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CJCDC Corporate Recognition Breakfast & Awards Ceremony Set for April 28 in New Brunswick
Central Jersey Community Development Corporation, awards, Carla Beverly, Leslie Hirsch, Jason Redd, Kenneth Myers, Eric J. LeGrand
The Central Jersey Community Development Corporation (CJCDC) formally announced today its
honorees for the annual Corporate Recognition Breakfast, which will be held 7 to 10 AM, Friday, April 28, 2017, the Hyatt Regency, 2 Albany Street, New Brunswick 08901.
“Our honorees have done amazing work as change agents in the community and it’s important for us to recognize their efforts, particularly at a time when so many communities feel under siege,” said Carla Beverly, CJCDC executive director. “The breakfast is also known as a great networking opportunity. We’re looking for more event supporters, particularly sponsors, as this is one of only two annual fundraisers for ourorganization.”
The 2017 honorees include a hospital president, a public servant, a financial expert and a former Rutgers football player turned spinal cord injury advocate:
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Legacy Leadership Award Recipient:
LESLIE D. HIRSCH, FACHE, President, Saint Peter’s Healthcare System
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Community Advocacy Award Recipient:
JASON REDD, ESQ., Senior Counselor to the Senate President (formerly Counsel, Government Affairs, Gibbons P.C.)
Corporate Partner Award Recipient:
KENNETH MYERS, Community Development Market Manager, Synchrony Bank
Chris Kjeldsen Community Service Award Recipient:
ERIC J. LEGRAND, Team LeGrand, an affiliate of Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Registration and sponsorship opportunities for the event are available: http://conta.cc/2nrI7Lb
About CJCDC:
The mission of the Central Jersey Community Development Corporation (CJCDC) is to rebuild communities, one family at a time, by improving the social, educational and economic conditions in targeted areas throughout New Jersey. The CJCDC, formerly known as First Baptist Community Development Corporation (FBCDC), is one of New Jersey’s most comprehensive and holistically-run community development organizations.
Founded in 1992 as an expansion of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Garden’s mission to improve the surrounding community, CJCDC has a long history of transitioning vulnerable neighborhoods into places that
project and embrace economic growth, sustainability and resident empowerment. CJCDC uses a Family Resource Model to help families move from unemployment to work, from tenant to homeowner and from debt to financial stability. CJCDC effects change through meaningful relationships with families affected by changing social conditions and events
