The Basic Needs Committee assists the needy from within Nativity Parish and around Eastern Monmouth County with the essentials of daily living such as meals, housing, utilities, and medical expenses. The Committee also collects items wanted by our soldiers and sailors and mails them to locations around the world.
In 2024, the Nativity Basic Needs Committee provided:
- $52,522 for housing and utility assistance.
- $20,203 to feed the hungry.
- $19,415 to support Covenant House, Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Catholic Charities, Mercy Center and HABcore programs.
- $2,452 in other direct client support.
In addition, we:
- Prepared meals for over 1,200 individuals at Lunch Break.
- Prepared and distributed holiday food baskets to over 100 local families.
- Provided over 1,000 home-cooked meals to the Center in Asbury Park. Containers are available in the Parish Office if you would like to donate your home-cooked meals.
- Provided hundreds of pounds of food and essential supplies to the Center in Asbury Park, St. Dorothea’s, St. Anthony’s, Lunch Break, and Christ the King food pantries.
- Held a Back to School Drive which provided over 200 backpacks and supplies to children helped by the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
- Packed and shipped 146 boxes filled with goodies and sent them to children in “third world” countries for the Christmas holiday.
- Provided over 130 Christmas gifts for seniors in local nursing homes.
- Shipped 276 care packages to soldiers and sailors stationed around the world. All costs were covered by donations from parishioners at Nativity and St. Clements (Matawan), and the Long Branch Elks.
Thanks for your continuing support.