Greg’s List: Places to Donate this Holiday Season
By Greg Kelly
I’ve heard genuine praise — along with masses of web traffic — for my “Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County this Weekend.” The list has been published here at More Monmouth Musings prior to every weekend for going on 7 years now. I don’t think I’ve missed a weekend.
Compliments about the list include: “There’s nothing like it on the web.” “I don’t start my weekend without it.” “It really tells me what’s happening.” “It’s a fantastic resource.” “I get it all in one stop.” “It’s amazing all the good stuff to do for Monmouth County weekends.” “It’s the most complete things-to-do list around.”
Kudos to MMM publisher Art Gallagher for keeping the list going — the guy loves Monmouth County. I also thank the thousands and thousands of visitors who love and use the list every weekend.
Now is the season for a different kind of Greg’s List. I offer another Monmouth County-focused, comprehensive list. This one is about giving back to the county.
The following is a list of Monmouth County charitable/volunteer/service organizations(along with some worthy arts groups) that help the needy as well as the community-at-large. Don’t forget about them and their good works this holiday season. Even If things are tight, pick one and make a good donation.
(It’s prudent to give locally too—a nice donation to your community’s police, fire, first aid and/or public works department is a smart and safe 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
- Monmouth Beach Cultural Center – 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
- Ronald McDonald House of Long Branch – MORE INFO
- SPCA of Monmouth – MORE INFO
- Sandy Hook Foundation – MORE INFO
- Salvation Army, NJ Division – 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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- MonmouthCounty Fire Departments List – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Churches List – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County EMS Squads List – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Police Departments List – MORE INFO
- Monmouth County Historical List –MORE INFO
Greg Kelly, a longtime journalist, is publisher of MonmouthBeachLife.com. He welcomes comments at [email protected].
More from my site
Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, May 5-7, 2017
Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, December 12-14, 2014- Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend, May 12-14, 2017
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