CUMAC: Feeding People & Changing Lives

Volunteer at HCNJ's January service event!

HARVARD CLUB OF NEW JERSEY 

  Invites you to an event to   

SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES in NEED 

Saturday, January 25, 2014 – 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 

CUMAC – Food Bank

223 Ellison, Paterson, NJ 07509

Following the holidays, food banks are facing dangerously low supplies of food.  The CUMAC* supports the communities of Northern New Jersey and the CUMAC's food pantry served over 30,000 people last year.  The CUMAC  relies on volunteers to help continue its mission of fighting hunger throughout New Jersey.  Website: http://cumacecho.org/

Come join the Harvard Club of NJ to help support the community of NJ to sort and repackage meals for distribution to families statewide. The HCNJ has an opening for 20 volunteers on Saturday, January 25th, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Snacks will be served during the introduction. Children over 11 years old are welcome to join parents and certificates of community service will be provided for students.
   

Guidelines 

· Free of Charge.  However, canned food donations (suggestions: http://cumacecho.org/food-items-needed.html - as donations drop precipitously after the holidays despite need remaining high), grocery bags (they use over 20,000 a month to pack bags!) or coffee cans (used to sort bulk food) are most welcome. 

· Dress code is casual. Layers are suggested.  Sneakers or comfortable shoes (no sandals or open toes). 

· Because of the limited number of volunteers allowed per shift, registration will be on a first-come first-serve basis. 

· Nearby highways: Garden State Parkway, Route I-80, Route 46, and Route 4. 

· Secured parking for CUMAC is located behind the building.  Turn left into our driveway, directly before the Railroad overpass.  Please give a “warning beep” as you enter the tunnel, and be alert as vehicles may be exiting.  Directions are included below.

Registration 

If you would like to join us, please email: hcnjevents@gmail.com.  Please provide your name, email and number of people attending. 

If you have any questions, please email hcnjevents@gmail.com include your name and phone number where we can reach you. 

Thank you for your participation, and visit our website at hcnj.clubs.harvard.edu  

DIRECTIONS TO CUMAC: 

From I-80 East or West

§ Off Route 80, take Exit 57B toward Downtown Paterson.

§ Follow exit ramp toward Downtown onto Oliver Street, which will turn into Ward Street.

§ Stay in the middle lane as you pass “Jury Parking” on your left and the YMCA on your right.

§ The next light after the YMCA is Memorial Drive.  Turn left onto Memorial Drive.

§ Proceed to second (quick) traffic light and turn right onto Ellison Street (one-way).

§ CUMAC is the first building on the left-hand side at 223 Ellison Street. ***   

From Route 4

§ Take Route 4 West through Paramus.  After the Garden State Plaza, you will want to be in the left lanes as the highway will divide and you want to remain on Route 4 (toward Paterson). 

§ Route 4 turns into Broadway as you enter and drive through Fair Lawn and then Elmwood Park.  Follow Broadway up hill into Paterson.  Broadway will become Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in Paterson.  You will pass Barnert Hospital on your left, then McDonald’s on your right, NJ State Employment Offices on the left and then White Castle at left-hand corner of Straight Street.  Drive under Railroad overpass to the next traffic light which is Memorial Drive.

§ At Memorial Drive, turn left.  Proceed to second (quick) traffic light at Ellison Street.  Turn left onto Ellison Street (one-way).

§ CUMAC is the first building on the left-hand side at 223 Ellison. ***

From Route 46 East

§ Take Route 46 to Route 20 North.

§ Take Route 20 North to Route 4 West (a.k.a. Broadway).

§ Follow directions from second bullet point under Route 4.

From Garden State Parkway – North

§ Take GSP North to Exit 155 P.  Follow Route 19 to Downtown Paterson Exit.

§ Follow directions from second bullet point under Route 80 directions.

GSP – South

§ Take GSP South to Exit 159 for Route 80 West.

§ Follow directions from second bullet point under Route 80 directions.

Remember: Secured parking for CUMAC is located behind the building. 
Turn left into our driveway, directly before the Railroad overpass.  Please give a “warning beep” as you enter the tunnel, and be alert as vehicles may be exiting. 

 * In 1985, CUMAC was incorporated as the Center of United Methodist Aid to the Community Ecumenically Concerned Helping Others (CUMAC/ECHO) – a name meant to show that while they are an urban mission of the United Methodist Church, they serve all people in need without discrimination.