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O F
The
Children’s
Home Society
NEW
J E R S E Y
A n n u a l Re p o r t
2008 - 2009
Saving Children’s
Lives and Building
Healthy Families
Since 1894
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“Hope"
is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops - at all And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard And sore must be the storm That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm Emily Dickinson, Poem 254
OUR MISSION
The mission of The Children’s Home Society
of New Jersey is saving children’s lives and
building healthy families.
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A Message of Hope
from The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey’s President & CEO and Board Chair
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mily Dickinson so beautifully articulated what
it means to have the flame of hope give one the
strength and peace of mind to carry oneself through
tough times. Why have we chosen it as our theme
for this year’s annual report? Hope is a most critical
human need. It is what our staff instills in those atrisk children and parents with whom we work.
No matter how we want to help a parent or child
change their behavior or understand what confusion
or bad thing has happened to them or plan for going
forward into the future, nothing will change unless
hope prevails. Many we serve have dealt with unfair
treatment or terrible circumstances they have had to
survive. We offer hope that things will be different
or the belief that life could be better in the future.
We work to make sure that when a child comes
home from school they will not find their family
evicted. We work to make sure that when they
come home there will be food for dinner. We work
with extended family and friends so that the response of those caring for them can become consistently loving and positive. We lend our belief that
they can control their choices and behaviors. We
work at CHS of NJ so that the family, the school
and the neighborhood they live in will become more
supportive, caring and safe.
Many of the children and parents when we first
meet them tell us they feel hopeless and that nothing can ever change for the better. We build trust.
We build faith. We help them see their own strength
and possibilities. We work with our foster parents
and our adoptive parents who, in return, help our
children believe in themselves. We work with grandparents raising their young
grandchildren. We work
with teachers, health care
professionals, early childhood specialists together as
partners, and together we
produce the outstanding
outcomes you will see on the
following pages. It takes all
of us to care and make the difference in a child’s life, to help
them believe they are good
and worthwhile.
Donna C. Pressma and Friends
President & CEO
We know you, our supporters, understand that
not one of us can survive or thrive without hope.
That it is what you give with every dollar and resource you send to us to spend on our children and
families. Yes, these are very challenging times with
job loss, health insurance loss, home loss. These
times are producing larger than ever numbers of atrisk children and families needing our services.
With severe stress economically, child abuse and
neglect incidents are increasing in New Jersey and in
the nation. We can prevent that for the next child.
We know and understand what works. At CHS of
NJ we utilize every resource as judiciously as possible. Our administrative and fundraising overhead is
kept to 3.7% (8% is the nation’s “best practice”
standard for a well-managed child welfare agency).
All donations go to direct services for our children.
Dr. Christine Côté, M.D.
Chair, Board of Directors
Read our statistics, but more importantly see the
smiles on our children’s faces. They tell you that
your generous support along with our dedicated and
trained staff ’s positive interventions can bring hope,
joy and success. You have given each child and parent the hope they must have as they do the hard
work of changing their behaviors or changing their
circumstances or dealing with their future.
Thank you for being there for our children, especially in these challenging and most difficult times.
Every dime and every dollar helps another child.
Your being there is irreplaceable. Please keep helping us.
Thank you from our hearts.
Christine Côté, Board Chair
Donna C. Pressma, President & CEO, CHS of NJ
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WE HELP CHILDREN SUCCEED IN LIFE THROUGH QUALITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
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e bring hope to at-risk children through services that build loving families and safe and healthy homes. In addition to providing free foster care for
infants and toddlers awaiting adoption, we offer free counseling and temporary foster care to birth parents needing time to decide what is best for
their newborn. If they do choose adoption, we work with them to find loving parents for their baby. If they choose to keep their baby, we make sure
they have a caring, safe and realistic plan. We also provide intensive counseling and outreach services to abused or neglected children who have been
placed in state foster homes. To insure safe and caring permanency for these state children when it is deemed unsafe for them to return to their birth
parents, we help to place them with their extended family members or into non-relative adoptive homes.
Child Welfare/Permanency (2008-09)
2,072 children and adults benefited from these services
O Birth Parent Counseling
Comprehensive, free and confidential
O Infant Foster Care
Includes “Boarder Babies” and “medically fragile” children
O Domestic Adoption
Inquiries, home studies, placements, adoption supervision,
court-appointed adoption complaint investigations
O International Adoption
Inquiries, home studies, placements, adoption supervision
O Intensive Ser vices
For abused or neglected children referred to us by the State
O Kinship Support Ser vices
Includes Kinship Guardian and Kinship Wrap-Around
O Kinship Navigator Services
Photo by: Rona Talcott
Offers financial support and resource and referral help to kin raising
their grandchild, niece or nephew
DID YOU KNOW … between 1,200 and 1,300 New Jersey infants and children become legally free for adoption each year? In 2008, more than 1,400
adoptions were finalized throughout the state. Included in this number were 120 teenagers and 400 children who were adopted together along with
their biological siblings. Through our home studies, supervision, case management and other placement services, CHS of NJ helped contribute to this
number.
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CLINICAL/BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
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1,662 children and adults benefited from these ser vices
hrough a wide range of clinical and behavioral health services we bring
hope to expectant parents with unplanned pregnancies, children with
autism or emotional/ behavioral problems, and families or adult adoptees
seeking post-adoption services. Our SAFE program provides foster homes,
support services and prenatal and postnatal care for pregnant or parenting
teen moms under the age of 18 who have chosen to keep and raise their
babies and cannot live at home. While in the program, SAFE participants
are able to complete their education and acquire advanced job skills
necessary for supporting their child and maintaining employment. They
also learn basic life skills needed to live independently when they leave our
program.
O FACES (Families and Children Enhancing Emotional Success)
Provides individual and family counseling, classroom consultation and
support to parents and their children from birth to age 6 and
comprehensive autism assessment and case management services.
O Grief, Separation and Loss Counseling
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Provides counseling for DYFS foster children who have been
traumatized by their separation from their birth or foster families or the
death of a family member.
O Post Adoption Services
Provides counseling, background reports for adult adoptees, searches &
reunions, behavioral support for adoptive families.
O SAFE (Strengthening Adolescent Families through Empowerment)
Provides foster care and support services for pregnant and parenting
teen moms and their babies.
DID YOU KNOW … New Jersey has the highest rate of autism spectrum
disorders in the nation, and that boys are more likely to have autism than
girls? Nationally, one of every 100 American children are on the autistic
spectrum. In New Jersey, one in every 94 children in the state has been
diagnosed as autistic. Of the 101 behavioral health referrals our FACES
program received last year, 11 were for autism assessments.
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EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES (2008-2009)
23,984 children and adults benefited from these services
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e offer a broad spectrum of parenting education, child care
services and family reunification services through our Ocean
County office that have brought help and hope to thousands of
local families. In addition to recruiting, training and supervising
child care providers, we assist parents in selecting child care
providers who can best meet the needs of their children. We also
provide technical assistance, program referrals, counseling, and
early childhood education and parenting services for at-risk children and parents and childcare subsidy programs for low-income
Ocean County families.
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Child Care Subsidy Programs
NJ Cares for Kids, Work First NJ, Child Care Food Program
Child Care Services
Special needs family childcare and respite care, kinship
childcare, post adoption childcare, childcare resource and
referrals
Health Consultation and Coordination
Strengthening Families through Early Care and Education
Professional Development and Training
Family Child Care Registration
Family Reunification
Parent Education Campaign
Helping Caring Families
Respite and supportive counseling for Ocean County parents
with special needs young children
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DID YOU KNOW … that one in four households in New Jersey spends
more than half of their income on rent, leaving little money left for food,
health care, clothing and other essentials? Through our New Jersey
Department of Human Services Child Care Subsidy programs last year, CHS
of NJ provided needed assistance to 2,536 Ocean County children and
their families.
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SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS (2008-09)
1,347 children and adults benefited from these programs
ur two school-based youth development programs teach students in Trenton, Princeton and Cranbury leadership skills, life skills and
constructive ways to handle stress, anger and negative peer pressure that could otherwise lead to substance abuse, bullying, premature
sexual activity or other self-destructive behaviors. By helping them “stay on track” and lead productive lives during their teenage years, these
programs give students participating in them the chance for succeeding in school and hope for a brighter future.
Kids Intervention with Kids in School (KIKS)
KIKS is a primary prevention program focused on 5th and 6th
graders. We train older adolescents with leadership skills to
serve as positive role models for younger KIKS students. The
decision-making skills, life skills, communication skills, coping
skills and enhanced self-esteem they learn through KIKS not
only have helped thousands of our youth succeed but also
have helped reduce the incidence of substance abuse, school
violence, bullying, gang related activities, teen pregnancies and
drop-out rates in their schools.
NJ After 3 – Positive Impact
NJ After 3 offers Trenton middle school students a chance to
enhance their learning experiences by participating in afterschool drama and dance classes, sports, academic tutoring,
recreational games and volunteer civic activities to become all
they can be and avoid negative activities on the streets.
The Children’s Home Society of NJ’s NJ After 3 Go Getters program, led by Louise
McCants-Shabazz (right) was recently honored with the “P
Promising Practice” presented
by Mark Valli, President/CEO of NJ After 3. Trenton High School students in this program
mentor and provide positive leadership to the current NJ After 3 students at Grace A.
Dunn Middle School. Helping accept this award on behalf of the program were (l to r)
Jordan Nixon, Isaac Jones, Reggie Williams, Kameron Thomas, and Marquis Stout.
DID YOU KNOW … that New Jersey’s high school graduation rate of 83.3% exceeded the national average of 70.6 % in 2008?
Programs like “KIKS” and “NJ After 3” are helping to keep at-risk kids in school, especially in the urban school districts of Trenton.
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COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES (2008-09)
4,552 children and adults benefited from these ser vices
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n collaboration with Children’s Futures (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), Capital Health, the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, the State of New Jersey
Department of Children and Families and other community partners, we provide a wide range of community services for at-risk children and families
living in Trenton and Mercer County.
North & South Ward Family Success Parent/
Child Center Programs:
Our Parent/Child Family Success Centers in Trenton’s
North and South Wards have each become a source
of hope and support for families needing counseling,
health services, mental health assessments, referrals
or linkages for help with housing or employment,
computer training and family literacy programs.
Our two centers are in partnership with Children’s
Futures and the New Jersey Department of Child
and Family Services.
Family Support and Latino Outreach Programs
Our family support and Latino outreach programs have
brought hope and needed assistance to Latino and Spanishspeaking parents through culturally sensitive health and social
services.
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CUNA is a 6-week, 12-session prenatal and postnatal
health and parenting education class for new or expectant
Spanish-speaking mothers. In addition to improving birth
outcomes and strengthening parenting skills, it now serves
as a social support network for Latina women. CUNA is
a partnership program with Capital Health and many
other community agencies.
BURP parenting program
(for parents and very young children)
MAYA Program
(for CUNA “graduates: who wish to serve as mentors)
Photographed right with their children.
Safety Education Workshops
(for parents and older children)
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Fun with Books & Music
A nine-week family literacy program for families
with children ages from 0-6, Fun with Books &
Music uses children’s literature and music to support
the development of pre-literacy skills and school
readiness in young children. The program focuses
on the emotional and social development of infants
and toddlers and stresses to parents the importance of
smiling, touching, holding, talking, singing and reading
to their young children at home. Fun with Books &
Music is offered in both English and Spanish cycles.
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A GIFT OF HOPE FOR JANE AND BABY REBECCA
he urgent request for our
services came from the hospital social worker just a few
hours after Rebecca was born. The
hospital worker told us they had a
young, unmarried student who
had just given birth and was very
upset over what to do. Jane was a
high school student who hadn’t
told anyone she was pregnant. In
fact, Jane’s family learned about
her condition only after she had
gone into labor and they came to
the hospital in shock and confusion. They called another agency
on Jane’s behalf to ask for guidance and help, but that agency refused to provide any services to
Jane unless Jane first agreed to sign
an adoption release within 72
hours. Because Jane and her family were unsure of what they
wanted to do and needed time to
consider the alternatives, the hospital social worker suggested they
contact us. Our CHS of NJ counseling never pressures birth parents.
We want them to carefully think
through all realistic possible plans
for their baby. We just want every
baby to have a secure and loving
family in which to grow.
Upon receiving the call, our
CHS of NJ birth parent counselor
and our foster care worker went
immediately to the hospital and
met with Jane and her parents.
They told the family about the
free, confidential, support and
counseling services we offer, answered their questions and assured
them that the decision to keep Rebecca or place the baby for adoption was theirs alone to make.
Still feeling overwhelmed and
uncertain about whether she could
keep and raise her baby while in
high school, Jane chose to have
Rebecca temporarily placed with
one of our loving CHS of NJ foster
families while she further thought
through her options with our
counselor, with her family and
with the baby’s father. She asked
that CHS of NJ help her by making
sure Rebecca had all the necessary
medical check-ups a newborn
needs. Our CHS of NJ foster parent assuredly took Rebecca to all
her well baby appointments.
During the next few weeks the
CHS of NJ birth parent counselor
met with Jane, the birth father and
their families to share information
about Rebecca and to help them
through the questions and issues
they were sorting out. In time, and
with her parents’ support, Jane decided to keep her baby and raise
Rebecca herself. With Rebecca
now at home with her birth
mother and her maternal grandparents, our services focused on
helping the family work out better
communication between the adults
at home, developing a workable
visitation plan for the birth father
and his family who wanted to
visit, and ensuring that Jane could
return to school to complete her
education. Services from CHS of
NJ continued until a determination
was made by both birth parents
that our assistance was no longer
needed. Jane graduated from high
school on the honor roll.
We recently received a photo
of Baby Rebecca taken on her third
birthday, and she is clearly thriving.
Although living with her mother
and her maternal grandparents, she
visits with her father on a regular
basis and has the love of her extended family. Meanwhile, Jane
plans on entering college next fall
to study nursing. Both Mommy
and little Rebecca appear to have a
bright future ahead!
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O U R BO A R D O F D I R E C T O R S 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 0 9
Board Chair - Christine Côté, M.D.
Vice President, Johnson & Johnson
Immediate Past Chair - Rosalind Hunt Doctor, Ph.D.
Independent Psychotherapist
Vice President Community Relations - Meta A. Griffith
Owner, Griffith Electric Supply Company
Vice President Fiscal Affairs - William A. Godfrey III
Executive Vice President, Elsevier
Vice President Policy - Kati Chupa
Vice President, Johnson & Johnson
Treasurer - Hunter Allen
Business Executive, Clearbrook Financial LLC
Secretar y - James Graham, Ph.D.
Prof. of Psychology, The College of NJ
Ass’t Secretary/Ass’t Treasurer - Donna Pressma
President & Chief Executive Officer, CHS of NJ
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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Miranda Alfonso-Williams, Dir. of Central Resources, GE Healthcare
Lauren Robinson-Brown, Dir. of Communications, Princeton Univ.
Marilyn Carroll, Retired Nurse
Kenneth S. Domzalski, Attorney at Law
Rev. Julio Guzman, Senior Pastor, Living Hope Alliance Church
John Martorana, Owner, Oxford Communications
Bruce McGraw, Ph.D., (Ret.) Supt. Lawrence Twp. Public Schools
Stacey Meisel, Esq., Attorney at Law, Becker Meisel
Shelley Punchatz, Exec. Dir. of Communications/Public Affairs, ETS
Timothy P. Ryan, First Vice Pres. Asset Mgmt. Group, Merrill Lynch
Vivian B. Shapiro, Ph.D., Private Clinical Practice and Consultation
Cordelia M. Staton, Liaison Services Coordinator, Trenton Bd. of Ed.
Ann Stivala, Credit Suisse
Nicholas Ventura, CFP, Ventura Wealth Management
HONORARY BOARD
M. David Atkin, M.D.
Ruth Bartasawitz
Howard M. Berger
Robert E. Berkman
Betty DeBow
Leonard E. Doherty
Burton L. Eichler, Esq.
Leola Ford
Carol G. Kuronya
Nancy Longenecker
Kevin McKenna
Dorothea Coccoli Palsho
Charles S. Papier, M.D.
Judith Papier
William Sheehy
Patrick J. Walsh
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FOSTER PARENTS CLUB
Lisa Acuna, President
TRENTON AUXILIARY
Kristin Hartig, President
SOUTHERN AUXILIARY
Carol Papish, President
Hope sees the invisible,
feels the intangible and
achieves the impossible.
~Charles Caleb Colton
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META A. GRIFFITH: CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF HOPE AND CARING
(Remarks made by Donna Pressma at Meta Griffith’s 100th Birthday Celebration)
“God has a plan for
everyone. Some couples may
have two or three children.
Others may have seven or
eight. But God had a special
plan for Meta Griffith and her
husband, Bill. Over the years
through their work at CHS of
NJ and in the community,
this very special couple had
thousands of children … and
they built a more enriched
community for their children
to grow up in!
“During their long involvement with The Children’s Home Society of New
Jersey, Meta Griffith and her
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beloved Bill helped us to save
children’s lives and to build
healthy families for thousands of at-risk babies and young children, many of
whom have grown up and have families of their own.
“When I came to CHS of NJ in 1986 Meta was already a longstanding
board member and had twice served as board chair. She was a leader in seeing that the agency was thinking strategically and re-thinking what children
needed in each decade. In 1986 Meta led our agency’s strategic planning effort which resulted in the agency going in several important major new directions.
“Meta’s concerns were motivated by the fact that we were losing too
many of our wonderful children and youth to problems that could have been
prevented – substance abuse, too early sex, and other negative behaviors. And
Meta saw the wisdom of having very early intervention, prevention, support
and parent education in early childhood programs. She asked that all needs
for children at that time be reassessed – and we did a study. Meta realized
that the earlier the intervention, the more likely it would result in the positive
development of the young child. Today I’m please to report that 50% of our
budget is allocated to preventive programs for children pregnancy to age 6
and their parents, caretakers and grandparents. Forty percent of our services
today still focus on helping find loving foster homes and adoptive families for
our babies and older children and then helping them with guidance and support as they grow up.
“While Meta’s first concern was for babies, Meta’s second concern was
with youth. What could we do, she wanted to know, to prevent their developing destructive and negative behaviors? They want to be part of the ‘solution,’ not the ‘problem.’ The staff and I studied what was working for youth
across the nation and we came up with our unique and effective KIKS (Kids Intervention with Kids in School) program. Over the past 23 years KIKS has
been in the Trenton school district as well as in the school districts of Princeton,
Cranbury, East Windsor and Lawrence Township.
“Meta’s KIKS youth in Trenton today do fundraising for Multiple Sclerosis by walking 5 miles as a group and asking others to support them for
every mile they walk. They walk from Dunn Middle School to Griffith Electric
and back. Meta herself greets them every year at her business, Griffith Electric,
with lots of refreshments, a big smile and a grateful thank you for their caring
volunteerism. She is so proud of them! She knows that they have healthy hot
chocolate school fundraisers all winter so they can also sponsor themselves in
the MS walkathon in the spring.
“Today, Louise Shabazz has joined me to honor Meta Griffith. She is
the dedicated, creative director of our NJ After 3 and our KIKS school-based
programs. As a child growing up in Trenton, Louise enjoyed many meaningful
summers at Camp Meta, the “Y” camp named after Meta that also reached out
to youth. Louise Shabazz epitomizes Meta’s vision of how to make the world a
better place by raising each generation of our children to become the leaders
for the next generation.
“During her many decades of volunteer service as a member of the
CHS of NJ board of directors, Meta Griffith served two terms as Chairman of
the Board and chaired every major board committee. I still consult with Meta
on agency community issues. At her 100th birthday party I want to share one
thought with all of you who have come to honor her: how Meta and her Bill
have led their lives teaches all of us that children must be our community’s top
priority. There will surely be a special place in Heaven for both of them.”
HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, META!
Note: We wish to thank Meta Griffith for her very generous designation of The Children’s
Home Society of New Jersey as the recipient of the many gifts made in honor of her birthday. She asked that all contributions go to “her children” at CHS of NJ.
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A MOTHER’S DECISION: A BETTER LIFE FOR BABY DANIELLE
he temperature outside was plumT
meting that November afternoon
when Mary and her nine-month-old
daughter Danielle first came to our Trenton office. They had been living on the
streets, Mary explained to the receptionist, and she was afraid her baby would
soon get sick if they remained out in the
cold any longer. A single mom, she had
come to The Children’s Home Society of
New Jersey seeking help for herself and
immediate foster care for Danielle.
Our foster care worker was called to
the lobby. As she introduced herself to
Mary, she noticed the chocolate bar
melting in the baby’s tiny fist. Mary saw
her looking and admitted it was the
only food she had left to give Danielle
that day. Our worker also observed
that Mary’s clothing (and her baby’s)
was wrinkled and dirty and appeared
not to have been changed in days. Our
foster care worker led the two of them
into an empty comfortable room in our
baby clinic and had Mary sit down; then
she took a box of baby wipes, a diaper,
Desitin, a jar of applesauce and a spoon
from the supply closet and handed them
to Mary. Mary smiled gratefully as she
cleaned and fed her baby. While Mary
was taking care of Danielle, our worker
brought Mary a cup of hot coffee and
some coffee cake from a meeting held at
the agency that morning. Then Mary
related to our CHS of NJ worker what
had happened.
Mary told our foster care specialist
that she had been arrested and incarcerated shortly after Danielle was born.
The friends Mary had been living with
promised Mary they would care for
Danielle and meet all her newborn
“well baby” check-ups so Mary agreed
to leave her baby with them. It was
only after her release from jail several
months later that Mary discovered her
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friends had moved away with Danielle.
It took more than a week for Mary to
learn where they were living. When she
did, she found Danielle had a severe diaper rash from rarely being changed and
had never received any of the pediatric
check-ups or immunizations she should
have been given. Upset by her friends’
neglect, Mary took Danielle back and
left their home that day, but without
making any plans
beforehand.
Having few
other friends in
the area, Mary
and her baby
had ended up
living on the
streets until that
morning when,
Mary said, she
was running out
of money and it
had gotten so
cold she realized
she could do it
no longer.
Our CHS of
NJ foster care
worker immediately contacted our
agency’s nurse and pediatrician to have
them evaluate Danielle’s medical condition. She also called one of our loving
CHS of NJ foster parents and asked her
to drive in immediately to meet Mary
and offer Danielle voluntary safe foster
placement in her home. Our foster
mom arrived and gave Mary a big reassuring smile, then she sat and talked
with Mary and our worker. Within two
hours of our foster mom’s arrival, Mary
felt comfortable enough with her to voluntarily place Danielle in her home.
Minutes later, Danielle was bundled up
in clean clothes and a snowsuit and fell
asleep in the arms of her new foster
mother as they left the office to go
home. The CHS of NJ birth parent
counselor also came in to meet Mary.
They talked for a while, and then our
birth parent counselor called another
agency and made arrangements for
Mary to stay at a safe place that would
provide temporary housing for her.
During the month that followed,
Danielle continued to live with her CHS
of NJ foster family. She was
given the medical care and attention she
required while
Mary received
the intensive
counseling she
needed to formulate a plan for
herself and her
baby. Danielle’s
foster family
brought her to
our agency for
her scheduled
visits with Mary,
and when they
did our foster mother spoke to Mary
with compassion and concern and told
her about the progress Danielle was
making each day since she had started
living with them.
As Mary saw Danielle begin to blossom and become a laughing baby she
gradually realized she had an important
decision to make. Mary herself had
been seriously neglected as a young
child, and she had vivid recollections of
being hungry. Moreover, Mary had long
suffered from depression, and she knew
there had been many times in the past
when she could barely care for herself.
She wondered how she could ever take
permanent care of a baby. She loved
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Danielle dearly, but she also knew she
could never give her baby the care and
stability she wanted for her and be able
to find a path of stability for herself. Although it was the most painful and difficult decision she had ever made, Mary
decided it would be best to surrender
Danielle for adoption. She asked us to
help her find a loving home for her
baby and long-term counseling for herself. She said she very much wanted to
help choose Danielle’s new family.
After reading summaries of several of
our CHS of NJ approved adoptive families, Mary selected a couple with no
other children that she thought would
be perfect for Danielle. She liked their
smiles and the fact that they loved their
dog and included it in their family
photo. With our birth parent counselor
and our domestic adoption social
worker both present, Mary and Danielle
met with her baby’s prospective adoptive parents at the agency. After they
had talked for a while, Mary was convinced she had made the right decision
and the adoptive couple agreed that
Danielle was right for them. As they
parted with happy/sad hugs, they
agreed to exchange letters and photographs once a year which pleased Mary.
After Danielle’s placement Mary’s
CHS of NJ birth parent counselor continued to be there for her. She provided
Mary with the support and compassion
she needed to cope with her sadness
and loss. She also arranged for the longterm counseling and other services Mary
would need to begin rebuilding her life.
Giving up her baby hadn’t been easy for
Mary, but she knew Danielle would be
deeply loved and would have the safe
and happy life she wanted for her.
Now it was time for Mary to create a
new life of her own.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2009
he operating budget of The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey relies on funding from government grants and private contributions, with
a major portion of the budget coming from a collaborative partnership with several New Jersey state agencies. Although the funds we receive
from these state grants is critical, we must add our own unrestricted private dollars to most grants in order to provide the level of quality and the
intensity of social services that are imperative to changing the lives of our clients.
PROGRAM INCOME AND EXPENSES, JUNE 1, 2008 THRU MAY 31, 2009
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM:
Government contracts
$17,391,662 89.89%
Donations, fundraising, activities
$1,070,463
Investment dividents and interest
Client Service Fees
United Way
Other
WHERE THE MONEY GOES TO HELP:
Early Childhood
2.30%
$213,517
1.10%
$8,273
TOTALS:
$829
$19,347,555
1.12%
0.04%
0.00%
100%
$11,737,143 61.42%
Permanency Planning
$4,069,373 21.43%
Behavioral Health/Mental Health
$1,389,591
Neighborhood Services
General Administration & Fund Raising
School-based Services
$445,294
$217,517
Endowment Subsidy
5.53%
$1,100,058
4.28%
$413,161
2.52%
$638,229
TOTALS:
6.61%
$19,347,555
3.74%
100.00
NOTE: By COA standards, general administration and fundraising costs of 8% reflect a fiscally responsible and well managed organization.
We are proud to report our expenses are 3.74%, well under the national standard.
A copy of the latest audit by J.H. Cohn, Independent Certified Public Accountants, is on file at the agency’s Trenton office. The investment
advisor for The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey is T. Rowe Price Associates.
The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey Annual Report Year Ending May 31, 2009
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A Special Thanks to Our Loyal Donors
We want to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to each of the individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations listed below for making contributions
between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009 to benefit our children. Some are first-time donors, and we welcome them into the CHS of NJ family. Others are faithful and longtime friends whose generous and ongoing support through the years has improved the lives of thousands of at-risk children and their families. All donors are listed according to
the cumulative amount they have given since becoming a part of the CHS of NJ family. No gift has ever been too small to help. For a child in need of food, clothing, a safe
home or a loving family, even one dollar can bring life-saving assistance and hope for a better future. We thank each and every one of you for being there for our children!
Cumulative Gifts
Totaling $100,000
or More
CHS of NJ Bucks Auxiliary
CHS of NJ Trenton Auxiliary
Capital Health
Children's Futures
Danellie Foundation
Fannie E. Rippel Foundation
(Estate of )Dorothy Feige
Mrs. William Griffith
Hampton W. Cook Trust
Janssen, L.P
Merrill Lynch Corporation
Prudential Foundation
United Way Greater Mercer Co.
(Estate of) Flora Yates
Cumulative Gifts Totaling
$50,000 - $99,999
(1 Anonymous)
Mr. Hunter Allen
M. David Atkin, M.D.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Car Program LLC
Christine Cote, M.D.
Gordon & Llura Gund Foundation
Johnson & Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Duncan MacMillan
Mr. William Sheehy III
Mr. Robert Teweles
Wachovia
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Walsh
Cumulative Gifts
$25,000 - $49,999
(1 Anonymous)
Mr. Howard Berger
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Berkman
Bloomberg
Rosalind Hunt Doctor, Ph.D.
Driscoll’s Strawberry Associates
Educational Testing Service
GE Volunteers Foundation
Mr. William Godfrey III
Dr. & Mrs. Cyrus Hoffman
JH Cohn LLP
Mahlon Shreve Trust
Mr. Kevin McKenna
Mr. & Mrs. J. Steven Mueller
Oxford Communications
Mr. Paul Ramsdell
Roebling Urban Renewal Assoc. LLC
Scheide Fund
United Way of Ocean County
United Way of Southeastern PA
Wachovia Foundation
Wine Legend
Cumulative Gifts
$10,000 - $24,999
Mrs. Sarah Bone
CHS of NJ Foster Parents Club
Mrs. Marilyn Carroll
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Kenneth Domzalski, Esq.
Fox Rothschild LLP
G. Whitney Gilbert Charitable Fund
Mr. Charles Gilbert
Griffith Electric Supply Company
Harold Kramer Foundation
Highland Mills Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Horowitz
Lawrence Family Trust
Dorothea & Edward Palsho
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Papish
Mrs. Donna Pressma
Mrs. Shelly Punchatz
Mr.& Mrs. Charles Rue, Jr.
Rue Insurance Company
Vivian Shapiro, Ph.D.
Sophronia Smith Trust
Mrs. Anne Stivala
Mr. Frank Till
Trane Company
Trenton Thunder Baseball Club
Mr. Nicholas Ventura
Cumulative Gifts Totaling
$5,000 – $9,999
(5 Anonymous)
ARC Foundation
Becker Meisel
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Belding
Mr. Martin Borosko
Mr. Harold Bowlby
Mr. & Mrs. William Carson
Mrs. Kati Chupa
Mr. & Mrs. John Clarke
Credit Suisse Foundation Trust
Mr. Vincent Cuiule
Mr. Leonard Doherty
Paul & Susan Dutko
Elmer Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of Hamilton
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Gleeksman
Dr. & Mrs. Peter Guzzo
Holy Innocents Episcopal Church
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Hudson
Hun School
Investors Savings Bank
Charitable Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy King
Lenox, Socey, Wilgus,
Formidoni & Casey
Mrs. Nancy Longenecker
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Loser
Dr. & Mrs. Mario Maiese
Bruce McGraw, Ph.D.
Merck & Company, Inc.
Mr. Frank Musumici
New Jersey Business & Industry
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Notta
Novo Nordisk Inc.
Novo Nordisk Matching Gift Program
Pfizer Inc.
Mrs. Jane Pratt
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Roche
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Schiffman
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Sheridan
Mr. Thomas Stanowski
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. John West
Mrs. Janet Winther
Hugo Yepez
Zonta Club of Trenton
Cumulative Gifts Totaling
$1,000 – $4,999, cont.
(4 Anonymous)
Mr. & Mrs. Bernardino Albence, Jr.
Mrs. Miranda Alfonso-Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Anderson
Ms. Evelyn Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Applebaum
P. Armstrong
Mr. Anthony Artuso
Mr & Mrs. Joel Bacher
Ruth & Harry Bartasawitz
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Beaber
Mr. Ben Becker
Mrs. Wendy Benchley
Ms. Ellen Bennewitz
Ms. Francesca Benson
Mr. Michael Bernstein
Mrs. Anna Bijacsko
Mrs. Dorothy Blake
Fred & Josephine Borgini
Ms. Kimberly Brandley
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Brenner
Mr. John Burgner
Ms. Maureen Burke
Mr. & Mrs. A. Dean Burling
Martin Carey & Christiana Kirzecky
Mrs. Emily Carter
Caryl Communications Inc.
Mrs. Virginia Chafey
Christ the King Episcopal Church
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ciaccia
Mr. & Mrs. John Cirignano
Mrs. M. Beatrice Class
Mr. & Mrs. John Colman
Roger N. & Ruth G. Conklin Fund
Covance, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Cowen
Mr. & Mrs. John Crane
The Rev. Lois Creighton
R. Paul & Doris Croshaw
Mrs. Robert L. Crozer
Anne & Richard Cummings
Mr. John Cunningham
Mr. & Mrs. Charles D'Addario
Mrs. Dorothy Davall
William & Grace Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel DeBow
Mr. William Doyle
Mrs. Barbara Schmid Drake
Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church
Mr. Burton Eichler
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Ela
Enfasco, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Esser
Maxine & Steve Farmer
Mrs. James Fawns
Mr. Robert Feitler
Mr. & Mrs. Rupert Fenz
Ms. Judith Fernandez
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ferry III
Mrs. Joan Fischer
Mrs. Myra Fischman
Mr. Archie Foor
Mrs. Gwen Forte
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Fralinger
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Freda
Mrs. Leslie Frommer
Mrs. Dorothy Gardiner
Ms. Bertha Gaventa
Mrs. Virginia Gavin
GE Healthcare No. America
Mrs. Jane Gerhart
Ms. Joan Girgus
& Mr. Alan Chimacoff
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Goodman
James Graham, Ph.D.
Dr. & Mrs. James Graves
Mrs. Dorothy Grimsley
Mr. Barker Gummere, Jr.
Ms. Eleanor Haines
Dr. William Haines
Mrs. Lois Hainsselin
Mr. David Handschin
Mrs. Marjorie Harris
Harvard Maintenance Service
Harvest Moon Basket Company
Mr. Walter Henkel
Mr. & Mrs. Verne Hoffman
Ms. Madeline Holterhoff
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Hordis
Mrs. Karen Horgan-Peltier
Mr. Fred Hughson & Ms. Liz Gavis
Dorothy & Charles Hullfish
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hurley
Mr. & Mrs. Aubrey Huston
Ms. Dolores Ijames-Bryant
Mrs. Angela Imhof
Mr. Joseph Imler
Mr. Christopher Jaeger, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Jankunis
Mr. Robert Jewell
Ms. Rosemary Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Kaplan
Mr. & Mrs. Alick Kennedy
Mr. Wayne Kenney
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Kerschner
Mr. & Mrs. John Kingham
Mrs. Evelyn Kittner
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C.J. Kitto, Jr.
Kiwanis Club ofTrenton
Mr. & Mrs. Clive Klatzkin
Klatzkin & Company, LLP
Kohl’s
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kraft
Kraft Foods
L-3 Communications
Ms. Anne LaBate
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Largmann
The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey Annual Report Year Ending May 31, 2009
Linda & Bill Leib
Mr. Frederick Levinton
& Ms. Elizabeth Phillips
Nona & Audrey Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Link
Mr. & Mrs. Norwood Long
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Lorenz
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Lowe
Mr. Thomas Mackin
Drs. Barbara Marroccoli
& Robert Ford
Robert Mattucci, M.D.
McCaffrey's Market
McGraw-Hill Community Partners
McGraw-Hill Companies
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McLuckie
Jackie & Cy Meisel
Mr. Earl Meixell
Memorial Baptist Church
Mr. & Mrs. John Mercurio
Merrill Lynch Employees Campaign
Ms. Deborah Meyer
Mrs. Jayne Monaco
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Monahan
Mr. John Montemurro
John & Alice Mueller
Ms. Barbara Mulder
Ms. Patricia Nardone
Diane & Paul Newman
Mr. & Mrs. John Notta, Jr.
Ms. Jane Notta
Order of the Eastern Star Past
Matron's Assoc., 16th District
Order of the Eastern Star,
Tuckerton Chapter #54
Mr. & Mrs. John O’Neill
NJ Dept, of Health/Senior Services
Osram Sylvania
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Painter
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Papier
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Paric
Mrs. Susan Bennett Parks
Mr. & Mrs. Everest Perusini
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Popson
Ms. Laura Prato & Dr. Howard Holtz
Preferred Children’s Services, Inc.
Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville Mrs.
Mildred Priest
Prior Nami Business Systems
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Pucciarelli
Mrs. Alice Pulieri
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Raenke
Mrs. Karen Raskasky
Mrs. Barbara Reinhard
Renaissance Reinsurance LTD
Mr. Joseph Riso
Ms. Lauren Robinson-Brown
Mrs. Carol Rohrer
Roma Savings Bank
Mr. & Mrs. H.L.Boyer Royal
Royal Wine Corporation
Mrs. Doris Schattschneider
Mrs. Carolyn Schroth
Seiler Group at Smith Barney
Ms. Carolyn May Semento
Mrs. Barbara Shively
Joseph & Virginia Sibilla
Mr. & Mrs. William Sim
Mr. Lawrence Singer
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Smalinckas
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Snare
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Soderland
Mrs. Diane Spitz
Ms. Catherine St. John
St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Women of the ELCA
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stella
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Stengel
Mr. Michael Stivala
Mrs. Joan Strojan
Mrs. Moira Strong
Mrs. Ann Suabedissen
Rob & Mary Ellen Swanekamp
Mr. & Mrs. William Talmadge
Mrs. Barbara Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Thorpe
Mr. & Mrs. Julius Tibolla
Stig & Sara Torstenson
Ms. Theresa Tucker
Robert & Bonnie Urey
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Van Dorn
Mrs. Patricia Venable
Mr. Arthur Verpent
Village Office Supply
Ms. Dona Vukson
Mr. & Mrs. James Wagner
Miss Margaret Ann Warwick
Mrs. Mary Washington
Dennis & Marilyn Weatherby
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Mr. & Mrs. William Wermuth
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard West
Mr. Barry Westgate
Mrs. Jeanne Wilfon
Mrs. Barbara Wittig
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Woody
Mr. Frank Wrobel
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Yoerger
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Zelechowski
Zion Methodist Sunday School
Cumulative Gifts Totaling
$500 - $999
(4 Anonymous)
A.J. Willner Auctions
Adventek Corporation
Mrs. Lucretia Andrito
Mrs. Elizabeth Annich
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Aziz
Mr. Anthony Barberi
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bateman
Ms. Julia Bednar
Mr. John Belding
Mr. Joseph Bocchini, Jr.
Mrs. Judith Bonocore
Ms. Helen Bosley
Ms. Marie Braun
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Cumulative Gifts Totaling
$500 - $999, cont.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Brown
Ms. Sally Brown
Mrs. Grace Bugsch
Mrs. Kathleen Burdek
Mr. Clifford Burris
Mrs. Marion Caltabiano
Calvary Episcopal Church
Dr. David Carver
Mrs. Mary Beth Charters
Mrs. Marge Chavooshian
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Clark
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Colburn
Ms. Bernadette Connaughton
Mr. & Mrs. James Connelly, Jr.
Ms. Sherri Davis
Mrs. Naomi DeHart
Mrs. Lura DeLorenzi
Mrs. Donna Dey
Mrs. Marjorie Diederich
Mrs. Nancy DiNatale
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Driver
Mr. Stanley Drusdow
Ms. Michele Duce
Benjamin & Susan Dyer
Mrs. Kathy Eckhardt
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Eisenhardt
Mr. & Mrs. R. Lee Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ewing, Jr.
Mrs. Patricia Faiola
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Faller
Leonard Feldman, Ph.D.
Mrs. Lynn Ficci
Mrs. Mary Fink
Deborah Fischman-Wiseblatt, M.D.
Mrs. Harriet Flynn
Forman Holt Eliades & Ravin LLC
Mr. John Forrester, Jr.
Ms. Ethel Forvour
Mr. Thomas Fox, Jr.
Ms. Winifred Froelich
Mr. & Mrs. John Fuller
Mr. Robert Gelbart
Mr. R. Jay Gerken
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Gershenson
Gibbons P.C.
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Gomez
Ms. Sandra Gordon
Ms. Roberta Grehl
Mrs. Margaret Gritzmacher
Mrs. Margarete Hanania
Mr. Lester Harris
Mr. John Harrop, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hart
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hawekotte, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Hendrickson
Mr. Carl Holmgren
Ms. Gail Houlihan
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Howson
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Huddy III
James & Nancy Hudson
Ms. Tracey Huegler
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Huff, Jr.
Mrs. Donald Hulbert
Mr. & Mrs. William Huyler
Mr. Thomas Irving
Mrs. Leona Irwin
Mrs. Madeleine Wilson Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jusick
Mr. Charles Keil, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kenny
Ms. Susanne Kiau
Mrs. Anna Kiley
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kmetz
Mr. Martin Levandowski
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Levine
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Mrs. Martha Lewars
Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Linkowski
Mr. Bill Lueckel
Mrs. Mary Lusch
Mrs. Margaret Lynn
Al Maghazehe, Ph.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Ganpat Mani
Mr. Edward Mannion
Mr. Harry Mansfield
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Matelson
Mr. & Mrs. John Mather
Mr. George McCallum
Mr. Robert McCoy
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Meade
Mr. Kenneth Meier
Ms. Marianne Melton
Mrs. Hazel Merkle
Michael Skurnik Wines, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Clinton Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Erick Miller
Mrs. Jean Monk
Mr. & Mrs. James Mooney
Mr. Gordon Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Willford Morrison
Mrs. Deborah Musick
Nash Engraving, Inc.
Navigant Consulting
New & Living Way Ministries
Nicolosi Foods, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Nolting
Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman, PA
Order of the Eastern Star,
Starlight Chapter #107
Stewart Chapter #166
Washington Chapter #136
Woodbury Chapter #109
Mr. & Mrs. John O'Donnell
Mr. Andrei Okounkova
Mr. & Mrs. William Ondick
Opici Wine Co. of New Jersey
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Orzepowski
Mrs. Wilma Osterhout
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Owens
Mrs. Patricia Pannicke
Pennsbury School District
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Perugini
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Peterson
Pharmanet
Mr. & Mrs. Stephan Pierangeli
Mr. & Mrs. David Pinnella
PNC Bank, N.A., Company
Princeton Engine Co. #1,
Ladies Auxiliary
Ms. Carol Puchyr
Mr. & Mrs. John Pulsinelle
Mrs. Sheryl Punia
Vicki & Creigh Rahenkamp
Mr. Rick Ramsey
Mr. Jerome Redington
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Remetta
Mr. Andrew Rhode, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Riepenhoff
Mrs. Linda Rizzo
Mr. & Mrs. Jose Rodriguez
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Rosen
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ruch
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rytter
Mrs. Lisa Santoro
Mr. Charles Scarna
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Scherrer
Ms. Doris Schwartz
Security Dynamics Monitoring Corp.
Marshall & Joyce Sewell, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Shahbazian
Mr. & Mrs. Adam Siodlowski
Barbara & Stan Smith
Mr. George Smith
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Mrs. Lee Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Smith
Mrs. Virginia Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Solly
Dr. & Mrs. David Staiman
Mr. & Mrs. William Starkey
Mr. Luke Stivala
Mrs. Cindy Stuart
Mrs. Roberta Sutker
Mr. William Swarts
Arthur Sypek, Jr., Esq.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Szoke
Mrs. Ann Szyskowski
Raymond & Kathy Then
Ms. Jada Tisdale
Mrs. Carla Tisdale-Walker
Trenk, DiPasquale, Webster, et al
Ms. Patricia Tumulty
Mrs. Helen Valenta
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Van Den Ameele
Ms. Joanna Vandenberg
Mrs. Edith VanWert
Mr. & Mrs. John Von Hebel
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Wackar
Ms. Norma Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Walowitz
Mr. Michael Walsh
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Watson
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald White
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Wilbur, Jr.
Mr. Peter Wilwol
Winebow
Wiss & Company, LLP
Wollman Associates
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Woodford
Ms. Kelly Wygal
Mr. Howard Young
Joan & Eric Zapf
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Zeigler
Cumulative Gifts Totaling
$1 - $499
A
(2 Anonymous)
Adoptive Parents Org. of Central NJ
Ms. Gloria Aftanski
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Ajisafe
Allied Beverage Group, LLC
Ms. Bridget Alsdorf
Mr. & Mrs. John Amatulli
Amazon.Com
Ms. Maureen Ambinder
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ambrose
American B.D. Company
America's Charities
Mr. & Mrs. C. Kenneth Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Morris Anderson
Ms. Patricia Anderson
Mr. Paul Andrejack
Mrs. Marymargaret Andreoli
Mrs. Florence Andrews
Ms. Jessie Lee Andrews
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Andrews, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Andrito
Ms. Julie Angarone
Mr. Albert Angrisani
Ms. Barbara Anguella
Mrs. Margaret Annechini
Mr. Blaine Applegate
The Rev. Darrell Armstrong
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Armstrong
Mr. Seth Aronson
Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation
Ms. Cathy Asch
Mrs. Colleen Attara
Mr. Ralph Aversa
Mrs. Cynthia Axelrod
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B & K Associates, Inc.
Ms. Christine Baez & Valery O'Leary
Mr. Brian Bailey
Mrs. Mildred Bailey
Mrs. Mary Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Baker
Doris & Edward Bambach
Banfi Vintners
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Mr. Ernest Barbaris
Ms. Michelle Barnea
Mrs. Cheryl Barron
Ms. Juliette Battisti
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Baum
Ms. Helen Baxley
Mrs. Kathleen Bealuk
Mrs. Mary Beaumont
Tracy Beck
Bedminster Township School
Mrs. Grace Roth Beebe
Mr. James Bell
Mrs. Linda Bellina
Mr. David Beltran
John & Eleanor Beninati
Bensalem Lawn Equipment, Inc.
Mrs. Ana Berdecia
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Bernstein
Ms. Michele Bertonaschi
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Bielsten
Ms. Ellie Biesiada
W. Patrick Binns
& Elizabeth Coppinger
Ms. Kimberly Black
Mrs. Pamela Bland
Ms. Susan Blasberg
Ms. Yvonne Bleiman
Ms. Marva Blue
Ms. Reba Bodine
Mrs. Rosalie Bogart
Mrs. Betty Bohlert
Mrs. Judith Bollinger
Ms. Jacqueline Bolton
Ms. Diana Borrelli
Raynes Botteri
Mr. & Mrs. Herve Boucard
Mr. Robert Bowman
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Boyer
Mrs. Frances Brady
Ms. Jennifer Bradley
Ms. Danielle Breccia
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Bredefeld
Ms. Kim Brennan
Mrs. Rose Marie Brennie
Bret Harte Elementary School
Ms. Catherine Brettell
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Brewer
Ms. Cassandra Bright
Ms. Dalba Brilliantine
Mrs. Elaine Britt
Ms. Sara Brody
Ms. Katherine Brommeland
Ms. Avery Brown
Mrs. Delores Brown
Ms. Deirdre Brown
Ms. Dorothy Brown
Mr. & Mrs. J. Nelson Brown
Mrs. Jean Brown
Ms. Jill Brown
Ms. Qiyana Brown
Mrs. Thel Brown
Mr. & Mrs. John Bruzzi
Ms. Judith Buch
Ms. Janice Buck
Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Bufis
Ms. Lisette Buono
Mrs. Dianne Burdette
Ms. Beverly Burenga
Mr. Harold Burrows
Ms. Dolores Butler
Ms. Sharon Butler
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(1 Anonymous)
CHS of NJ Ocean County Staff
Mr. John Cafagna
Ms. Desiree Caldwell
Mrs. Mabel Callahan
Camden County Technical School
Interact Club
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Cammiso
Ms. Clementine Camp
Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Cangelosi
Ms. Mary Gail Caputo
Ms. Tina Caramagna
Cardinal Financial Company
Mr. & Mrs. Orville Carkhuff
Mrs. Carol Carpetta
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Carr, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Cascone
Mrs. Beverly Cassel
Mrs. Lynne Catanese
Mrs. Monica Cavano
Mrs. Anne Cerchio
Ceridian
Ms. Alexandrina Cerqueira
Chambers Group
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Chapin
Ms. Dorothy Cheney
Child & Family Resources
Ms. Laura Christian
Mr. James Chubb
Church of St. Gregory the Great
Church of the Ascension
Churchville Elementary School
Churchville School PTO
Mr. & Mrs. Elric Cicchetti
Ms. Elizabeth Cicogna
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Ciuffreda
Ms. Stephanie Claus
Mr. William Clegg
Ms. Margaret Clifford
Ms. Kimberly Clifton
Mrs. Pearl Clipper
Mrs. Virginia Clowes
Ms. Annie Clyde
Clyde Thomas LLC
Mr. & Mrs. James Cohen
Miss Mallory Cohen
Mr. Nicholas Coletti
Mr. Richard Coley
Ms. Nancy Collins
Ms. Marlene Colonno
Mrs. Evelyn Conover
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Conover
Mrs. Carol Conroy
Mr. Francesco Conte
Ms. Eleanor Cook
Ms. Illona Coreus
Mr. Carl Corson
Mrs. Anne Cortese
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Cortina
Mr. David Costantini
CourierLogistiX, Inc.
Ms. Margaret Cray
Mr. John Criscitiello
Mrs. Nancy Crowe
Mrs. Geraldine Cuniglio
Mr. Thomas Cunniff
Ms. Jacqueline Cunningham
Mr. W. Michael Curry
Ms. Irene Curtin
Debra Dagavarian-Bonar, M.D.
Ms. Mary Louise Dahms
Dale Group
Mrs. Charlotte Daley
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Dallis
Mrs. Nola D'Amico
Mr. David D'Amore
Mr. & Mrs. Keff Dank
Mr. Harry Danley
Mr. & Mrs. Paul D'Antico
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D'Arezzo
Mr. & Mrs. George Darrow
Mehmet Daskiran
Ms. Ingrid Daubechies
Mr. & Mrs. Randal David
Ms. Brenda Davis
Ms. Elsie Davis
Mrs. Jane Davis
Ms. Maia Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Davis
Ms. Odessa Davis
Mrs. Rose Dawidowski
Mrs. C. Brayton Day
Ms. Linda Deakins
Mrs. Florence DeAngelis
Mrs. Josephine DeAngelo
Mr. John Debardeleben
Debows United Methodist Church
Ms. Lynette Decillis
Ms. Patricia Deeney
Ms. Lorraine DeGardnuer
Ms. Melanie DeGardnuer
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Degen
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Deli
Ms. Virginia Dell'Aringa
Dex Marketing
Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Dias
Mrs. Susan DiBenedetto
Mrs. Rose DiGiuseppe
Mrs. Janine Dillard
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Dini
Mr. Robert Dispoto
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Dixon
Mrs. Michelle Doctor
Ms. Tonja Doctor
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Doll
Mrs. Sandy Donato
Ms. Jillian Donlon
Mr. & Mrs. Bruno Dori
Douglas Polaner Selections, LLC
Mrs. Bonnie Doyle
Mrs. Luann Drabb
Mr. Joseph Dreyer
Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Duke
Ms. Camille Dullaghan
Mr. & Mrs. James Dunk
Ms. Darlene Durham
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Mr. & Mrs. Marc Edelman
Mr.and Mrs.Wayne Edwards
Ms. Joy Eglin
Mr. Leon Eldredge
Ms. Joann Ellsworth
Envision Dennis Romano LLC
Mrs. Caroline Erickson
Ernst & Young LLP
Mr. & Mrs. James Erwin
ETS Cares
Mr. Thomas Evans
D
Mrs. Susan Daddio
The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey Annual Report Year Ending May 31, 2009
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$1- $499, cont.
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Mr. & Mrs. John Fain
Mr. & Mrs. David Fairbrothers
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Falkowski
Mrs. Rachel Fanelli
Ms. Carol Fantasia
Farmer's Enterprise Grange No 165
Ms. Mary Farquharson
Ms. Krista Fasanella
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Federline
Fedway Associates
Ms. Susan Feldman
Mrs. Jean Fellows-Johansson
Mr. Horace Felton, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Ferm, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Ferraro
Ms. Mary Ann Ferrentino
Ms. C. Ferrero-Doran
Mr. George Ferrito
Ms. Kristin Field
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Finch
Mr. Michal Fineman
Mrs. Christine Fink
Ms. Josephine Fink
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Finley
Mr. & Mrs. John Flack
Ms. Sheila Fleishman
Mr. Christopher Flodmand
Mrs. Cynthia Florek
Mr. John Flynn
Ms. Kristin Foley
Ms. Rita Ford
Ms. Ann Marie Forestiere
Forever Young Nursery School Inc.
Mr. Charles Forman
Mr. Jeffrey Fraller
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Franciscus
Ms. Marlene Franey
Mr. & Mrs. Daryl Frank
Mrs. Kathleen Franklin
Ms. Yolanda Franklin
Frederick Wildman & Sons, Ltd.
Ms. Amy Freedman
Ms. Terri Jane Freedman
Mr. Daniel Freeman
Mr. Paul French, Jr.
Ms. Paula Friedman
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Fulde
Mr. William Fuldner
Ms. Donna Funari
G
(1 Anonymous)
Mr. David Gabai
Mrs. Donna Gaines
Ms. Renee Galack
Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Gales
Mrs. Jennifer Gallagher
Gallo Wine Sales of NJ, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Tarun Gandhi
Mr. & Mrs. J. Kevin Gao
Ms. Angela Garcia
Ms. Claudia Garcia-Leeds
Mrs. Carmen Garcia-Mercado
Ms. Mary Jo Garofoli
Mrs. Susan Garrett
Mrs. Bridget Gaughan
Mr. Joseph Gawlik
Lauren Spencer Gayeski
Mr. Dan Gazsy
Mrs. Anne Gehring
Mr. William Geier
Mrs. Joan Geiger
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Gennett
Mrs. Carmella Gennhoefer
Ms. Marissa Gerardo
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Miss R. Cortlee Gerhart
Mr. Ron Gering
Ms. Beth Geter-Douglas
Mr. Philip Giangiordano
Mrs. Joan Gies
Ms. Colleen Gilbert
Mr. Chris Ginter
Mr. John Giordano lll
Girl Scouts of Freedom Valley
Troop 962
Ms. Carol Giudice
Mr. Victor Giuffre
Mr. Bruce Gmahle
Mrs. Jill Gobora
Ms. Lisa Godfrey
Mrs. Joanne Godzieba
Mr. John Goeltz
Mr. Edward Goldberg
Ms. Rosalyn Goldberg
Ms. Laura Goldfeld
Ms. Mariana Goldlust
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Goldstein
Ms. May Goldstein
Mr. & Mrs. Livingstone Goodman, Jr.
GoodSearch.com
Mr. & Mrs. William Goodwin
Ms. Anita Gordon
Ms. Bonnie Gordon
Mr. Jack Gordon
Ms. Carol Gormish
Mr. & Mrs. Alex Gorsky
Ms. Karissa Grabowski
Grace Episcopal Church
Mr. John Graham
Ms. Lee Ann Graham
Mr. Stuart Grant
Ms. Esther Gray
Mrs. Mary Graycar
Ms. Sandra Green
Mr. & Mrs. Solomon Greenspan
Mr. Richard Grocott
Mr. Thomas Guckin
Mr. Brian Guenard
Mrs. Miriam Gulick
Mrs. Ann Gumbinger
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Mrs. Edith Haig
Mr. Frank Haines III
Ms. Ruth Hall
Ms. Mary Halleck
Hamilton High School West
Interact Club
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Hammell
Mrs. Shirley Hammell
Ms. Lauren Hannon
Mr. Russell Hansel
Mr. Raymond Hanselman
Dr. & Mrs. George Hansen
Mrs. Dana Harmon
Mr. George Harrigle
Mr. Scott Harrigan
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Harrigle
Mr. Richard Harrison
Mr. John Hart
Ms. Kristin Hartig
Ms. Terri Harvey
Ms. Deborah Hasbrouck
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Hasslinger
Mrs. Sally Haupin
Mrs. Felice Hauptman
Mr. Jonathan Hay
Ms. D. Haynes
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Heal
Heartland Payment Systems
Ms. Jean Heath
Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Hedin
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Heenan
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Mr. Michael Heines
Mr. George Heiser
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Hellem
Mr. & Mrs. F. Hendrickson
Mrs. Josephine Hernandez
Mr. & Mrs. William Hettler
Mrs. Diane Hiland
Ms. Kit Hildick-Smith
Ms. Miriam Hirschman
Wei Ho
Mr. Gene Hoffman
Mrs. Regina Hoffman
Ms. Tracey Hoffman-Low
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Hoh
Ms. Channia Holt
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Holzberg
Hope Presbyterian Church
Hopewell Valley Golf Group
Mr. James Horgan
Mrs. Hazel Horner
Mrs. Doris Hoyer
Ms. Andrea Hroncich
Mrs. Maria Hudik
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Hudock
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Huffman
Mr. & Mrs. William Hulbert, Jr.
Evelyn & Fanny Hum
Ms. Virginia Hummell
Mr. & Mrs. James Humphrey
Ms. Jennifer Hunter
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Hup, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hupp
Ms. Jeanette Hur
Mr. & Mrs. George Hynson
I
Mr. & Mrs. C. Ianacone, Sr.
IFF Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. George Ingram
Ms. Linda Ippoliti
Ms. Gloria Irizarry
Mrs. Ruth Irwin
Mrs. Anne Israel
J
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Jacobsen
Mr. & Mrs. Howard James
JNM Financial Group
Ms. Dawn Marie Johns
Ms. Jennifer Johnson
Ms. Stacy Johnson
Mrs. Delores Johnston
Ms. Susan Johnstone
Ms. Barbara Jones
Ms. Deborah Jones
Ms. Holly Jones
Mr. John Jones
Ms. Joyce Jones
Mr. Michael Jordan
Ms. Maria Juega
K
Mrs. Diane Kanetsky
Wan-Mo Kang
Mr. Tony Kao
Mr. Ivan Kaplan
Mr. Moses Karngbaye
Mr. Peter Karsh
Mrs. Carol Kasabach
Kathleen the Irish Cleaner, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Katz
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Katz
Ms. Jenny Katz
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kauffman
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Kaufmann
Ms. Milda Kaup
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Keenan
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Keenan
Mr. & Mrs. John Keiger
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Keklak
Ms. Sonja Kelley
Mrs. Karen Kelliher
Mrs. Mildred Kelly
Mrs. Mary Kelly
Mrs. Judy Kennedy
Mr. Gerard Keogh, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Ketterer
Mr. Paul Killion
Mrs. Janet Kimball
Mr. Joseph Kinder
Ms. Deborah Kintzel
Mrs. Debora Klaus
Mr. Stephen Klein
Mr. Michael Kline
Ms. Sarah Klosek
Mrs. Susan Knoll
Ms. Mary Koether
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kohn
Mr. Stuart Kohn
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kolen, Jr.
Ms. Grace Kondrup
Mr. & Mrs. William Korman
Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Kowalewski
Mr. William Kowals
Ms. Marge Kowaski
Mrs. Judith Kozak
Mrs. Katherine Kraeck
Ms. Anne Kraft
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kraft
Mrs. Julia Krajack
Mrs. Ruth Krapf
Ms. Michele Krasny
Mr. Robert Kraus
Mrs. Deborah Krautheim
Ms. Amanda Kriegel
Mr. Robert Krueger, Sr.
Ms. Michele Kubis
Mrs. Janet Kuenne
Dr. & Mrs. Chester Kulak
Soonsik Kwon
L
(1 Anonymous)
Mr. Robert Labar
Mr. Frank LaBelle
Ms. Marsha Labowicz
Ms. Beryl Lacey
Ms. Elizabeth LaCorte
Ms. Suzanne Laffey
Mr. & Mrs. Frank LaGreca
Lakeside Educational Network
Mrs. Marie Lambert
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lambropoulos
Ms. Anna Lamontain
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Landesman
Ms. Sarah Lanzen
Mrs. Jennifer Laracy
Mrs. Anita Laspina
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Latch
Law Offices of David Wolff LLC
Law School Admission Council
Mrs. Maureen Lawrence
Mrs. Sarah Lawrence
Ms. Harriet Lazarus
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lear
Mr. John Leaver
Mr. Raymond Lender, Jr.
Ms. Linda Lenz
Ms. Patricia Lesinski
Simon & Lois Leventhal
Ms. Eileen Levinson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lewis
Mr. P. Andrew Leynes
Mrs. Erin Licker
Mrs. Kathleen Lieblang
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Liggio
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Lim
Mrs. June LiMato
The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey Annual Report Year Ending May 31, 2009
Ms. Mary Lincoln
Mr. Mark Lindbloom
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Lindsey
Mr. Paul Linton
Mr. Peter Lipstein
Ms. Stacy Lipstein
Mrs. Ruth Lisenby
Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Littleton
Mrs. Heather Livingston
Lobosco Insurance Group
Mrs. Angela Locane
Mrs. Gloria Lombardi
Ms. Therese Lombardi
Ms. Janet Lombardo
Mr. Mychal Loney
Mr. Jose Lopez
Mr. & Mrs. Gaspare LoPresti
Dr. & Mrs. Philip LoPresti
Mrs. Lucille Loughlin
Ms. Virginia Lucas
Mr. Bruce Ludlow
Mrs. Agnes Lupinetti
Mr. John Lutz
Ms. Kena Lyles
Ms. Kim Lynch-Kaltman
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Lyons
Ms. Lisa Lyons
M
Ms. Julie MacDonald
Mr. Seman Macola
Macy's Foundation
Aybecquel Madrigal
Mr. Steven Maffei
Ms. Cynthia Makarczyk
Ms. Norene Malaney
Ms. Jessica Maldonado
Ms. Melissa Malek
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Malka
Mr. & Mrs. Burton Malkiel
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Mancini
Ms. Elizabeth Manley
Mr. & Mrs. James Mansfield III
Ms. Beth Mansfield
Mr. & Mrs. John Mardirosian
Ms. Maria Luisa Marinay
Mr. Wes Markham
Marlboro H.S. Kids for Kids Club
Mr. Rocco Marotti, Jr.
Ms. Vanessa Marroquin
Marshall-Alan Associates, Inc.
Ms. Bonnie Martin
Ms. Lori Martin
Martin Scott Wines, LTD
Ms. Ruth Martinis
Mr. Salvatore Martino
Mr. & Mrs. John Martorana
Mrs. Roberta Mason
Ms. Ramelle Massey
Sandeep Mathur
Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Matlin
Ms. Nancy Matt
Mr. Bert Matthews
Mrs. Delores Matthews
Ms. Susan Matthews
Mrs. Catherine Mayer
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mayer
Mayor Palmer's Trenton
First Initiative
Mr. John McCaffrey
Ms. Louise McCants-Shabazz
Ms. Alice McCauley
Mr. & Mrs. Michael McCloskey
Ms. Ruth McConnell
Mrs. Ellen McCormick
Mr. Roger McCoshen
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McCreesh III
Mr. Justin McCullogh
Mrs. Nancie McCusker
Mr. & Mrs. Jack McDonough
Mrs. Mary McEnery
Mr. Michael McInerney
Ms. Debbie McKee
Mrs. Brenda McLaverty
Ms. Patricia McManus
Mr. & Mrs. William McMillan, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Andre Mehrotra
Jay Meisel
Ms. Augustina Melekwe
Ms. Regina Mercadante
Mercadian, P.C.
Mercer Corporate Interiors, Inc.
Merrill Lynch Corporation
Mr. Denis Michel
Ms. Dina Midiri
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Mikolajczyk
Mrs. Elaine Miller
Mrs. Nancy Miller
Mr. Robert Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Milligan
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Millner
Mrs. Linda Minnes
Ms. Isabel Miranda
Mr. & Mrs. Rattan Mirchandani
Rekha Misra
Mr. & Mrs. Olin Mitchell
Mrs. Erminia Mitrane
Ms. Amy Molitoris
Mrs. Sharon Montgomery
Ms. Carol Mooney
Mr. Floyd Morris
Mr. James Morrison
Ms. Alice Morrow
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Mule
Mrs. Maureen Mulhall
Ms. Marilyn Mullen
Mr. & Mrs. Russell Mullen, Sr.
Mr. Ken Mulligan
Ms. Barbara Munz
Mrs. Lucille Murdock
Mrs. Marie Murkli
Mr. & Mrs. John Murphy
Ms. Theresa Murphy
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Myers
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Myers
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Mr. David Nadeau
Ms. Stephanie Nardi
Mr. Sam Natoli
Mr. Evan Neadel
Mrs. Joan Neff
Mrs. Marlise Neiheiser
Garry Neil, M.D.
Mr. Edward Nelson
Ms. Dawn Nemeth
Network for Good
Mr. William Neubeck
Ms. Terri Neuman
Newtown Racquetball Inc.
Mrs. Susan Nicol
Richard & Janet Nied
Ms. Marisol Nieves
Mrs. Somesh Nigam
Ms. Susan Niles
Ms. Marjorie Nisnick
Ms. Debra Nobile
Mrs. Carol Noble
Ms. Laurel Nordyk
Ms. Staci L. Northrup
Mrs. Veronica Notta
O
Order of the Eastern Star,
Covenant Chapter #108
Stella Chapter #20
Oceanfirst Financial Corp.
Mrs. Kristen O'Connor
Mrs. Eileen Oehrlein
Mr. & Mrs. David Oiler
Mr. & Mrs. Kola Okunlola
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Olenich
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Oleynick
Mr. & Mrs. J. Kevin Olsen
Ms. Katie Opauski
Mrs. Joan Ordille
Ms. Marie Ortiz
Mr. & Mrs. David Osborn
Mr. Ron Ostrander
Mrs. Lillian Ostrin
Mrs. Shirley Outtrim
Ms. Nicole Overbey
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Owens
Jane Owens & Jan Gabin
P
(1 Anonymous)
Ms. Myriam Padro
Mr. Stephen Pagano
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Palasits
Mrs. Tamie Palatine
Mrs. Helen Palinski
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Pampaloni
Ms. R. Frances Panagis
Ms. Jean Panek
Mr. Edward Pantle
Ms. Lisa Paoline
Mr. Robert Pape
Mrs. Margaret Papp
Ms. Alice Parker
Ms. Roberta Parker
Mrs. Jessica Pascoe
Ms. Kimberly Pascucci
Chris Passaro
Mrs. Smita Patel
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Patnaude
Patricia's Hair Design
Mr. & Mrs. John Patten
Ms. Cheryl Payton
Ms. V. Pazos
PBA 339
Ms. Kathy Peake
11/9/09
3:10 PM
Mrs. Patricia Peck-Bernet
Mrs. Elaine Peltzman
Ms. Charisse Penalver
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Penge
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Penrose
Peppermint Tree Learning Center
Ms. Carol Perniciaro
Mr. Gerald Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Perry
Ms. Marjorie Perry
Mrs. Dolores Persic
Mr. David Peters
Mr. Joseph Peters
Ms. Barbara Peterson
Mrs. Nicole Petralia
Mrs. Cacilda Petrides
Ms. Sylvia Petrik-Schneider
Ms. Cynthia Petty
Mr. & Mrs. Emil Pfluger, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Piccora
R. Pickett
Miss Fern Piersall
Mrs. Josephine Pillitteri
Ms. Krista Pinto
Mrs. Cynthia Pirog
Ms. Betty Plunkett
Dr. & Mrs. John Pluta
PNC Financial Services Group
Mrs. Margaret Podrazik
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Pollicino
Ms. Leigh Povia
Ms. Penny Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Prati
Ms. Elise Pressma
Mr. Robert Preuhs
Ms. Milena Pribamska
Princeton Nassau Pediatrics
Princeton University
Dept. of Mathematics
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Pruden
Mr. Thaddeus Przyborowski
Public Service Electric & Gas
Monica & Frank Pyle
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(1 Anonymous)
R&R Marketing
Rabinowitz, Lubetkin & Tully, LLC
Rado Family
Mrs. Denise Ramsden
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Randall
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Randall
Simcha Raphael, M.D.
Mrs. Michelle Rayward
Mr. Anthony Reale
Mr. Jason Reback
Mrs. Marie Reed
Regal Wine Imports
Ms. Eleanor Reicher
Mrs. Donna Reid
Ms. Margaret Reinhart
Mr. & Mrs. David Reisig
Mr. & Mrs. G. Bickley Remmey, Jr.
Valley Hospital Renal Care Center
Ms. Debra Richmond
Mr. Derrick Richmond
Mr. Joseph Ridgway, Jr.
Mrs. Peggy Rinnier
Mrs. Ethel Ritter
Mrs. Linda Robertello
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Robertson
Ms. Mary Robinson
Mr. William Robinson
Ms. Lucille Roche
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rockwell
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rodefeld
Ms. Carol Rogers
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Mr. & Mrs. John Rohack
Mrs. Elena Roman
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Romaniak
Ms. Pamela Romano
Ms. Carol Rommel
Mr. & Mrs. Emil Rostello
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Roswal
Mrs. Georgette Roth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rottkamp, Jr.
Mr. William Rovner
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rowntree
Mrs. Lisa Roy
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Rozycki
Mr. Lloyd Ruch, Jr.
Mrs. Marjorie Ruch
Ms. Stacey Rudhart
Mr. William Rue, Jr.
Ms. Kathleen Ruhmel
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Russell
Mrs. Kristen Russo
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Ryan
Mrs. Virginia Ryan
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(4 Anonymous)
Mrs. Sue Ryba
Ms. Margaret Sage
Mr. & Mrs. Bert Sandford
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Sapers
Mrs. Ellen Saperstein
S. Satia
Mrs. Judith Saulli
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Scheerle
Mrs. Margaret Schmidt
Ms. Susan Schmidt
Mrs. Carol Schonfeld
Mrs. Debbie Schulkin
Mrs. Claire Scott
Mrs. Eleanor Scott
Mr. Richard Scott
Scudiery Family Foundation Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sedgwick, Jr.
Mrs. Matilda Seeger
Mr. Scott Sepsy
Mr. & Mrs. David Servellon
Mr. James Severyn
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Shachat
B.H. Shapiro, M.D.
Yoshiaki Shimizu
Mrs. Kristin Shuffler
Ms. Jade Simons
Mr. & Mrs. Iakov Sinai
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Sjolund
Mr. Christopher Skinner
Mrs. Heidi Sloan
Ms. Patricia Smialkowski
Ms. Anna Lynn Smith
Mr. Colin Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Smith
Mr. James P. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Smith
Ms. Kelly Smith
Kim Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Montgomery Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Smith
Ms. Oran Smith
Ms. Patricia Smith
Mrs. R.E. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Smith
Mr. & Mrs. William Smith
Mrs. Angela Smylie
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Smyser
Mr. & Mrs. C. Michael Smyster
Mr. Barry Snyder
Ms. Dorothy Sommer
Mr. Jay Soojian
Ms. Antoinette Sorce
Mrs. Susan Spaeth
Mrs. Dorothy Spencer
Mr. Mark Spiel
Ms. Margaret Spillane
Mrs. JoAnn Spinelli
Spoke & Handle Questers
Dr. & Mrs. John Sprandio
Mr. David Sprong
Ms. Allison St. Maur
St. Rose of Lima Church
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,
Waretown, NJ
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,
Whiting, NJ
Mrs. Grace Starrett
Mrs. Dorothy Stasikewich
Mrs. Diane Staten
Mrs. Nina Stearns
Ms. Sarah Stecker
Mr. Donald Stefanelli
Ms. Deborah Stelluto
Ms. Gabriella Stelluto
Ms. Susan Stember
Mr. & Mrs. David Stetz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Stevenson, Jr.
Mr. James Stewart, Jr.
Mrs. Lois Stewart
Mr. Richard Stivala, Jr.
Mr. Adolph Stoskus
Ms. Kathryn Strelecki
Mr. Frank Sudol
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Sullivan
Mrs. Edith Sumerfield
SunGard
Ms. Maria Sutton
Mrs. Bari Sweeny
Mr. & Mrs. Rupert Swindells
Ms. Mary Ann Symonowicz
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Ms. Kathleen Tague
Mr. & Mrs. James Tantum
Mr. & Mrs. David Tanzola, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Taylor
Ms. Deborah Taylor
Ms. Ethel Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. John Taylor
Ms. Joan Teeple
Ms. Nancy Temple
Tempranillo
Mrs. Shalu Thaman
Ms. Carol Thomas
Ms. Kim Thomas
Ms. Alicia Thurmond
Mrs. Jacqueline Tiano
Ms. Barbara Tiberio
Ms. Geraldine Tis
Ms. Karyn Tisdale Dickson
Ms. Holli Toline
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Tollen
Mrs. Josephine Tomczak
Mr. David Tomeo
Ms. Angela Tomlinson
Mrs. Joann Tomlinson
Mr. Eric Torban
Ms. Elizabeth Torjussen
Ms. Carmen Torres
Treasured Angels
Mr. & Mrs. J. David Tregurtha
Mrs. JoAnne Treubig
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Trinka
Mr. James Troiano
Ms. Carol Trub
Mr. & Mrs. David Truelove
Mrs. Margo Tucker
Tuesday's Girls
Mrs. Peggy Tunney
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Turing
Mr. Barry Turner
U
U.S. Probation Office
Jean Uhaze
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Underwood II
United Church of Christ
United Way of Delaware
United Way of New England
United Way of New York City
University Management Assoc.
Mr. Louis Urban
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Ms. Lisa Valenti
Mr. & Mrs. John Valentine
Mr. Andre Van Hoek
Ms. Linda Van Melis
Ms. Elba Vega
Ms. Nora Ventresca
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Venuti
Mr. William Vernam
Ms. Nadine Vernon
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Videtto
Ms. Amy Vietti
Village Realty Group
Mr. Anthony Virgilio
Mrs. Jocelyn Virgil-Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Viscusi
Mr. Thomas Vogt & Gwen Guglielmi
Ms. Lori Volpe
Ms. Elizabeth Von Bissing
Mr. Thomas Voynick
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(1 Anonymous)
Mr. Vincent Walecki
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Walley
Mr. Barry Walter
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Walus
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Ward
Ms. Ruth Ann Wariger
Ms. Milly Warnock
Mr. & Mrs. John Warwick
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Warwick
Ms. Jennifer Wassum
Ms. Vickie Weaver
Ms. Dorothy Webb
Mr. & Mrs. Elnardo Webster II
Ms. Ethel Webster
Dr. & Mrs. James Wei
Ms. Wendy Weingarten
Mrs. Mary Lou Weinstetter
Mr. Lawrence Weiss
Ms. Sylvia Weissman
Mrs. Ann White
Mr. & Mrs. Derek White
Mrs. Josephine White
Mrs. Melissa Whitehouse
Mrs. Shirley Wieder
Mr. Seymour Wigod
Mr. Gary Wilcox
Ms. Norma Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wills
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Wilson
Wine Markets International, Inc.
Mrs. Geraldine Wisniewski
Mr. & Mrs. William Wohlrob
Mr. Ronald Wohlschlegel
Ms. Wendy Wolff Herbert
Ms. Angela Wood
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Wood
Ms. Melanie Wood
Mr. Norton Worthington
Mr. Richard Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Wurm
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Mrs. Ella Yager
Mr. & Mrs. Winfield Yahn
Joan & Ed Yalch
Ms. Andrea Yattaw
Heahyun Yoo
Ms. Vivian Young
Ms. Catherine Youngman
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Youngs
Ms. Jennifer Yousko
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Mr. & Mrs. Robert Zajac
Ms. Elizabeth Zanders
Mr. David Zatzman
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Zazverskey
Mrs. Mary Zeiner
Mr. & Mrs. J. Domer Zerbe, Jr.
Ms. Diane Zierler
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ziolkowski
CAR, CLOTHING, FOOD &
INKIND CONTRIBUTIONS
A.F.E.W.
Amwell Valley Ladies Auxiliary
Ms. Carol Archer
Avon
Ms. Christine Baez & Valery O'Leary
Baker Elementary School
Mr. and Mrs. Balakrishnan
Barnyard Bandits 4-H Club
Beazer Homes Corporation
Berkley Accident & Health
BlackRock
Bloomberg LP
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Boyer
Brownie Girl Scout Troop 2962
Ms. Erin Burke
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Burke
Ms. Elizabeth Burrows
Capital Health – Hamilton
Capital Health Nursing Students
Capital Health Wound Management
Lynda, Anthony & Paul Caravello
Ms. Amanda Choi
Church & Dwight
Church of St. Gregory the Great
Ms. Denise Cicchella
Ms. Kimberly Clifton
Ms. Karen Conover
Ms. Doris Coupland
Mr. Kevin David
Mr. Rashan Davis
Devon Day
Debows United Methodist Church
Anil Deolall
Mrs. Donna Dey
Kelsey Doherty
Mr. & Mrs. John Dragan
Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Dysart
Fox Rothschild
Francis Lore Elementary School
Lorraine and William Fuhrmann
GE Healthcare No. America
Mr. Andrew Glueck
Ms. Anna Grant
Ms. Stephanie Green
Ms. Katherine Hampton
Heartland Payment Systems
Hopewell Valley
After School Program
Hopewell Valley Golf Group Hunterdon Hoppers 4-H Club
Mr. & Mrs. Aubrey Huston
Mr. William Jens
Johnson & Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Karschnik
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Katz
Kiwanis Club ofTrenton
Klatzkin & Company, LLP
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Larison's Corner Church
Bin Lee
Ms. Vicki Lee
Ms. Risa Lemkin
Linden Bulk Transport
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Link
Ms. Maria LoSapio
Mr. Bill Lueckel
Mr. Thomas Lynch
Maldonado Family
Ms. Beth Mansfield
9:02 AM
Mr. & Mrs. John Martorana
Merrill Lynch Corporation
Merrill Lynch GWM Stability Team
MMS Education
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Mollo
Moms' Club of Yardley South
Monroe Community Church
Jeremiah Muncaciu
Munich ReAmerica
New Garments Always (NGA)
New Hope-Solebury PA Chapter
Salem, NJ Chapter
Trenton, NJ Chapter
NJ Primary Care Association
Ms. Debra Nobile
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Novo Nordisk Inc.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Jane Owens & Jan Gabin
Ms. Daniela Passalacqua
Mr. Frank Passalacqua
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Pate
Pharmanet
Princeton Day School
Princeton University
Art & Archaeology Dept.
Woodrow Wilson School
Office of Human Resources
William Prouty
Ms. Susan Rakoci
Mr. Diogenes Ramos
Ms. Gabby Recaulde
Ms. Iris Richardson
Rosario Family
Rue Insurance Company
Ms. Michelle Sabo
Ms. Reza Sarmasti
Mr. Fred Sciascia
Ms. Sara Secunda
Seiler Group at Smith Barney
Ms. Nancy Sherer
Mr. Earnest Sills
Mrs. Ann Marie Slaughter
Mr. Bruce Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Montgomery Smith
Smith Barney
Ms. Donna Soria
Ms. Jaclyn Soto
Mr. Christian Spinillo
Mr. & Mrs.John Sprang
St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Women of the ELCA
St. Paul's Varsity Basketball Team
Mrs. Karen Stillwell
Ms. Judy Sylvester
Mrs. Doreen Szeflinski
TCNJ (The College of NJ)
TESC Local AFT 4277
Tickets for Kids Charities
Ms. Barbara Trainor
Trenton Fire Department
“ We work to make sure that when a child comes home there will be food for dinner.”
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Trenton Thunder Baseball Club
Tyco Flow Control
Unisys
US Marines
Mr. Carlos Vasquez
Mr. Edgar Vasquez
Villagers of Allentown
Mr. Orlando Villanueva
Ms. Dona Vukson
Wachovia - Princeton
Wachovia Securities
Mr. John Weeren
West Trenton Presbyterian Church
Mr. Mark Will
Ms. Julie Yarsinsky
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WAY S YO U C A N G I V E H E L P
AND
HOPE
TO
OUR CHILDREN
Voluntary contributions from caring friends like you provide the funding for a wide variety of services that enable at-risk infants and
young children living in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania to succeed in life and become productive members of society. Through
your gift today, you will help to ensure the availability of these important services in the future and give more children the chance to
benefit from them and reach their full potential.
Please visit us on the internet at www.chsofnj.org or contact us at (609) 695-6274 ext. 161 to make a gift or to learn more about
these many ways to give.
I N D I V I D UA L G I F T S
We appreciate and acknowledge every contribution,
regardless of size. Voluntary donations received from
concerned and caring friends fund adoptions, infant foster
care and other services that save and change children’s lives.
If you wish, you may use your VISA, Mastercard or
American Express credit cards to make a gift by phone, mail,
or through the internet.
C O R P O R AT E & F O U N DAT I O N G I V I N G
We are very grateful for our many corporate sponsors and
foundation friends who support our programs and special
events. Fun with Books and Music, KIKS, CUNA (our Latino
outreach program) and Respite Care are just a few of the
important programs they make possible. If your employer is
interested in becoming a corporate donor or learning about
our many corporate employee volunteer opportunities,
please let us know.
G IF TS O F REMEMB RAN C E
A remembrance gift to CHS of NJ is a thoughtful and
meaningful way for you to make a difference in the life of a
child while celebrating the life or accomplishments of a loved
one or friend. We will send an acknowledgement to you and
an announcement to the individual or family of the person in
whose name your gift was made.
G IF TS O F STO C K
If you wish to donate appreciated securities, you can do
so very easily by contacting our funds development office to
initiate the transfer. Benefits to you include the avoidance of
any capital gains tax, a tax-deduction for the value of the
stock, and the knowledge that many children will be helped
through services you helped fund.
S PE C I AL E V E N T S
I N K I N D A N D CA R D O N AT I O N S
Attending and participating in a special event is a way you
can have fun while supporting programs that are saving and
changing children’s lives. You are welcome to attend our
annual Gala or any of the other events we hold during the
year. Check our website for the dates and places!
We welcome donations of cars (rrunning and not running),
new clothing, new toys, school supplies, gift baskets, and
other non-monetary contributions. You can visit our
website or call us for a list of our current needs.
I N D I V I D UA L D O N O R
E V E N T S A N D C E L E B R AT I O N S
P L A N N ED G I V IN G
You can do what many of our other supporters are doing
and celebrate an important day or event in your life by
hosting a party and asking invitees to bring a donation for
CHS of NJ in lieu of a personal present. You could provide
the babies in our Infant Foster Care Program with diapers
and other needed baby items through one of these special
gatherings.
M AJO R G I FT S
Through a restricted gift of $10,000 or more from your
company, foundation or private account, you could initiate,
maintain or expand a specific program. Your unrestricted
gift would allow us the flexibility of directing dollars to
programs in greatest need or to purchase needed
equipment.
M ATC H I N G G I F T S
Many companies actively support their employees’
charitable giving and will match or even double these gifts.
Ask your employer for a matching gift form, complete it and
mail it to us with your contribution. You will increase the
value of your gift and help twice as many children.
A simple bequest in a will, a trust, a paid-up life insurance
policy – these are just some of the ways you can make a
significant gift to CHS of NJ while reducing your own
capital gains, gifts and estate taxes and providing a lifetime
income for yourself or those you love.
W H AT W E N E E D M O S T
• An endowed psychiatrist position to help our
traumatized children and parents
• An endowed Respite & Counseling program to prevent
child abuse and neglect
• An endowed fund to expand services to Latino clients
in need
• An endowed fund to help us care for our babies until we
find adoptive parents for them
U N I T E D WAY D E S I G N AT I O N S
You can designate CHS of NJ as the recipient of your
United Way contribution by using the donor choice option.
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CHS of NJ
635 South Clinton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08611
Return Service Requested
Member:
Child Welfare League of America
United Way of Greater Mercer County
United Way of Ocean County
Interagency Adoption Counsel of New Jersey
Delaware Valley Adoption Council
Central Administration
Non Profit Org.
635 South Clinton Avenue
US Postage
Trenton, New Jersey 08611 PAID
NJ
394-5769
Phone (609) 695-6274 O Fax: (609)Trenton,
Permit No. 165
or call Toll Free 1-800-CHSOFNJ
OCEAN/MONMOUTH COUNTY
1433 Hooper Avenue, Suite 340, Toms River, NJ 08753
Phone (732) 557-9633 O Fax (732) 557-0588
FAMILY SUCCESS PARENT CHILD CENTERS
North Ward O 1554 Princeton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08638 Phone: (609) 393-2980
South Ward O 635 South Clinton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08611 Phone: (609) 695-6274
OTHER OFFICES
Front cover photo by
Jessica MacFarland, Capture Thee Photography
Northern NJ: (800) 247-6365 O Southern NJ: (856) 854-8545
Pennsylvania: (215) 736-8550 O Kinship: (800) 396-4518
www.chsofnj.org
Return Service Requested
Member:
Child Welfare League of America
United Way of Greater Mercer County
United Way of Ocean County
Interagency Adoption Counsel of New Jersey
Delaware Valley Adoption Council
Non Profit Org.
Central Administration US Postage
635 South Clinton Avenue PAID
Trenton, NJ
Trenton, New Jersey 08611
Permit No. 165
Phone (609) 695-6274 O Fax: (609) 394-5769
or call Toll Free 1-800-CHSOFNJ
OCEAN/MONMOUTH COUNTY
1433 Hooper Avenue, Suite 340, Toms River, NJ 08753
Phone (732) 557-9633 O Fax (732) 557-0588
FAMILY SUCCESS PARENT CHILD CENTERS
North Ward O 1554 Princeton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08638 Phone: (609) 393-2980
South Ward O 635 South Clinton Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08611 Phone: (609) 695-6274
OTHER OFFICES
Front cover photo by
Jessica MacFarland, Capture Thee Photography
Northern NJ: (800) 247-6365 O Southern NJ: (856) 854-8545
Pennsylvania: (215) 736-8550 O Kinship: (800) 396-4518
www.chsofnj.org