We celebrated our Bergen County Project SEARCH interns on Tuesday, June 11, at their graduation. What could be better than having Bergen County, Bergen New ...
Meadowlands Charity Handicapping Contest
Oh, what a Saturday night during Memorial Day Weekend! We were thrilled to have placed third in the Meadowlands Racetrack Charity Handicapping Contest and will receive a …
GBR REALTORS’ Care Foundation Awards Grant for Therapeutic Theatre Program
Thank you, Greater Bergen REALTORS®, REALTORS’ Care Foundation, for selecting us (for the second year) as one of the 41 organizations receiving a 2023 Grant Award …
North Jersey Friendship House 60th Anniversary Gala Celebration – Thursday, April 11
Dear Families and Friends of Friendship House: On Thursday, April 11, North Jersey Friendship House (NJFH) will celebrate its 60th Anniversary at The Venetian in ...
North Jersey Friendship House Annual Report – Fiscal Year 2022
We spent this full-year fighting COVID-19. We offered hybrid services and pivoted to remote services in January 2021. By the time of the fiscal year-end, we were back to in-person services.
Adults with Autism Annual Spring Fundraiser – Tuesday, April 26
Dear Families and Friends of Friendship House: Friendship House’s Day Program invites you to support services for our adults with Autism and other Developmental Disabilities …
North Jersey Friendship House Announces Names their New Chief Executive Officer, Dinorah D’Auria. Psy.D.
The Board of Trustees of North Jersey Friendship House (NJFH) announced that the leadership transition planned over the last several months is complete. Leonard J. Nicolosi, MBA recently retired from his position as CEO which he held the last 5 years and was his second term leading the agency. Dinorah D’Auria, Psy.D. (Emerson, NJ) has been named Chief Executive Officer of the agency.
North Jersey Friendship House Annual Report – Fiscal Year 2021
We spent this full-year fighting COVID-19. We offered hybrid services and pivoted to remote services in January 2021. By the time of the fiscal year-end, we were back to in-person services.
Project Search Continues to Grow
Project Search is a ten month internship-based program for adults with varying abilities that takes place entirely at a business host site; offering the interns to cycle through three internship rotations with a goal of competitive employment upon graduation.
Recite Me Accessibility and Translation Toolbar added to our website
We have added the Recite Me Accessibility and Translation toolbar to our website to make it accessible and inclusive for as many people as possible. It will help the one in four adults in the US who have a disability (according to the CDC), including those with common conditions like sight loss and dyslexia, to access this website in the way that suits them best. It also meets the needs of the over 20% of people in the US who don’t speak English as their first language, by being able to translate our web content into over 100 different languages.