THE COMMUNITY CHEST WILL CELEBRATE 80TH
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Kelli Agresta
This year The Community Chest Celebrates their 80th Anniversary and their annual spring event, “Celebrating 80 Years of Giving” will be held on Thursday April 25th at the Montammy Golf Club with a special performance by Kelli Agresta and Alexander Diaz and the Sklar Sisters, graciously sponsored by Cadillac of Englewood Cliffs and Wells Fargo.
Don’t miss an evening of great entertainment and an opportunity for those attending to “Grant A Wish” from a diverse group of programs within our community that include Afterschool activities,
Personal hygiene supplies, Mentoring Services, Environmental Conservation & Education, Mental Health Services, Special Needs Programs for Children, Food Pantry, Fund Transportation Services, New School Clothes and Supplies, Fitness & Nutrition Programs, Home Health Aide Services and Performing Arts.
The Community Chest
Thursday April 25th, 2013
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Special Performance by
Kelli Agresta & Alexander Diaz
Musical Accompaniment by
The Sklar Sisters
Special Appearance by
Lori Stokes
ABC 7 Eyewitness News
Montammy Golf Club
Route 9W
Alpine, New Jersey
For Tickets and Sponsorship Information:
Harriet Tanner (201) 568-7474 or commchestenglewood@nj.rr.com
Wishes will be for specific needs at various prices to benefit directly the category that are clients at The Chest's member agencies. Our goal is to highlight this population as a means of conveying our community's concern for their futures as healthy, productive citizens.
Community Chest History
The origin of the Community Chest of Englewood, in the depths of our country’s worst depression, set the tone for what followed. In the early 1930's, Englewood, along with the rest of the nation, was confronted with business bankruptcies, widespread unemployment, foreclosures, and homelessness. Local agencies such as the Englewood Hospital, the Salvation Army, the Social Service Federation, and a Citizens’ Employment Committee were overwhelmed by the demand for their services and the difficulty of raising adequate funds. The City’s leading citizens, in essence, determined that Englewood would take a stab at looking after its own people.
By October, 1932, the committee was prepared to proceed with the organization of the new Chest. A leader was needed, a person capable of enlisting the warm response of the community as a whole.
The committee’s choice was Elizabeth Cutter Morrow, widow of Englewood’s best known citizen, Senator Dwight Morrow, who had died suddenly in 1931. Mayor Kitchel wrote Mrs. Morrow at the time "The one point which is emphasized as absolutely essential to the successful operation of a Chest, is that it must be operated by the best that the community affords, and particularly that the Chairman must command the respect and confidence of the entire community. In our community there is no one to whom this applies as much as to yourself, and I am asking you to accept this chairmanship, not alone for the ability and command of confidence that this requires, but also because I believe that, at this critical time, there could be no greater service performed for Englewood."
Mrs. Morrow accepted the chairmanship, thirty-three citizens accepted positions on what became the Board of Managers, and the first fund raising campaign was begun in September, 1933. The amount of money raised, $116,000, was exceptional, and, adjusted for inflation, exceeds that raised in any subsequent peacetime year. The member agencies receiving assistance in this first year were Englewood Hospital, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Social Service Federation, Citizens Employment Agency, and Salvation Army.
The Community Chest now serving Englewood, Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs strengthens the community through philanthropy, partnership and leadership. Since 1933, the Community Chest has raised money from community residents and businesses to support carefully selected and monitored non-profit agencies that provide social services and educational, recreational and cultural opportunities for the community. The Community Chest is an autonomous organization that is run by a volunteer Board of Managers.
About The Community Chest:
The Community Chest Serving Englewood, Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs strengthen the community through philanthropy, partnership and leadership. Since 1933, the Community Chest has raised money from community residents and businesses to support carefully selected and monitored non-profit agencies that provide social services and educational, recreational and cultural opportunities for the community. Funds raised in the campaign support programs at local non-profit organizations that provide social, cultural, recreational, and educational services to community residents. A thorough process of screening, research, and monitoring by the Chest’s Board of Managers assures that dollars raised go to the most worthy programs and where they are needed most.
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