Current Projects

In honor of celebrating Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County's 70th anniversary, enjoy a walk down memory lane of by-gone days provided by CYO's late founder and first director Msgr. Leonard Toomey.

Dombal-Vogel Foundation's trustees Barbara Dazzo, Joan Geiger, Marguerite Baranowski, and Elizabeth Soranno attend a "Tea with Martha Washington" on April 24, 2022 in support of the Special Needs Children Committee of the B.P.O.E. Lodge #1068 that support the health and happiness and well-being of special needs children throughout the community. ...

Might Writers core programming for children 3-17 years is designed to confront educational inequality in marginalized communities in Philadelphia and Camden area. The program focuses on empowering their students by providing high quality, community-oriented and culturally relevant reading and writing programs. Volunteers and staff act as mentors,...

Middle Earth is a non-profit social service agency serving at risk youth in Somerset County. They help hundreds of youth each year to become responsible and independent members of their communities through year round programs and mentoring.

The Somerset Home serves adolescents and young adults who are temporarily displaced because of homelessness and/or maltreatment. It provides an opportunity for young people to grow and change with support, guidance and opportunity through a variety of programs: a short term group home and shelter, independent and living skills education in their...

The Center's residential program serves homeless, pregnant adolescents and their babies at Katy's Place and homeless, pregnant adult women and their children throughout New Jersey. The adolescents and young women are referred through DYFS, the Drug Court System, clergy and other social service agencies. The Center provides a safe place to complete...

Along with the varied programs operated by the Center, many of the children sponsored by their individual Lodges attend Elks Camp Moore, a summer camp owned and operated by the New Jersey State Elks Handicapped Children's Committee. The camp, located in Haskell, New Jersey has been operating since 1971 and has become one of the finest camps in the...

The Franklin Food Bank served 2,818 local families at the Client Choice Market. This program allows families to shop for their own groceries. The Franklin Food Bank partners with all available food programs including the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the food bank is serving twice as many families where volunteers...

Hark-ALS fosters health, active responsible children through programs and events that address their physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Hark-ALS is an affiliate of non-profit Girls on the Run of Central New Jersey. Two thousand girls in 3rd through 8th grade from Camden, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Somerset counties participate. Harvard...

Oasis serves families below the poverty line in Paterson, NJ. Families Oasis serves are minorities and recent immigrants who suffer trauma, violence, displacement, and the pandemic. Oasis is the only food program serving their community. They distributed 70,000 meals made by volunteers and began an educational and social service program on site and...

The Simuel Whitfield Organization serves New Jersey's low-income families with clothing, school supplies, tutoring, scholarships, financial assistance, mentoring, youth programs, food and many other forms of support. They are dedicated to improving the quality of life and access of resources for families and youth. Through their outreach and...

The CYO of Mercer County East State Street Center helps some of the poorest people in one of the poorest sections of Trenton. Through rehabilitating houses to create homes affordable to the poorest, provide food, clothing and furniture, and continued help for these struggling families by providing preschool and childcare for children to shield them...