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PCCT Kicks Off New Mission With Habitat for Humanity

PCCT kicked off our new mission initiative with the Morris County Habitat for Humanity Chapter with a work day on April 28 on Garfield Avenue in Victory Gardens, New Jersey.  We learned that Victory Gardens has its origin as a planned community for veterans coming home after World War II.  Our objective was to complete the finish work on a house that was rebuilt by the Habitat teams over the prior 6 months.  Our PCCT Habitat team of 12 workers assembled at 8:30AM to take on a number of challenges including removing a brick sidewalk, digging out a new bed for the new walk, installing a set of steps, planting shrubs around the yard, finishing the deck and installing lattice work around the perimeter of the house.  Our team included Julia Fairley, Lia Papathomas, Jamie Mirabella, Christina Manfredi, Don McCord, Kent Stevens, Phyllis Stevens, Graham Nelson, Mark Skinner, Gerald Helfrich and the team leaders John Ashenfelter and Steve Tompson.  The weather was wonderful with the sun breaking out just about 8AM.  We completed all of the assignments and spent some time with the owners of the house, the Mom, Debbie and her 13 year old twin boys, Derrick and Eric.  This was our initial outing with the local Habitat for Humanity organization.  We are now planning our next effort: Friday July 27 and Saturday July 28.  We will be working at one site for two days and plan a barbeque with an evening program on Friday.  We are hoping that the PCCT youth will be able to join us in the fun and schedule this activity around their summer jobs.  As always, it was an exhausting day of work but all the more rewarding when you see how appreciative the Habitat owners are with the results of the effort.

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PCCT also provides financial support to many projects and

missions, including:

Jersey Battered Women's Services

Johnsonburg Camp

Market Street Mission

Project Babies

NJ Truckstop Ministry

Princeton Seminary

Kenyan Connection

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Community Soup Kitchen

The Community Soup Kitchen of Morristown serves lunch to 175-200 needy people each week.  PCCT volunteers prepare food and serve it the fourth Thursday of every month.

Community Food Bank

The Community Food bank in Hillside, New Jersey distributes over 21 million
pounds of food and groceries a year ultimately assisting three-quarters of a million low income people throughout the state. Once a month PCCT volunteers go to the Hillside facility, where they perform a variety of tasks to support
this effort.

Giving Trees

Outreach opportunities during the Christmas holidays include the Box Project, Jersey Battered Women, Freedom House, and gift certificates for Hospitality Network families.

Habitat for Humanity

Each year, groups of students and adults from PCCT build and rehabilitate affordable homes for families with good credit who live in substandard housing and cannot qualify

Harvest Festival

Non-perishable food items are collected at Thanksgiving and distributed to the Interfaith Food Pantry in Morristown and PCCI (Protestant Community Centers, Inc.).

Hospitality Network

Four times a year, PCCT hosts guest families of the Interfaith Council for Homeless Families of Morris County by providing a place for them to live, temporarily, until they can find and afford a home of their own.

SCEEP

The Suburban Cultural Educational Enrichment Program is a one-on-one tutoring program for 3rd-5th graders from Newark.  PCCT volunteers tutor children each Saturday morning.