This year, Giving Tuesday lands on December 3rd, 2019. Buy, why wait when we can impact lives everyday. Do you have some free time? Can you lend a hand to someone who needs it? Are you looking for a creative way to make an impact on your community and what is around you? If so, you will love the November Do Good Calendar. [Download Printable Version] Brought to you by our friends at #GivingTuesday, this Do Good Calendar gives ideas and inspiration how small things can make a big … [Read more...] about November Do Good Calendar #GivingTuesday
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Norwescap Celebrates Katherine’s Success
A Circle's Story My name is Katherine Dieterie and I am a Graduated Pathways to Prosperity Leader in Sussex County, NJ. In fact, I am becoming an Ally to new Pathways to Prosperity Leader. I have come a long way from where I was 2 years ago. I had lost my job 3 years ago and when I joined Pathways to Prosperity I didn't realize how depressed I was feeling. I was lost and not myself. Within the first week of becoming a Pathways to Prosperity Leader, I signed up for classes to re-train … [Read more...] about Norwescap Celebrates Katherine’s Success
Continue ReadingNorwescap Celebrates Yvonne’s Success
Yvonne's story "When I was just a teen. I decided that by the age of 25 I would be married, have two kids, my house, and a Honda Civic. Well, I wasn't too far off. By the age of 28 I was married, by 30 I had my second daughter and by 31 I had my house.I never got the Civic but I did end with a brand new car.I joined NORWESCAP Family Self-Sufficiency about one year after I started receiving housing assistance thanks to the help of Mark Bizzarro, Sherry Sims and Margarita Howard. knew then that … [Read more...] about Norwescap Celebrates Yvonne’s Success
Continue ReadingIndividual Development Account Client Builds New Business
BH recently began the IDA program with the goal of home ownership. While driving a school bus and attending school at William Paterson part time, she was offered a twelve-month teaching position at $40,000 annually. Despite many financial setbacks, she was able to save $2,900 with her new job. She attributes much of her success to the financial education she received through the IDA program, including budgeting and how to be an educated consumer. Ironically, by attending the home ownership … [Read more...] about Individual Development Account Client Builds New Business
Continue ReadingStruggling Mom Retrained and Secures Job
A recently separated mother of two young girls came to the Career & Life Transitions Center. Though struggling financially, she was ineligible for food stamps. Without the extra cushion provided by such benefits as Child Support and Rental Assistance, she lived by borrowing against her credit. She has a business degree and decided that she needed a career change and further schooling because she could not afford the commute back and forth to New York City for her job as a single parent. When … [Read more...] about Struggling Mom Retrained and Secures Job
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