The following is from the Evening Membership Department of the Maplewood Woman’s Club
New IHN Van
The Evening Membership Department of the Maplewood Woman’s Club presented Emma Justice, Executive Director of Interfaith Hospitality Network of Essex County (IHN) with a check for $500.00 to aid in their purchase of a new van.
IHN provides 20–25 homeless families each year with shelter and meals through a network of churches and synagogues with the goal of helping families find permanent housing. Participating churches in Maplewood include Prospect Presbyterian Church, Morrow Memorial Church, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, and St. Joseph’s Church who house and feed the families at various times during the year. The van is needed to transport the parents and children to the churches, the IHN Family Resource Center in Montclair, work, school and after school care.
The Woman’s Club members have been supporting IHN for over 15 of its 27 years with hygiene bags filled with the necessary toiletries people in sheltered care need, book bags with school supplies for children returning to school, and food as needed. They have been honored to support this Essex County organization which transforms the homeless families into independent functioning units.
