Community Services
NCJW, Bergen County Section reaches out to all members of the Bergen
County community with innovative programs that provide education, food,
companionship, information, and helps to support the following
organizations
We are always in need of volunteers. If you are interested in any of the
following, please contact us:
- BERGEN FAMILY CENTER SENIORS/SHINING LIGHTS is a social day care program for visually impaired Bergen County adults and other seniors. It is the only program specifically for the visually impaired
- CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION (CFA) provides emergency food and rent and utility assistance to the needy in Bergen County.
- CHILDREN'S COURT CARE CENTER (CCCC) is a supervised play area within the Bergen County Court House for children of litigants involved in court proceedings.
- CAMPERSHIP
The Bergen County Summer Campership Fund is a unique, public-private collaboration. The NCJW Bergen County Section is one of the contributors to the fund drive and the Volunteer Center of Bergen County manages the Fund. The Bergen County Office for Children provides administrative support. Every dollar raised goes directly to send a child to camp. Schools and community organizations distribute applications to eligible families and submit completed applications to the Office for Children. - COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) recruits, screens, trains and supervises volunteers appointed by a Family Court judge to advocate on behalf of individual children who are in out of home placements
- DR. DAVID GOLDBERG CHILDCARE CENTER is a daycare center/school in Bergen County for preschool to kindergarten children
- HOME INSTRUCTION FOR PARENTS OF PRESCHOOL YOUNGSTERS (HIPPY) trains parents to be their children's first teachers. It is co-sponsored by Bergen Family Center
- JEWISH HOME AT ROCKLEIGH is a comprehensive skilled nursing and geriatric care facility
- SHARSHERET (Hebrew for "chain") Sharsheret is a national organization of cancer survivors dedicated to addressing the unique challenges facing young Jewish women living with breast cancer.
- STRATEGIES TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
(StoP) incorporates education, community action and advocacy as a means of
assisting victims of domestic violence
Alternatives for Domestic Violence
Shelter our Sisters
Rape Crisis Center
Project S.A.R.A.H. - SWIM-IN is a therapeutic water exercise program for people with multiple sclerosis. The program is co-sponsored with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- WALK IN CENTER provides meals in a kitchen/dining center for hungry people in Bergen County
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS INFORMATION CENTER (WRIC) SHARED HOUSING offers job training and placement services as well as housing alternatives for single parent families
- YCS HOLLEY CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER is a residential treatment facility for emotionally and/ or physically abused children in crisis
- YCS KILBARCHAN is a residential treatment home for adolescent boys. It offers a safe environment where each teen’s developmental need are met