Helping Make a Difference for Families
2020 Back to School Resource Fair
Special thanks to our sponsors who helped make this years Back 2 School Community Resource Fair as HUGE Success!!  Becuase of your contributuions, we were able to serve 1500 students with uniforms, socks, bookbags, school supplies and brand new shoes.
THANK YOU to our amazing alderman Dan Guenther, The Last Days Apostolic Church, State Farm, Hollywood Beauty, Helping Hand Me Downs, Miss Olivia and Livi's Backpack Brigade, Novation Church, Martha J. Smith & the Div. of Community/Public Health and especially a BIG BIG shout out to  Mr. Maurice Parisien andSneakers With Soul for their partnership and donation of brand new Adidas.
Holiday Charitable Campaign
Every Thanksgiving we host a turkey drive to ensure  the families have a full meal for Thanksgiving.
We're also passionate about making sure the children have presents under the tree for Christmas. Not only do we provide toys, but clothes, shoes and coats to ensure a Happy Holiday is granted for the families.
Project G.E.A.R.
Targets low income school age children (that are below poverty level) who cannot offered tutoring and reading assistance. Reading sessions include practice with phonics, spelling, sight words and reading strategies. Our goal is to see a dramatic increase in the children reading scores. Overall students performance as well as promote a love for reading. G.E.A.R stands for Growing Exceptional Academic Readers ​
Weekly Food Pantry
Since March 2020, we have been servicing  250 families every other week with food and husehold items. This initiative continued until the end of October. Because there was a greater need, we trasitioned our food pantry distribution to 250
families weekly to help bridge the gap of hunger.
Project Miracles
We receive and distribute truckload donations from various retailers. These donations provide relief for families in need during a crisis. The operation of our donations warehouse provides employment to people experiencing hardship.
Safe Sleep
We are a safe sleep organization and our mission is to inform new moms about practicing safe sleep techniques with their newborns. We've partnered up with Helping Hand Me Downs  who helps distribute pampers, clothes, baby food and formula to families in need. We also host an annual community baby shower to inform moms about a healthy safe environment and the benefits it will have on the families. Moms walk away with resources, gifts, portable cribs and Pampers.
Volunteer Opportunities
Want to volunteer for one of our programs?
The ARJ Community is dedicated to developing leaders and encouraging families to become role models in their community. We are the bridge that will connect families to already existing services we have to offer.