Hate Has No Home In Cherry Hill, Sign Drive Organizers Say [UPDATED]

CHERRY HILL, NJ — A pair of Cherry Hill residents want everyone to know “Hate Has No Home Here.”

Susan McGunnigle and JoAnne Negrin have started a yard sign drive in the days following reports of an unfounded bomb threat at the Betty and Milton Katz Jewish Community Center (Katz JCC) on Monday.

“Now more than ever, we need a non-partisan way to let others know that we don't tolerate hate,” they say in a post on tilt.com. “Imagine the powerful message an entire community of signs can send! A $5 donation to offset costs is all that's needed.”

Those interested in buying signs must be able to pick them up locally; signs can’t be delieverd or mailed. The ordering deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 26.

An image of the sign is attached to this post. Penn Jersey Signs provided the signs at their cost.

Any proceeds left over after all signs are purchased will be used as seed money for the next local group that wishes to print signs.

Anyone who isn’t local and wishes to start a sign drive in their area can learn how to do so at the Hate Has No Home Here Wordpress site.

To contribute and receive a sign, visit tilt.com and click the "Contribute Now" button.

A phoned-in bomb threat was received at the Katz JCC at about 10:40 a.m. Monday morning. Cherry Hill Police, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and K-9 squads from the Camden and Burlington county sheriff's departments responded to the scene, which was cleared at about 12:30 p.m.

The incident remains under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Investigative Unit at 856-488-7833. Tips can also be emailed to tips@cherryhillpolice.com or to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.

As of last week, there had been nearly 70 threats issued against Jewish Community Centers in 27 states and one Canadian province since the beginning of the year, according to the Huffington Post. Hard numbers weren't available for threats made against these centers before Jan. 1 of this year, but centers told the website this string of threats is "unprecedented."

Image posted on tilt.com.