Giving Tuesday 2018: Nonprofits To Support In New Providence

NEW PROVIDENCE/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone kicking off the annual shopping season with many digging into their pockets for new presents.

However some may want to give back and donate some of their funds to a notable cause. This is the essence of #GivingTuesday, which begins the charitable season on Nov. 27.

Since its inaugural year in 2012, #GivingTuesday has become a movement that celebrates and supports giving and philanthropy with events throughout the year and a growing catalog of resources, said the organization.

There are charities everywhere, now which ones to donate to?

Many may want to keep it truly local, and help the neighbors around them or the charities that operate right in their community.

Here is a list of nonprofit organizations operating or helping in and around New Providence and Berkeley Heights. Learn more about them.

1. New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra: The New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra “Bridges the Generations through Music” by providing orchestral education to musicians of all ages and skill levels in a nurturing but artistically challenging environment.
2. Operation Bling Foundation: The foundation provides, for free, an assortment of sterling silver cubic zirconium rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets to oncology patients to choose from and keep forever. These jewels bring pleasure and smiles to those undergoing a cancer journey.
3. SoupKitchen 411: Our mission is to alleviate the pervasive hunger problem in the U.S. by raising awareness and providing the bridge connecting donors and volunteers to hunger relief organizations across the country.
4. Summit Speech School: It is the mission of Summit Speech School to enable children who are deaf or hard of hearing to take their place in a hearing world by providing superior educational and therapeutic support services through an auditory/oral program.
5. The Brooke Healey Foundation: the Brooke Healey Foundation was created to build awareness and raise funds for research Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG); to help families dealing with pediatric cancers, especially brain cancers and DIPG; to foster community relationships and to promote involvement through scholarships awarded to civically active high school seniors.
6. Home For Good Dogs: A 100 percent foster-based dog rescue that rescues homeless dogs from high-kill shelters in the South, which are overflowing with unwanted dogs on the brink of being euthanized.
7. Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts: Our Mission is to provide the highest quality performing arts education to a wide range of students in a supportive and inclusive environment, where striving for personal excellence inspires and connects those we teach to the communities we serve.
8. Homeless Animal Rescue Team: A no-kill, non-profit rescue, dedicated to the care and forever placement, of abandoned, adoptable animals for life.
9. Liam's Room: Liam's Room funds the education of health care providers on the implementation of pediatric palliative care by attending seminars, conferences and training programs throughout the country.
10. CASA of Union County: Since 2005, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Union County has been recruiting, training, supervising and supporting community volunteers to advocate for abused, neglected and abandoned children placed in foster homes or residential facilities. CASA volunteers ensure children's best interests remain the priority while working toward establishing a safe, stable and permanent home for each child served.
11. NJ Sharing Network: NJ Sharing Network is the non-profit organization responsible for the recovery and placement of donated organs and tissue for those in need of a life-saving transplant.
12. SAGE Eldercare: SAGE is a nonprofit organization committed to being the leading provider of programs and services to meet the changing needs of older adults, their families, and caregivers.
13. Bonds of Courage: Bonds of Courage is a non-profit organization honoring the courage and commitment of the brave armed service personnel who serve in the military, wherever they are stationed, wherever they are from, in times of both peace and war.
14. Family Promise: Family Promise helps families experiencing homelessness attain sustainable independence.
15. Center For Hope Hopice & Palliative Care: The Center brings its patients a quality of life that actively supports the individual's right to live with dignity and in comfort, surrounded by the love of family and friends.
16. Summit Animal Rescue Association (SARA, Inc.): A non-profit organization that rescues cats or any animal in need, provide them with medical attention, rehabilitate them, and provide a temporary loving environment until a permanent home is found through adoption.

For a full list of local nonprofits visit givingtuesday.org.

The Office of the Attorney General also is sharing with locals how to verify charities you might want to give to by clicking here.

What nonprofit do you support? Tell us about it in the comments section.

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