The Season: Giving is Contagious
By Greg Kelly
With the nation’s economy now in a very good phase, it’s time to give back to those who are truly in need this holiday season. In good times and bad — generosity is always necessary.
And besides, your efforts at giving can “jumpstart a cascade of generosity through your community.” According to a report from the Greater Good Science Center, “giving is contagious. When we give, we don’t only help the immediate recipient of our gift. We also spur a ripple effect of generosity through our community.”
The following Monmouth County-based charitable/volunteer/service organizations (along with some worthy arts groups) help the needy as well as the community at large. When it comes to giving be sure to remember them this holiday season.
(And be sure to contribute local too — a kind donation to your local police, fire, first aid and/or public works department is safe and smart gift)
- Algonquin Arts Theatre – MORE INFO
- American Children’s Society – MORE INFO
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Central NJ – MORE INFO
- American Littoral Society – MORE INFO
- American Red Cross (Jersey Coast Chapter) – MORE INFO
- Animal Protection League of New Jersey – MORE INFO
- ARC of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Asbury Park Music Foundation – MORE INFO
- Associated Humane Society – MORE INFO
- Atlantic Highlands Historical Society – MORE INFO
- Autism New Jersey – MORE INFO
- Barnabas Health Foundation – MORE INFO
- Bayshore Family Success Center – MORE INFO
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties – MORE INFO
- Beauty Foundation of NJ – MORE INFO
- Belmar Arts Council – MORE INFO
- Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Bradley Beach Food Pantry – MORE INFO
- Brookdale Community College Foundation – MORE INFO
- CASA for Children of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Catholic Charities, Monmouth – MORE INFO
- Center for Vocational Rehabilitation – MORE INFO
- Central Jersey Blood Center – MORE INFO
- Center of Asbury Park – MORE INFO
- Centrastate Healthcare Foundation – MORE INFO
- Child Care Resources of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Clean Ocean Action – MORE INFO
- Coastal Habitat for Humanity – MORE INFO
- Collier House – MORE INFO
- Community Affairs & Resource Center – MORE INFO
- Community WMCA – MORE INFO
- Company of Dance Arts – MORE INFO
- CONTACT of Ocean & Monmouth Counties – MORE INFO
- Count Basie Theatre – MORE INFO
- CPC Behavioral Healthcare – MORE INFO
- Family & Children’s Service – MORE INFO
- Family Promise of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Family Resources Associates – MORE INFO
- First Tee of Monmouth and Ocean Counties – MORE INFO
- Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties – MORE INFO
- Food for Thought by the Sea – MORE INFO
- Freehold Area Open Door – MORE INFO
- Glad Tidings – MORE INFO
- Girl Power 2 Cure – MORE INFO
- Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore – MORE INFO
- HABcore – MORE INFO
- Hope for Children Foundation, NJ – MORE INFO
- Hospice by the Sea – MORE INFO
- Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund – MORE INFO
- InfoAge – MORE INFO
- Interfaith Neighbors, Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Infinite Love For Kids Fighting Cancer – MORE INFO
- JBJ Soul Kitchen – MORE INFO
- Jersey Shore Arts Center – MORE INFO
- Jersey Shore Boy Scout Council – MORE INFO
- Jersey Shore Down Syndrome Association – MORE INFO
- Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation – MORE INFO
- Jersey Shore PFLAG – MORE INFO
- Jersey Shore Rescue Mission – MORE INFO
- Jersey Shore Running Club – MORE INFO
- Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Jewish Federation of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Junior League of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – MORE INFO
- Keyport Historical Society – MORE INFO
- Keyport Ministerium Food Pantry – MORE INFO
- Kortney Rose Foundation – MORE INFO
- Literacy Volunteers of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Light of Day Foundation – MORE INFO
- Living Heart Foundation – MORE INFO
- Lunch Break – MORE INFO
- Lupus Foundation of America, NJ Chapter – MORE INFO
- Mary’s Place by the Sea – MORE INFO
- Mental Health Association of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Mercy Center of Asbury Park – MORE INFO
- Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations – MORE INFO
- Michael’s Feat – MORE INFO
- Moms Helping Friends in Need – MORE INFO
- MonmouthCares – MORE INFO
- MOCEANS Center for Independent Living – MORE INFO
- Monmouth Conservation Foundation – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Arts Council – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Audubon Society – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County CHADD – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Family Support Organization – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Historical Association – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County’s Meals on Wheels – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County SPCA – MORE INFO
- Monmouth Family Health Center – MORE INFO
- Monmouth Park Charity Fund – MORE INFO
- Move for Hunger – MORE INFO
- Musicians on a Mission – MORE INFO
- NAMI of Greater Monmouth – MORE INFO
- National Guard Militia Museum of NJ – MORE INFO
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society, NJ Metro Chapter – MORE INFO
- Navesink Arts Center – MORE INFO
- NJ Friends of Clearwater – MORE INFO
- NJ Sharing Network – MORE INFO
- New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation – MORE INFO
- New Hope – MORE INFO
- NY/NJ Baykeeper – MORE INFO
- Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services – MORE INFO
- Ocean Twp. Historical Museum – MORE INFO
- Operation Jersey Shore Santa – MORE INFO
- Parker Family Health Center – MORE INFO
- Parker Homestead – MORE INFO
- Pick Your Paw Animal Rescue – MORE INFO
- Pet Adoption Network – MORE INFO
- Planned Parenthood of Central and Greater Northern NJ – MORE INFO
- Project Linus NJ – MORE INFO
- Prevention First – MORE INFO
- RAINE Foundation-MORE INFO
- Ronald McDonald House of Long Branch – MORE INFO
- SPCA of Monmouth – MORE INFO
- Sandy Hook Foundation – MORE INFO
- Salvation Army, NJ Division – MORE INFO
- Sea Bright Rising – MORE INFO
- Shore to Help – MORE INFO
- Spring Lake Community House and Theatre – MORE INFO
- Surfers’ Environmental Alliance – MORE INFO
- Tim McLoone’s Holiday Express – MORE INFO
- Toys for Tots, NJ – MORE INFO
- Twin Lights Historical Society – MORE INFO
- United Way of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- Woman’s Exchange of Monmouth County – MORE INFO
- 180 Turning Lives Around – MORE INFO
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- Monmouth County Fire Departments List – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County First Aid Squads List – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Police Departments List – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Historical Societies List – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Churches List – MORE INFO