Interfaith Neighbors getting things done in Asbury Park... February 2, 2008
Staff, volunteers key to nonprofit's successes... February 2, 2008
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Staff, volunteers key to
nonprofit's successes - February 2, 2008
Posted by the Asbury Park Press
BY NANCY SHIELDS
COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU
ASBURY PARK — Interfaith Neighbors
is having across-the-board success in many of its programs,
and Paul McEvily, the associate executive director,
said that's because of team-oriented staff members and
volunteers led by Executive Director Joseph Marmora.
Nancy Flanigan oversees rental assistance, Sandi Silber
directs the nutrition program, and Meg Flores, the Youth
Corps. Patrick Durkin and Heather Schulze are primarily
responsible for implementing Interfaith's west side
neighborhood revitalization initiatives here.
"All of us who work here at Interfaith Neighbors
have the opportunity each and every day to help people
who really need help. That is the underlying goal in
all that we do," McEvily said.
Interfaith's rental assistance now sees $300,000 to
$350,000 annually reach 220 families with the backing
of 50 to 60 congregations and outside agencies. The
$2 million nutrition program pumps out 1,400 meals a
day for seniors under a contract with the Monmouth County
Office of Aging, McEvily said.
Interfaith's Youth Corps program is a $380,000-a-year
effort to help high school dropouts, 16 to 25, continue
their education and get jobs. The program came down
from the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s that
built the country's public parks, according to Interfaith.
With 17 new or rehabilitated affordable homes completed,
the nonprofit is building seven more units on five west
side sites as part of its West Side Redevelopment Plan.
Most of the 17 homes were built on municipal-owned
lots in Asbury Park or Neptune, turned over to Interfaith
for a nominal fee.
Volunteer Bevin Irvin, a long-time custom home builder,
is Interfaith's construction contractor. Steve Carlidge
of Shore Point Architecture is its architect.
The first of the next seven units, at 1501 Washington
Ave., is on the Neptune boundary and is adjacent to
a home Interfaith built there. The other locations are
507, 53 and 47 Ridge Ave. and 1019 Bangs Ave.
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