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Thank You!

You are on receiving this email due to your association with the Blessing Bag Brigade. We appreciate your support.

The Blessing Bag Brigade NJ is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to showing compassion and humanitarianism towards the homeless. Our mission is to help them find some comfort. We wish for this situation not to exist, but the fact of the matter is, there are homeless that can’t afford basic necessities. It’s been our first-hand experience through this project, that there are everyday items that can make an impact and difference in their world. Our mission has expanded to help kids with special needs to enhance their life skills. We are involved in five New Jersey Shore area schools. The children receive, divide, and pack the supplies into gallon bags. We coordinate that on a monthly to bimonthly basis.

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Because of all of your support and donations the Blessing Bag Brigade has given out over 35,440 blessing bags in just under 2 years! We are grateful for having the opportunity to give back to our community and we look forward to keep doing just that!

Thank you all so much for joining us on our journey!

Recap of July 2019:

Last month we handed out 2,513 blessing bags! Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible! 

In July, we had many notable events! We teamed up with UBS for their annual corporate giving event, First Baptist Church of Laurelton Brick, and the Giving Back Forum with Bell Works! Thank you so much to everyone involved!

August 2019:

Check out the schedule below and sign up on our Volunteer Signup System here.

August 2019 Schedule:

Monthly Item Donation Drive: August 1st to August 10th
(see item list and dropoff locations below)

Gathering and Packing Event:

Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine
61 Georgia Road, Freehold NJ
August 8th @ 6:30pm
No signup needed for this event.
(see flyer below)


Bag Distribution Events:

St. Lukes Church, 535 Broadway, Long Branch NJ
August 13 & August 27 @ 3:45-4:45pm

Jersey Shore Rescue Mission, 701 Memorial Dr, Asbury Park NJ
August 28 @ 5:45-6:45pm

First United Methodist Church, 906 Grand Ave, Asbury Park NJ:
August 28 @ 4:45-5:45pm

Trinity Church, 503 Asbury Avenue, Asbury Park NJ
August 17 @ 11:45am-12:45pm

Saint Mark's Church, 247 Carr Ave Keansburg NJ 
August 29 @ 11:45am-12:45pm

NYC:
TBD @ 10pm (check Facebook updates for schedule)

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Special Events:

This month we have speaking events at:
- VBS Christ Episcopal Church 
- VBS Visitation Roman Catholic Church


Use the Volunteer SignUp System link below to join us at an event. Thank you for supporting the Blessing Bag Brigade.
Join Us: Volunteer SignUp System
Stay Connected: Facebook Group
Who We Are: BBB Website

St. Lukes Community Dinner!
 

Blessing Bag Brigade NJ would like to announce that the St Luke's Community Soup Kitchen in Long Branch, New Jersey has been going incredibly well!

We are happy to be able to continue serving the community as the soup kitchen was set to close down because of a retirement.
We welcome volunteers, cooks, and cleaners to help us continue the mission (signup at this link). If anyone is interested in sponsoring a dinner, the sponsorship is $75. We are also looking to have restaurants sponsor weekly dinners. Blessing Bag Brigade will continue to run as it does and this will be a separate Outreach of the charity.

Check out our
"St. Lukes Community Dinner" Facebook Group  which will have updates on how and what to donate. We look forward to this and continuing to help those in need in our community!

Blessing Bag Brigade Mailing Address


1601 Highway 35 #205 Middletown, NJ 07748
 

Our Blessing Bag Supply List:
Men's socks
Snack foods including breakfast bars
Water bottles
Shampoo
Body wash/soap
Toothbrush
Travel sized toothpaste
Travel sized lotion
Deodorant
Disposable razors

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Donation Drop-Off Locations!
Middletown Arts center
Hole Lot of Bagels - Middletown
Refinement Boutique - Belford
Trendsetters - Belford
Advanced Auto Care - Belford
Five points Crossfit - Atlantic
Retro Fitness - West Long Branch
Fins and Feathers - Red Bank
Cryotherapy - Red Bank
Pinot's Palette - Red Bank
A Time to Kiln - Red Bank
Shore Cake Supply - Ocean
Anna Soiree - Oakhurst
Colors to Go - 620 Park Avenue, Freehold
Dancing on the Edge - Freehold
Illusions Salon and Spa- Freehold
Amara Dental - Cherry Hill, Toms River, Howell, Brick, & Easton Locations
South Plainfield Dental Group, A proud Amara Affiliate - South Plainfield
Parsippany Dental Care, A proud Amara Affiliate - Parsippany
Sunny Smiles, A proud Amara Affiliate - Mahwah
Waterford Crystal - Jersey Shore Outlets, Tinton Falls

Thank you for supporting the Blessing Bag Brigade!



Our mailing address is:
NJ 1601 Highway 35 #205 Middletown, NJ 07748

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