On a beautiful Tuesday morning, May 20th, the community gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a newly built food pantry at St. James in Egg Harbor City—an inspiring milestone made possible through a partnership with the American Red Cross Community Adaptation Program (CAP). Thanks to CAP support, St. James transformed an unfinished, unconditioned building […]

On Saturday, June 20, the American Red Cross New Jersey Region was asked to respond to a multi-family fire in Irvington, which left 77 people displaced from their homes. Six Disaster Action Team volunteers arrived to meet with the 30 families and provided emergency Red Cross financial assistance for immediate needs like temporary lodging for […]

On Friday, May 16, No1hungryinEHC celebrated the grand opening of their storefront in Egg Harbor and our Community Adaptation Program (CAP) staff was there to support! The organization provides food for the food insecure with donated items from the community. Our CAP Community Disaster Risk Reduction Manager Kristie Collins had this to say: “It has […]

On April 22, the American Red Cross New Jersey Region was asked to provide canteen services to first responders and firefighters battling a 150-acre wildfire in Ocean County. Due to smoky conditions, a temporary evacuation point was opened for anyone needing it. The rapidly moving wildfire quickly spread to residential areas and within hours, 3,000 […]