Local non-profits continue to advance in the OceanFirst Charity Challenge, a four-week-long fundraiser in which the bank will award more than $30,000 in grants to the groups
that amass the first, second and third largest amounts in monetary
donations by the end of the event on May 16.
As of April 28, The Kula Cafe, a community program, in Asbury Park, which trains young adults to work in the hospitality industry, had raised $4,900, up from $4,775 the week before. The Mental Health Association of Monmouth County was at $3,868, up from $1,958, and The Historic Village at Allaire, a living history museum in Allaire State Park, was at $2,235, up from $1,200. Mercy Center Corporation, which serves the poor and underserved populations in Asbury Park, by April 28 had raised $1,450, up from $1,075.
The Charity Challenge began on April 18. With a little more than two weeks left in the event, amounts raised to date show a wide variation in degrees of support and hint at priorities among the general population of donors.
For example, Count Basie Theatre's "Curtains Up for Kids" program, which allows classes to attend performances at the theater for free, by April 28 had raised $18,365. It was topped on the unofficial leader board by the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, which had raised $21,004.
Meanwhile, HabCore, a program for housing the homeless, by April 28 had accrued $125, and the ARC of Monmouth, which provides services that allow people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live and work in their communities, had raised $110.
According to the Charity Challenge's page on CrowdRise, a fundraising web site, the non-profit that raises the most money by May 16 will receive $20,000, while the groups that accrue the second and third highest amounts will receive $5,000 and $2,500, respectively.
All of the organizations will keep the monies they raised during the course of the challenge, OceanFirst said on the event site.
To support your favorite non-profit, go to the OceanFirst Charity Challenge page online at crowdrise(dot)com/oceanfirstcharitychallenge, and click on the name of the participating organization.
As of April 28, The Kula Cafe, a community program, in Asbury Park, which trains young adults to work in the hospitality industry, had raised $4,900, up from $4,775 the week before. The Mental Health Association of Monmouth County was at $3,868, up from $1,958, and The Historic Village at Allaire, a living history museum in Allaire State Park, was at $2,235, up from $1,200. Mercy Center Corporation, which serves the poor and underserved populations in Asbury Park, by April 28 had raised $1,450, up from $1,075.
The Charity Challenge began on April 18. With a little more than two weeks left in the event, amounts raised to date show a wide variation in degrees of support and hint at priorities among the general population of donors.
For example, Count Basie Theatre's "Curtains Up for Kids" program, which allows classes to attend performances at the theater for free, by April 28 had raised $18,365. It was topped on the unofficial leader board by the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, which had raised $21,004.
Meanwhile, HabCore, a program for housing the homeless, by April 28 had accrued $125, and the ARC of Monmouth, which provides services that allow people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live and work in their communities, had raised $110.
According to the Charity Challenge's page on CrowdRise, a fundraising web site, the non-profit that raises the most money by May 16 will receive $20,000, while the groups that accrue the second and third highest amounts will receive $5,000 and $2,500, respectively.
All of the organizations will keep the monies they raised during the course of the challenge, OceanFirst said on the event site.
To support your favorite non-profit, go to the OceanFirst Charity Challenge page online at crowdrise(dot)com/oceanfirstcharitychallenge, and click on the name of the participating organization.
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