Serve-A-Thon 2008 was held on May 17th 

A day of widespread community service projects, Serve-A-Thon is designed to be a way for volunteers
to become involved with Pass It Along and to give back to their community.  Projects range from minor home improvements, landscaping, yard work, cooking meals, environmental work, and much more. All of the projects help individuals and organizations in our community.

Serve-A-Thon 2008 kicked off with an opening ceremony and breakfast at the pavillion
at Sussex County Community College at 8:30 am.

34 service projects were completed around Sussex County, Northern Morris County and parts of Warren County.  Over 400 volunteers came out on a beautiful sunny day and worked tirelessly to complete these projects.  Thank you to all of you!  Without your volunteerism, we could not put together such a meaningful, important event.  The many nonprofits and individuals who benefited from these projects are very grateful and would like us to extend our thanks to all of you!

We added a new aspect to our Serve-A-Thon this year...
A Mini Serve-A-Thon for our "Little Citizen's ".  This took place at SCCC immediately following the
opening breakfast.  From 10 am to 12 noon, parents along with their children, ages 3-12, participated
in their own service projects geared just for their ages.  Examples of mini Serve-A-Thon projects were making Giggle Bags for children going in for chemotherapy at St. Barnabas and St. Joseph's Hospitals, writing letters to wounded soldiers at The National Naval Medical Center Marine Detachment in Bethesda, MD, sorting food collected for local food pantries, creating books for NORWESCAP, and many more!  This took place right at the pavillion at the college. 

We also are very proud to say that the first annual FOODSTOCK was a huge success as well.  Almost 15,000 pieces of food were collected and distributed to 15 different food pantries around Sussex County!!!
For more information, contact Susan at sue@passitalong.org.


THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED THIS YEAR'S SERVE-A-THON AND PASS IT ALONG!!!!
Please see our sponsors listed below.

*Bodhi Monastery Food Pantry Lafayette Organize the food pantry and stock shelves PROJECT FULL *Sussex County Youth Shelter Branchville Creating a vegetable garden PROJECT FULL *Environmental Project Johnsonburg Preserve, Johnsonburg Trail work *Katie’s House Newton Yard work and cleaning windows PROJECT FULL *Tilly’s Kids Mentoring Program PROJECT FULL *Ma’s Meals Sparta Prepared simple stews and soups for families in need PROJECT FULL *Sunrise House Franklin Painting interior rooms at this transitional housing home for women PROJECT FULL  *Samaritan Inn Union St. Location Newton Cleaning up their yard *Loving Arms Sparta Yard work *Ginnie's House Newton Yard Work PROJECT FULL *Rainbows of Learning - Augusta Creating a garden PROJECT FULL		*Birth Haven Newton Creating either a vegetable and herb garden at this transitional housing facility for single pregnant women PROJECT FULL *Liberty Towers Newton Continuing work on the enabling vegetable garden that was put in at last year's Serve-A-Thon *Knoll Heights Sparta Window washing and creating an enabling garden PROJECT FULL *Knoll Heights Branchville Yard work at their group home PROJECT FULL *NORWESCAP Phillipsburg Organize food pantry and help set up "Empty Bowl" room for upcoming event *NORWESCAP Hampton Painting rooms used for training PROJECT FULL *ARC – Warren County Hackettstown Interior and exterior work on this group home *Bristol Glen Nursing Home Creating a butterfly garden PROJECT FULL *Career Life Transition Center for Women of Hunterdon & Warren Counties Washington Painting rooms PROJECT FULL *Post House - Morris County Chester Taking siding down from this house for foster children  *10 Individual Senior Citizen Homes Cleaning up their yards

Landscaping at the Homestead Nursing Home Painting at Birth Haven