A Father’s Love
In honor of Father’s Day, we’d like to highlight a remarkable father named James and his six-year-old daughter, Madison. To understand what makes their story so powerful, we must go back in time… James...
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Youth Group Works Hard to Make the Soup Kitchen Shine
The Youth Group from the First Presbyterian Church of Branchville, led by Pastor Jeff Hatch, spent two days volunteering at St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen last month. Franciscan Charities was the first stop...
View ArticleRegister for our 7th Annual Charity Golf Outing
7th Annual Franciscan Charities Charity Golf Outing Monday, September 25th, 2017 Essex County Country Club in West Orange, NJ Register online at: www.birdeasepro.com/franciscancharitiesgolfouting...
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Holiday Toy Drive Success
The wet weather on Saturday didn’t stop Santa and our incredible volunteer elves from hosting our annual Holiday Toy Drive! Children and their families starting lining up early on Saturday morning,...
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Coat Drive Provides Hundreds with Warm Coats & Accessories
On Saturday, January 7th, Franciscan Charities held its Annual Coat Drive. Despite the snowy weather, hundreds of people lined up early in the morning. Volunteers greeted everyone with hot chocolate...
View ArticleShopRite Partners In Caring Grants Awarded to FC
We are thrilled to announce that Franciscan Charities (St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen) has been awarded three ShopRite Partners In Caring grants totaling $2,800 for the 2017 calendar year. The grants will be...
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A Circle of Giving
Tricia Mullaney first met Guerline Jean-Pierre, a home health aide of Haitian descent, in 2004. At that time, Tricia’s ailing father, Thomas, was placed in Hospice care. Mary Jane, Tricia’s mother, had...
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Jack Rimmele, Operations Director, joins the FC team
We’re pleased to introduce Jack Rimmele as the new Operations Director of Franciscan Charities starting Monday 5/8. Jack joins us with an interesting and eclectic background, which will serve the...
View ArticleTemple Emanu-El Makes Generous Donation to FC Soup Kitchen
Rabbi Ethan Prosnit from Temple Emanu-El in Westfield, NJ shared great news with Franciscan Charities today. In a note he said, “We brought our 8th – 9th Grade Mitzvah Corps group to the Soup Kitchen...
View ArticleA Father’s Love
In honor of Father’s Day, we’d like to highlight a remarkable father named James and his six-year-old daughter, Madison. To understand what makes their story so powerful, we must go back in time… James...
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Youth Group Works Hard to Make the Soup Kitchen Shine
The Youth Group from the First Presbyterian Church of Branchville, led by Pastor Jeff Hatch, spent two days volunteering at St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen last month. Franciscan Charities was the first stop...
View ArticleSupport FC this holiday season. You shop. Amazon donates.
Support us when you shop on Amazon this holiday season! If you use the link below, Amazon will donate a portion to Franciscan Charities. Use this link to shop: smile.amazon.com/ch/20-1557589 Have a...
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Countdown to our Annual Toy Drive
Preparations are well underway for our annual Toy Drive! Board member and volunteer, Mary Lee, has set up toy headquarters in her basement and she’s been a very busy elf! Our annual Toy Drive has...
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A Circle of Giving
Tricia Mullaney first met Guerline Jean-Pierre, a home health aide of Haitian descent, in 2004. At that time, Tricia’s ailing father, Thomas, was placed in Hospice care. Mary Jane, Tricia’s mother, had...
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Toy Drive Success with help from Maplecrest Moves Charities
Last month, the Franciscan Charities Annual Toy Drive provided toys to nearly 1,000 smiling children in Newark. Volunteers dedicated many hours to planning and preparing for this special day....
View ArticleSpotlight: From Job Training to Job Success
Franciscan Enterprises, a ministry and sister-organization of Franciscan Charities, provides training and work opportunities for the chronically unemployed with the goal of workforce re-entry and long...
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Registration Open! Franciscan Charities First Annual Ladies Golf Outing
Franciscan Charities, Inc. will host its First Annual Ladies Golf Outing on Monday, May 14, 2018 at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster, NJ. Click here to REGISTER:...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Charles Solimine, volunteering in his old neighborhood...
Recently, Charles Solimine, from St. Rose of Lima parish in Short Hills, volunteered for the first time at St. Ann’s soup kitchen. He quickly let us know that he had gone to St. Ann’s for kindergarten!...
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