11th Annual Community
Leadership & Arts Expo Friday, November 13, 2009
Appian
Way
619 Langdon Street
Orange, NJ 07050
6:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Tickets: $45 per person
Silent Auction
Guest Speaker: Deborah Boatright
Scheduled to Appear: Actor Frankie Faison
Theme: Caribbean Carnival
HANDS at work:
Welcome
Welcome
to the web site of HANDS, Inc., a non-profit organization committed
to the revitalization of neighborhoods in Orange and East Orange, New
Jersey.
Please click any of the buttons on the left to learn more about HANDS,
Inc.
If
you would like to receive email updates of HANDS events, activities and
projects, please email
Kelli
Copeland.
HANDS received a
$100,000 grant from the 2008 TD Charitable Foundation's "Housing for
Everyone" competition, which supports affordable housing initiatives in
the community.
Photo by Joseph Calaminici
Citywide Corporate Photography
HANDS was named
National Runner Up by NeighborWorks America in the 2008 Innovations in
Homeownership contest – for our strategy to rescue 46 badly
deteriorated properties left behind by a big real estate scam tied to
easy mortgage money in urban Essex County.
HANDS Executive Director, Patrick Morrissy, receives a citation from
United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg in his Newark office,
celebrating the organizationÂ’s 20th anniversary as a neighborhood
revitalization organization. The citation acknowledges the nonprofitÂ’s
years of crucial work in redeveloping targeted abandoned properties to
stabilize neighborhoods in Orange and East Orange, expanding
homeownership opportunities, cleaning up industrial brownfields and
engaging citizens in planning for the future of their neighborhoods and
city. HANDS has been a charter affiliate member of NeighborWorks
America since 1999.
Shown L – R:
HANDS Board of Directors Chair, Anita Rainford, an East Orange
resident; United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg; HANDS Executive
Director, Patrick Morrissy; NeighborWorks America Director of National
Initiatives and Applied Research, Nelson Merced
F. Berg Hat Factory Construction to Start
After nearly
four years of environmental investigation and clean-up, the NJ Dept. of
Environmental Protection has given HANDS the go ahead to convert the F. Berg hat factory
to residential use.
HANDS was founded in 1986 by a group of
clergy and
community leaders to ensure that the neighborhoods of Orange and East
Orange
remain good places to raise a family.
About HANDS
The
centerpiece of
our strategy is to revitalize neighborhoods through the high-impact
development of vacant, troubled properties. There are seven
inter-related core elements of the strategy:
Redevelopment of
pivotal properties in target neighborhoods.
Increasing home
ownership: Investing in first time homebuyers.
Strengthening
neighborhood organizations.
Developing
leadership.
Increasing
effective citizen engagement.
Forging
strategic partnerships.
Shaping public
policy and private sector initiatives.
11th Annual Community
Leadership & Arts Expo
