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G a t e w a y C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n P a r t n e r s h i p A p r i l 2 0 1 3 I n T h i s I s s u e L i t e r a c y V o l u n t e e r s O f S a l e m A n d C u m b e r l a n d C o u n t i e s N a m e d A f f i l i a t e O f Y e a r G a t e w a y F S C H o l d s C o m m u n i t y E v e n t T o S u p p o r t F a t h e r h o o d F i v e C o m p l e t e T r a i n i n g T o B e c o m e L i t e r a c y T u t o r s A r o u n d G a t e w a y C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n P a r t n e r s h i p . . . N e w s a n d N o t e s A g e n c y M i s s i o n a n d C A P P r o m i s e T h e a g e n c y ' s m i s s i o n i s t o p r o v i d e s e r v i c e s t h a t i m p r o v e t h e q u a l i t y o f l i f e a n d p r o m o t e s e l f - s u f f i c i e n c y . C A P P r o m i s e : C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n c h a n g e s p e o p l e ' s l i v e s , e m b o d i e s t h e s p i r i t o f h o p e , i m p r o v e s c o m m u n i t i e s , a n d m a k e s A m e r i c a a b e t t e r p l a c e t o l i v e . W e c a r e a b o u t t h e e n t i r e c o m m u n i t y , a n d w e a r e d e d i c a t e d t o h e l p i n g p e o p l e h e l p t h e m s e l v e s a n d e a c h o t h e r . C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n R i v e r s E d g e C a m p u s ( H e a d q u a r t e r s ) 1 1 0 C o h a n s e y S t r e e t B r i d g e t o n , N J 0 8 3 0 2 G r e e t i n g s ! T h e n a m e G a t e w a y C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n P a r t n e r s h i p r e f l e c t s o u r e x p a n d e d c o v e r a g e a r e a , b u t m o r e i m p o r t a n t l y , i t s i g n i f i e s w h a t w e a r e a l l a b o u t . W e a r e a g a t e w a y t o s u c c e s s f o r i n d i v i d u a l s a n d f a m i l i e s i n o u r c o m m u n i t y a n d w e a c h i e v e t h o s e r e s u l t s t h r o u g h a c t i o n s d o n e i n p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h i n t h a t v e r y c o m m u n i t y w e s e r v e . S o p l e a s e t a k e a m i n u t e t o r e a d o u r n e w s l e t t e r a n d l e a r n m o r e a b o u t o u r s u c c e s s e s a n d s t r u g g l e s a s w e s e r v e a G a t e w a y t o C o m m u n i t y A c t i o n i n P a r t n e r s h i p w i t h o t h e r s f o r e v e r y o n e ' s b e n e f i t ! L i t e r a c y V o l u n t e e r s O f S a l e m A n d C u m b e r l a n d C o u n t i e s N a m e d A f f i l i a t e O f T h e Y e a r F o r S e c o n d T i m e I n T h r e e Y e a r s G a t e w a y ' s l i t e r a c y p r o g r a m r e c e i v e d L V N J ' s O u t s t a n d i n g A f f i l i a t e A c h i e v e m e n t A w a r d o n A p r i l 2 0 a t L V N J ' s a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e . F r o m l e f t : E d H i l t , l i t e r a c y a d v i s o r y b o a r d m e m b e r / G a t e w a y ; M a r y E l l e n C l a r k , N J
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Gateway Community Action Partnership April 2013
In This Issue
Literacy Volunteers Of SalemAnd Cumberland CountiesNamed Affiliate Of Year
Gateway FSC HoldsCommunity Event To SupportFatherhood
Five Complete Training ToBecome Literacy Tutors
Around Gateway CommunityAction Partnership ... Newsand Notes
Agency Mission and CAP Promise
The agency's mission is toprovide services that improvethe quality of life and promoteself-sufficiency. CAP Promise: CommunityAction changes people's lives,embodies the spirit of hope,improves communities, andmakes America a better placeto live. We care about theentire community, and we arededicated to helping peoplehelp themselves and eachother.
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Rivers Edge Campus(Headquarters)110 Cohansey StreetBridgeton, NJ08302
Greetings!
The name Gateway Community Action Partnershipreflects our expanded coverage area, but moreimportantly, it signifies what we are all about. We are agateway to success for individuals and families in ourcommunity and we achieve those results through actionsdone in partnership within that very community we serve.So please take a minute to read our newsletter and learnmore about our successes and struggles as we serve aGateway to Community Action in Partnership with othersfor everyone's benefit!
Literacy Volunteers Of Salem And Cumberland CountiesNamed Affiliate Of The Year For Second Time In Three Years
Gateway's literacy program received LVNJ's Outstanding Affiliate Achievement Award on April 20 at
LVNJ's annual conference. From left: Ed Hilt, literacyadvisory board member/Gateway; Mary Ellen Clark, NJ
(856) 451-6330Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
Yvonne Crouch, volunteer tutor; Laura Weber, literacyprogram coordinator; Judy Hunt, volunteer tutor;
Jessica Tomkins, Literacy Volunteers of NJ ExecutiveDirector; Mike Cudemo, literacy advisory boardmember/Gateway Vice President of Planning.
WEST WINDSOR - A partnership between LiteracyVolunteers of Salem and Cumberland Counties andPathStone presented opportunities to help ESL learners inSalem County learn English and become established in thecommunity. It also presented challenges. Literacy Volunteers of Salem and CumberlandCounties, a program of Gateway Community ActionPartnership, quickly realized that there would be far morelearners than tutors with this sudden influx of referralsfrom PathStone. Also, assisting Spanish-speaking learners was usuallynot as great an obstacle since Gateway has many staffmembers who speak Spanish. But further complicating thematter with this new partnership with PathStone was thatmost of the new learners were French-Creole speakers. Some creative thinking by Laura Weber, Gateway'sliteracy program coordinator, and our partners atPathStone led to a solution that has become popular withour learners. Gateway and PathStone started aconversational group Beginning English class at Gateway'sSalem Family Success Center to get the learners startedon English while awaiting a match with a tutor.Started in August 2012, it was supposed to last fourweeks. It remains in place and will continue due to theappeal and effectiveness of the class. It is because of this program that Literacy Volunteersof Salem and Cumberland Counties received the Alice M.Leppert Award for Outstanding Affiliate Achievement atLiteracy Volunteers of NJ annual Literacy for LifeConference on April 20 at the Conference Center atMercer. Literacy Volunteers of Salem and CumberlandCounties received the "affiliate of the year" award among21 New Jersey affiliates for the second time in threeyears. "The mission of Gateway Community ActionPartnership is to provide services that improve the qualityof life and promote self-sufficiency, and our literacyprogram advances that mission in Salem and Cumberlandcounties," said Albert B. Kelly, Gateway's President andCEO. "I am so proud that we are the Literacy Volunteersof NJ's affiliate of the year once again, and I congratulatethe staff and our volunteer tutors for this award." Literacy Volunteers of Salem and Cumberland Countiesand PathStone shared teaching duties for the BeginningEnglish class and recruitment of volunteers. Ten tutorshave been trained to lead the classes. Literacy Volunteersof Salem and Cumberland Counties hopes to expand theprogram to Cumberland County by forming partnershipswith other existing ESL programs. Weber, in accepting the award from LVNJ, said
receiving the award was especially meaningful consideringthe great work performed by the other LVNJ affiliates. "I would like to acknowledge our fellow affiliates for allthe good work that you do," Weber said. "Winning thisaward is kind of like getting the Best Actress nod whenyou are up against Meryl Streep. You have been suchgreat role models for this growing affiliate and youcontinuously give us something to aspire to." Weber also thanked Gateway's literacy programpartners and the volunteer tutors who are making adifference in the community by selflessly giving their time.Two tutors, Yvonne Crouch and Judy Hunt, attended theconference along with Mike Cudemo, Gateway's VicePresident of Planning and Ed Hilt, a Program Planner atGateway. Cudemo, Hilt and Weber serve on the program'sliteracy advisory board. Weber gave a special thank you to Crouch "who hasbeen pivotal in keeping the English program running."Weber also expressed her appreciation to Mike Cudemo,who "has been a real champion" for the program and hasplayed a huge role in its success. Jessica Tomkins, LVNJ's Executive Director, presentedthe award. "We give this award because of this project and whatLiteracy Volunteers of Salem and Cumberland Countieshas accomplished over the past few years," Tomkins said."It really exemplifies what is best about literacyvolunteers. Openness, partnerships, finding creativesolutions, responding to the needs of your community,and using all the resources of your community to serveyour learners. I'm very proud to present this 2013 Alice M.Leppert Award for Outstanding Affiliate Achievement toLiteracy Volunteers of Salem and Cumberland Counties." Literacy Volunteers of Salem and Cumberland Countiesheld four tutor training sessions in Salem and Cumberlandcounties in 2012 and added 25 new tutors to its ranks ofmore than 60 active volunteers. The program alsoprovided services to more than 60 new learners in ESLand basic literacy. For more information on Literacy Volunteers of Salemand Cumberland Counties, contact Weber at 856-497-6645.
Gateway Family Success Center Holds Fun Community Event To Support Fatherhood
Gateway Family Success Center staff members and volunteers show hospitality tofatherhood support group during an event in March.
Above, volunteer Fatimah Johnson makes one of Gateway FSC's guests feel at home.
Want to bring a group of men together for a great bonding experience? Just addsports and games. Gateway Family Success Center kicked off its fatherhood supportgroup with a good old fashioned game day. Men throughout the community were invited
to come together and participate in video game tournaments, casino style games, chess,checkers and domino matches. Thirty-four men arrived ready to compete in our makeshiftgame room. GFSC staff and volunteers served the competitors food and beverages. "We felt it important to cater to them while they circled the game stations as a wayto say thank-you for attending our event and show hospitality to our guests," said AshleeTodd, Gateway FSC site coordinator. "Most of the men had never been to the GatewayFamily Success Center before but they left with intentions of coming to the next event. "Our goal was to promote unity amongst men in our community and I believe with thisevent we hit our mark," added Todd. "Not only did the men enjoy themselves but all 34agreed to join the fatherhood support group and host events throughout the City ofBridgeton and its surrounding areas to promote the same goal. The day was fun but toget a commitment from them when it was all said and done, that was beautiful." To join the fatherhood support group or for inquiries about upcoming events callGateway Family Success Center at (856) 451-1133.
Five Complete Training For Gateway's Literacy Volunteers of Salem And Cumberland Counties
March 2013 Tutor Training class. From left: Donna McVey, Sandra Lopez, Judith Augustus, Nancy Mossop,and Barbara Treadway.
A Warm Welcome To Gateway Community Action Partnership's Newest Employees
Welcome to the Gateway CAP March 2013 new hires!
Shasheena Jones - Frank Tejeras ELCAnita Moorer - Head StartAlisha Hart - Mercer Head StartTahlil Little - Head StartStephanie Marshall - Salem County Youth
Around Gateway Community Action Partnership ... News and Notes
Children in Gateway's Germantown Early Head Start program are having fun in the center's newplayground, which is set up as an outdoor classroom. There are learning areas for music, art, sand and
water and small group activities.
Literacy Volunteers of Salem and Cumberland Counties will conduct ESL and basic literacytutor trainings on Thursday mornings ( 9 a.m. to noon) in Bridgeton starting May 2. Call 856-497-6645 ore-mail [email protected] to register. ... The Salem Family Success Center at 14 NewMarket Street in Salem is requesting donations of gently-worn, freshly-laundered, wearable clothing in allsizes for men, women, and children. Center staff is also collecting linens, towels, shoes, sandals, hats,belts, and costume jewelry for its clothes closet, which is open Monday through Friday. Call 856-935-0944 for more information on donations, the clothes closet, or to coordinate pickup of donated items. ...Gateway operates the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children(WIC) in Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties. The program providessupplemental foods, nutrition education, lactation support, immunization education and health carereferrals to income-eligible pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to age 5. GatewayWIC serves more than 23,000 clients annually through flexible hours through its eight (8) offices and afull-service, health screening mobile office. WIC is an equal opportunity program. If you believe you havebeen discriminated against because of race, color, national origin, age, sex or handicap, writeimmediately to: USDA, Director-Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20250 - 9410. For additional information on the GatewayWIC program or nearest office location and hours of operation, call the Gateway WIC program at 856-451-5600 or 856-225-5050. ... Gateway's Alzheimer's and Senior Adult Day Care program
continues to provide quality, affordable care for Cumberland County residents at its Spring GardensSenior Housing facility, 1781 S. Spring Rd., Vineland. The program operates from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Monday through Friday to provide a meaningful adult day care program as well as provide respite care forfamilies of Alzheimer's patients. Meals and snacks are provided and daily activities include arts, crafts,low-impact, guided exercise sessions and socialization. The program also includes monthly parties forparticipants. A suggested daily donation of $20 is requested, but no one will be denied services due toinability or unwillingness to pay. The program is funded, in part, by the Cumberland County Office onAging and the United Way of Greater Cumberland County. For additional information or to register for theprogram, contact Sandra Collins at 856-690-0411. ... The Gateway Loan Program, which is a helpinghand fund to assist low-income clients in Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties facing short-termfinancial difficulties, is seeking participants. Gateway Loan arranges small loans for income-eligiblefamilies who may be unable to obtain a traditional bank loan. Loans range from $250 to $500 and arerepayable within six months. ... Gateway's Head Start program is once again sponsoring the ChildCare Food Program. This program is designed to provide meals to children receiving services in HeadStart centers located throughout Mercer, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties. Meals areavailable at no separate charge to all children 12 and under enrolled in the Child Care Food Program andare served without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, age or sex.
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