Monmouth County

Monmouth Beach First Aid Squad Dedicates New HQ

September 27, 2016 On Saturday, the Community Foundation of New Jersey was pleased to attend the dedication of the Monmouth Beach First Aid Squad headquarters, which was restored after sustaining significant damage as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The Community Foundation’s Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund made a grant of $35,000 to assist with the restoration.…

Asbury Park Students Visit Theater & Oceanfront Park

June 10, 2016 Students from Mt. Carmel School in Asbury Park recently journeyed to see live children’s theater and enjoy outdoor adventures at an oceanfront park. The excitement had built from the moment the first, second, and third grade students learned that they would be going on a spring field trip.…

Red Bank Seniors Win Maslow Scholarships

June 7, 2016 The Selection Committee of The Jonathan Maslow Scholarship today announced two recipients of 2016 scholarship awards. This is the seventh year in which the scholarship has been awarded to a Red Bank Regional High School (RBRHS) student, and the first year in which two students will receive the award.…

OceanFirst Foundation Offers 2016 Architecture Scholarship

February 16, 2016 OceanFirst Foundation is pleased to once again offer a scholarship to honor the legacy and many contributions of local architect, Carl Feltz, Jr., AIA. Administered by the Community Foundation of New Jersey, the scholarship is available to matriculated college students from Monmouth or Ocean Counties who are enrolled full time in an accredited architectural program at a School of Architecture within the United States.…

CFNJ Honors Adam Lowy as “Young Changemaker”

September 9, 2015 The Community Foundation of New Jersey (CFNJ) today announced that it will honor Adam Lowy of Ocean Township as one of the state’s four Young Changemakers. Lowy is the founder and executive director of Move for Hunger, a national nonprofit founded in Monmouth County that encourages families who are moving to donate their food to the hungry.…

Fundholder-Sponsored Buyback Nets 428 Guns

August 4, 2015 For a little over $30,000, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office purchased 428 unwanted firearms at a two-day Monmouth County gun buyback. Asbury Park and Keansburg were the two locations where individuals could sell their weapons with no questions asked.…

Fundholder Sponsors Monmouth Gun Buyback

July 30, 2015 Gun buyback programs are a safe and effective tool for removing unwanted firearms from homes and communities. Best of all, according to one of our fundholders who is particularly passionate about the issue, they are “above the fray” of politics.…

Turning Lives Around 180 Degrees

October 18, 2013 Turning one’s life around – if necessary, a full 180 degrees – can be difficult, particularly for victims of domestic and sexual violence.  180 Turning Lives Around seeks to help individuals do just that, providing services to women, men, and children throughout Monmouth County.…

Monmouth Gun Buyback Nets Over 200 Guns

September 30, 2013 Earlier this year we told you about the anonymous donor who worked with us to sponsor a gun buyback program in his home county of Monmouth.  That article, available here, described how the Community Foundation of New Jersey matched the donor’s $12,500 grant and allowed the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to hold buybacks in Rumson and Asbury Park.…