeball and the National Day of Service project for Martin […]
Continue readingAs a former part-time resident of a shore community, I watched the disaster Hurricane Sandy wrought with a heavy heart. As Sandy was happening, and the initial reports of incredible, unprecedented damages started coming in, I was across the country. My reaction to the devastation was compounded knowing there wasn’t much of a tangible impact […]
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