"As a partner for the Lord, then I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle, be patient bearing with on another in love." Ephesians 4:1-2
"He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done." Proverbs 19:17
The Community Lighthouse
Community Lighthouse exists to extend charitable acts, and provide a host of developmental community services. Currently we distribute food, clothing, personal care items, toys and baby items. Our mission statement is:
“Loving and Growing the Community.”
We purpose to do this by reaching across socio-economic boundaries serving and helping individuals and families rise above their circumstances while meeting the needs of those in crisis.
UPS Grant for CL
Metro Jersey District Presents Grant to Community Lighthouse
On behalf of the UPS Foundation, Air Division Manager Orlando Rodriguez presented a check in the amount of $21,630 to the Community Lighthouse.
The Community Lighthouse was founded in the early 1980’s and was established as a non-profit social enterprise in 2006. Community Lighthouse exists to extend charitable acts and provide a host of developmental community services. They currently distribute food, clothing, personal care items, toys and baby items. They have been a member of the Food bank of Monmouth and Ocean counties since 1987.
Four times a week, the Community Lighthouse opens its doors and serves over 550 families a month in its food and clothing pantry. It is the largest food pantry in Ocean County. Most families come through referrals from Social Services.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Once a crutch for the most needy, food pantries have responded to the deepening recession by opening their doors to what Rosemary Gilmartin, who runs the Interfaith Food Pantry here, described as “the next layer of people” — a rapidly expanding roster of child-care workers, nurse’s aides, real estate agents and secretaries facing a financial crisis for the first time.
