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Friday, September 8, 2017 | Kim Mulford/Courier Post
VOORHEES - Deborah Kroop often ducks into the Living Proof Recovery Center, one of the Center For Family Services programs assisting people with addiction and mental illness.
A member of the nonprofit's board of trustees since 2007, the 69-year-old Woodbury resident is passionate about the need...
Sunday, August 27, 2017 | Kim Mulford/Courier Post
CHERRY HILL - Somewhere between a 2015 Huffington Post story and Samantha Bee's endorsement, a local nonprofit became a big deal.
Launched three years ago from the living room of Joanie Balderstone and Rebecca McIntire, Distributing Dignity has since swelled to fill a warehouse near their home...
Friday, August 25, 2017 | NJ.com/Bob Shryock
The late Victoria Dalton, a tireless advocate for victims and families of domestic violence despite her 14-year struggle with cancer, will be remembered Saturday, Sept. 9, when a team that has been formed in her honor, "Victoria's Corner," participates in a 5K race and mile walk hosted by the...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 | Kim Mulford/Courier Post
On her 12-hour shift each Friday night, Kelly Sottile wait for a call for help. When it comes, she heads out to Inspira Woodbury to meet a person who was just revived from an opioid overdose - a person now in withdrawl.
The 46-year-old recovery coach knows what to say. She kicked her own heroin...
Thursday, July 20, 2017 | SNJ Today Staff
CAMDEN, NJ - A new program in Camden is working to help students get on the path to success.
On Wednesday, July 19, the Camden Corps Plus program, based out of Rutgers University's Camden campus and lead in conjuction with Center For Family Services, celebrated the graduation of its first 10...
Press Releases
Monday, July 25, 2016
CAMDEN- On July 14th, twenty-three Head Start students from Center For Family Services experienced a culturally and intellectually stimulating field trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art thanks to a grant made possible by the Field Trip New Jersey Fund, a new fund and pilot program designed to...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
CAMDEN, NJ - Center For Family Services is pleased to announce being named as the recipient of a $18,000 grant through W.W. Smith Charitable Trust.
The grant will create a unique assistance fund that will support Camden youth with basic necessities as they transition from foster and shelter care to...
Monday, March 28, 2016
CAMDEN, NJ - Center For Family Services is pleased to announce being named as the recipient of a $50,000 grant through NobleCause, a grant competition mobilizing volunteers to address the greatest challenges facing their communities.
Seven awards of $50,000 were available to organizations working...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
CAMDEN- Earlier this year, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new mental health recommendations with a special focus on pregnant women and new moms struggling with perinatal mood disorders including postpartum depression (PPD).
Perinatal Mood Disorders affect 10-15% of new mothers,...
Friday, November 20, 2015 | The late Regina Hill was remembered by Center For Family Services with a building named in her honor
VOORHEES- On November 20th, Center For Family Services honored the memory of Regina Hill, long-time board member and donor, at a dedication ceremony in which a building was renamed in her memory. Hill who died in 2013 cemented her legacy to Center For Family Services with an estate donation of $200...
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