Clinton Township Newsletter

September MADE Simple! No time to plan, shop & prep a home-cooked meal? We provide Ready-to-Cook Meals GRAB n' GO or Order Online Catering Available meal assembly www.dishclinton.com studio & salad bar 908.730.MEAL 16 Leigh Street~Downtown Clinton (Entrance in Back) I m m a c u l at e C o n c e p t i o n P a r i s h C h r i s t i a n I n i t i at i o n P r o g r a m Immaculate Conception Parish in Annandale will offer a Christian Initiation Program for Adults beginning in October. The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA, is intended for nonCatholics who wish to become Catholic and for baptized Catholics who have not completed their sacraments of initiation (Holy Communion and/or Confirmation). The program will run from October 2013 to May 2014. All are welcome to attend an information session on Sunday September 22 at 10 am in the Mary House on the Church grounds, 316 Old Allerton Road, Annandale, NJ 08801. Please contact the parish rectory at 735-7319 for more info. 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The organization has been active for the past fifteen years and currently provides assistance to approximately thirty wards. The Barn Dance and BBQ will be held on the Copeland Farm in Sergeantsville. Live music by Sundog. Sponsorship opportunities available! Tickets cost $50. Proceeds support VGOO. Visit: www.volunteerguardianship.org or email: jungecfp@gmail. com for more information and to purchase tickets. Help Lebanon Reformed Church S u pp o r t O u r T r o o p s www.operationshoebox.com In July, Lebanon Reformed Church members partnered with the community to support our Hometown Marine, Cpl Wallace J. Crowley III of Lebanon and the 2nd Battalion 8th Marines, by holding a supply drive at the Clinton ShopRite. Lebanon Reformed Church members would like to thank ShopRite and their employees for their help and all who contributed to this outreach for our troops deployed in Afghanistan. The drive was a huge success! Care boxes will reach the 2/8 Marines and others in active duty through both the Lebanon Reformed Church and Operation Shoebox. It's not too late to join support of our troops! If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to purchase goods to send to our troops, please mail a check to: Lebanon Reformed Church, 100 Brunswick Ave. Lebanon, NJ, 08833 and include the word "troops" in the memo. Questions? Please call Dale Webb at 908.328.8942. Thanks! H a r v e s t F e s t i va l and Craft Fair Come one, Come All – for a Family-Fun-Filled Day! Vendors Wanted! The Good News Home for Women will be holding its 11th Annual Good News Home Harvest Festival and Craft Fair on Saturday, September 7 from 8:30am – 4:30pm. The festival takes place on the grounds of the Good News Home for Women, located at 33 Bartles Corner Road in Flemington and features fun activities for the entire family, including pony rides, petting zoo, face painting, music, games, prizes and refreshments. Officers from the HC Sheriff's Office will be making I.D. cards for children through their Child Ident-A-Kid Program. Vendors are welcome to sell crafts and other merchandise. Proceeds from the event support the Good News Home, a nonprofit residential rehabilitation facility that helps women overcome and recover from addictions to drugs and alcohol. Located on a 55-acre farmstead, the "Home" provides its residents a spiritually based, comprehensive recovery program regardless of race, religion or the ability to pay. For more info. and/or registration forms, please call Robin Jackson at 908.806.7913 (ext 26) or email robin@goodnewshome.net. Volunteer opportunities available. C h i l d A dvo cac y G r o u p is R a i s i n g A wa r e n e s s Court Appointed Special Advocates of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties (CASA SHaW) is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization committed to advocating for children living in foster care under the jurisdiction of the NJ Family Court. CASA SHaW recruits, screens, trains, and supervises community volunteer advocates who identify needed services, make best interest recommendations to the court and ensure that assistance is made available to these children with the ultimate goal of moving them to safe, loving and permanent homes. The program has developed a presentation designed to raise awareness about the issues of child abuse and neglect, including what constitutes abuse, what abuse can look like, who is considered a mandated reporter and how to make a report. The organization hopes to share this 2-hr presentation with other organizations that work with children (incl. preschools, coaches, and instructors). Call Tracy Heisler at 908.689.5515 or email: tracey@casashaw.org if you're interested in free CASA SHaW training. 2 0 1 3

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