Eva’s Village Kitchen Responds to Rising Food Costs with “Fund-A-Meal”
| April 16, 2012 | Posted by Eva's Village under Charitable Giving, Fight Hunger |
Helping to Feed the Hungry and Working Poor in New Jersey
By Eva’s Village - One of the Highest Rated Charities in the State of New Jersey, April 16, 2012
If you’ve gone grocery shopping lately, it’s probably not news to you that food stables now seem a little more expensive. In fact – they’re a lot more expensive.
While the overall inflation rate (or CPI) over 2011 had been at an expected modest rate of about 2.9% (mostly due to rising gas prices), food costs rose at a rate of 3.9% according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Eva’s Village – 30 Years of Helping to End Poverty & Feeding the Poor & Homeless in New Jersey
| February 27, 2012 | Anti-Poverty, Charity Events |
Eva’s Village, founded in 1982 by Msgr. Vincent E. Puma as a simple soup kitchen in the basement of St. John’s Cathedral in Paterson NJ, has grown to national recognition as one of the largest and most comprehensive charities in New Jersey.
Today Eva’s Village combats poverty & its effects with an integrated array of no less than 14 specialized programs, which include:
- Eva’s soup kitchen (“Eva’s Kitchen,” which has expanded from feeding 30 persons a day in 1982 to over 400 per day in 2012 with a 20% increase occurring since 2007).
Hunger Increases in America, Hitting Children Hardest
| January 21, 2012 | Fight Hunger |
Hunger Increases in America but Eva’s Village Remains Committed
By Eva’s Village - One of the Highest Rated Charities in the State of New Jersey, Jan 21, 2012
Record numbers of Americans are now living in poverty according to recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Consider that: 1) state budgets are under pressure and 2) federal deficit spending is set to be reined in, and you start to get a grim picture of the future for both charity food providers and those they serve.
Massachusetts is just one state that’s starting to feel the pullback:
Eva’s Village Awarded 5th Consecutive 4-Star Charity Rating by Charity Navigator
| December 30, 2011 | Anti-Poverty |
Charity Navigator indicates that Eva’s Village “executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way, and outperforms most other charities in America”.
Eva's Village awarded fifth consecutive 4-star rating by Charity Navigator
Eva’s Village is pleased to hold five consecutive four-star ratings for exceptional fiscal responsibility according to Charity Navigator, America’s top independent charity evaluator. Donna Marie Fico, Director of Marketing and Education at Eva’s Village says,
New Jersey Charity Medical Care Cost Expected To Increase 175% by 2020
| December 22, 2011 | Charity Medical Care |
Most states have some sort of charity medical care law that mandates treating patients regardless of their ability to pay. Thus most hospitals in the United States provide free and discounted healthcare services to the poor and uninsured, and the cost of providing those services, not surprisingly, have been steadily going up, so much so that in Georgia, some for-profit hospitals provide as much if not more free and discounted healthcare services than non-profit hospitals.
In 2010, 51 hospitals participated in a New Jersey Hospital Association / Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey (NJHA/HRET) study to determine the cost of providing free and discounted healthcare services to the poor and uninsured.
Eva’s Village Responds to a U.S. Poverty Rate That Continues to Climb
| December 16, 2011 | Posted by Eva's Village under Anti-Poverty |
The recession is over, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the latest numbers about the U.S. poverty rate and how many people can now count themselves as the working poor.
The recession is over, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the latest numbers about the U.S. poverty rate and how many people can now count themselves as the working poor.
The number of Americans living in poverty is growing according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. This summer, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 1 in 6 (or 47.4 million) Americans now live in poverty. That’s 3.8 million more than what the Bureau reported in 2009.
Eva’s Village Successfully Combats Drug & Alcohol Abuse With Our Addiction Treatment Programs
| November 25, 2011 | Posted by Eva's Village under Substance Abuse |
Recovering From Substance Abuse with Eva's Village Addiction Treatment Programs
Drugs and alcohol abuse affects thousands of Americans every year, most under the age of 25. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics Association (SAMHSA), 17.44% of all young adults between the ages of 18-25 were abusing drugs, both legal and illegal in 2007.
Each September is National Recovery Month sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services. Part of that month goes towards the recognition of those organizations and individuals who’ve made a significant impact on both the treatment and the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse.
Corporate Volunteer Work, Family Shelter, New Jersey | Roche, Nutley
| November 12, 2011 | Posted by Eva's Village under Corporate & Personal Volunteering |
On September 27, 2011, Employees from Roche, Nutley, arrived at Eva’s Village and helped give a facelift to their family shelter (“Hope Residence”).
“The Hope Residence provides a sanctuary for women and children who are in desperate need of a safe place where they can find shelter, food and other vital services,” says Sister Gloria Perez, the executive director of Eva’s Village
The corporate volunteers planted mums in the courtyard and worked on two rooms in the Hope Residence by applying decorative decals to walls, cleaning, applying new bedding, and leaving welcoming gifts:
Charitable Giving Up Despite the Great Recession & the (So Far) Stagnant Economy
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by Eva's Village under Charitable Giving |
Charitable giving in the U.S. increased by 3.8% last year (2010) despite the economy barely recovering from one of the worse recessions in living memory. Perhaps most surprising, however, is the fact that we didn’t so much as “recover” from the Great Recession as “stumbled into” the Great Stagnant Economy and still people gave: 290.89 billion, up from 280.30 billion in 2009.
Who’s Giving?
So did giving come from rich corporations & foundations that are better equipped to weather a severe downturn? Long term giving trends in the United States, as shown by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstracts, has consistently shown that individuals account for around 80% of all chartable dollars. Last year was no different: of the 3.8% increase in 2010, 2.7% came from individual donors according the GivingUSA Foundation, a leading consultant to non-profits
Substance Abuse in Teens, What can We Do About It & How Responsible Is the User?
| September 4, 2011 | Posted by Eva's Village under Substance Abuse |
What Causes Substance Abuse & Who's To Blame?
The sad death of Amy Winehouse on July 23, 2011 has once again pushed the issue of drug and alcohol abuse into the spotlight.
Almost a month before Winehouse’s death, the CASA National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse at Columbia University published a new report which found that adolescent substance is use now at epidemic levels. This finding has grave long-term implications because studies show that of all the currently addicted adults, 90% began to smoke, drink and/or use drugs while teens.
