Health

Fundholder in Focus: Preventing Stillbirths

October 10, 2017 Every year in the United States, more than 25,000 babies are lost to stillbirth. Despite this staggering statistic, the topic of stillbirth remains a taboo subject. Thousands of families endure the pain and trauma of stillbirth every year, and until we as a society acknowledge this and talk openly about it, health care professionals, friends, family will remain unprepared to help their loved ones.…

Janssen Announces HealtheVoices™ Impact Fund Recipients

September 27, 2017 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the recipients of the inaugural HealtheVoices™ Impact Fund grants, supporting innovative efforts by online health advocates to serve and assist patient communities. The HealtheVoices™ Impact Fund is a new offering that stems from Janssen’s annual HealtheVoices™ Conference, a first-of-its-kind event that brings together online health advocates from a wide range of communities to learn, share and connect.…

Find info about NJ summer meal sites!

June 29, 2017 Our friends at Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) share that: the New Jersey Department of Agriculture has uploaded meal sites and locations to the USDA’s sitefinder at this link. People can also text the word “food” to 877 877 and get a list of sites in their area.…

Janssen Announces HealtheVoices™ Impact Fund

April 24, 2017 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the HealtheVoices™ Impact Fund, a new grant offering created to support innovative efforts by online health advocates to serve and assist patient communities. Established at the Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ), the HealtheVoices™ Impact Fund will award projects that align with the Janssen charitable giving mission to advance healing for patients.…

Opinion: Teen dating abuse demands attention

February 14, 2017 In this morning’s Daily Record, we teamed up with our friends and partners at Jersey Battered Women’s Service to call attention to an issue that’s both overlooked and widespread: teen dating violence. February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month and an opportunity to size up the challenge before us, review the critical work nonprofits are doing at the community-level, and inspire more New Jerseyans to lend a hand.…

Fundholder Helps Young New Jerseyans Fight Substance Abuse

December 28, 2016 For Gail O’Brien, a fundholder at the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the fight against substance abuse is top of mind at morning, noon, and night. As the founder of the Parents Coalition for Substance Abuse Awareness (PCSAA) and a member of The Adam O’Brien Recovery Foundation, Gail has raised funds and provided support for countless young adults in New Jersey seeking detox, treatment, and sober living homes.…

‘Be Jersey Strong’ Reports on Progress

May 17, 2016 Our friends at Be Jersey Strong, whose executive director we honored as a Young Changemaker in 2015, this month reported on their progress to date – and the numbers tell a compelling story. According to Executive Director Aakash Shah: During this past open enrollment, Be Jersey Strong recruited over 500 students – two-thirds of whom spoke a second language with over 50 languages represented between them all – to help over 12,000 of their friends, families, and neighbors learn more about their options for coverage.…

SHWF & CFNJ Grant to Woodstown Ambulance for EMS Services

May 9, 2016 The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation and the Community Foundation of New Jersey announced today a grant in the amount of $275,000 to the American Legion Ambulance Association to support EMS services. In 2015, in an effort to find a solution to delayed response time for an area of the county, a partnership was formed with Fenwick Ambulance Squad to begin supporting them in providing services to residents of Salem City.…