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Dawn is a working mother who does an important job in our community. She works to connect individuals with disabilities and their unpaid family caregivers with critical government supports. She helps individuals remain in their home and local community with the dignity and respect that they deserve. Dawn deeply understands the value of this work as a caregiver to her 15-year-old son Erik, who has Down syndrome. Until recently, Dawn considered her family middle class. They didn’t live extravagantly, but they could go on vacation and enjoy taking Erik to Broadway. But after a divorce, Dawn became ALICE. She found herself unable to afford classes for Erik, and an unexpected $1,500 car repair bill meant relying on her local food pantry for groceries. Dawn was referred to our United Way as she was searching for home technology that could help her remain in the workforce and keep Erik safe and promote his independence. In this video, Dawn shares how United Way’s assistive technology program made all the difference for her and Erik. Thank you to Paul Sanderson, Our Town Films for capturing and editing this story.

The Industrial nominees for the 2022 United Way Legacy Event Impact Award are: Bob’s Discount Furniture, 150 Old New Brunswick Road, Piscataway, NJ Bridge Point 78, 1000-7000 Rand Boulevard, Phillipsburg, NJ Phillipsburg Logistics Center at 78, 39 Stryker Road, Lopatcong Township, NJ Thank you to Pete Ficuciello at Edgewood Photo for video editing services. www.edgewoodphoto.com To learn more about the United Way of Northern New Jersey Legacy Event, visit https://www.unitedwaynnj.org/commercial-real-estate-network

The Commercial project nominees for the 2022 United Way Legacy Event Impact Award are: CSG Law, 105 Eisenhower Parkway, Roseland, NJ Edge Works at SciTech Scity, 115 Jersey City Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ PIM Brands, Inc. Global Headquarters, 225 Brae Boulevard, Park Ridge, NJ Valley Bank Headquarters, 52-74 Speedwell Avenue, Morristown, NJ Thank you to Pete Ficuciello at Edgewood Photo for video editing services. www.edgewoodphoto.com To learn more about the United Way of Northern New Jersey Legacy Event, visit https://www.unitedwaynnj.org/commercial-real-estate-network

Learn how 2022 Legacy Event Gold Sponsors JLL and Turner Construction Company are making a difference in our communities, and with United Way of Northern New Jersey. Video credit: Paul Sanderson, Our Town Films

During the COVID-19 pandemic, United Way of Northern New Jersey Women United volunteers continued to give, advocate, and volunteer to support ALICE families in northern New Jersey. They held virtual fundraisers, ran food drives, and donated holiday gifts to bolster families facing the outsized hardship of this economic and health crisis.

Three individuals who were helped throughout the COVID-19 pandemic through the efforts of United Way of Northern New Jersey and its donors share messages of thanks. Hear from a construction worker who benefitted from emergency financial assistance when he became unemployed during the pandemic, a single mother who received free tax preparation services, and a wife and mother who received free technology that made it possible for her to continue to work and be a caregiver to family members living with disabilities.

RWJBarnabas Health, the state’s largest integrated health care delivery system, has brought an ALICE-centered focus to how they nurture the health and financial well-being of their employees, patients, and communities. RWJBarnabas Health received the 2021 ALICE Impact Award for lending its influential voice and support to the movement and as a change agent within the health care industry.

From a construction worker to restaurant worker to office worker, hear how donors to the ALICE Recovery Fund helped make a difference in the lives of some of the 700 families who received assistance in northern New Jersey.

Alpha Demmellash of Rising Tide Capital describes the child care crisis in America and how United In Care’s unique model will help fight this crisis by increasing access to quality, affordable, and flexible child care for working families.