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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


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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.

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If you would like to receive email updates of HANDS events, activities and projects, please email Kelli Copeland.

To become involved in ValleyArts, please go to the ValleyArts web site or email Dorothy White.

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News/Current Events:

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HANDS receives $100,000 Grant from TD Banknorth

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


Read the press release.
 
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HANDS is National Runner Up

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.

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HANDS 20th Anniversary



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
 

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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.

F. Berg Hat Factory

 

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Jefferson Art Walk Approved

On August 2, 2006 the Orange City Council approved a proposal by Harvard Redevelopment Associates (a HANDS partnership) to redevelop South Jefferson Street from Central Avenue to Nassau Street.

Drawing:  Stephen Yablon, architect

Please go to the News from HANDS page for information on recent events such as The BIGG Event, the Neighborhood Impact Award and Neighborworks Day 2005.  Please go to the HANDS in the News page to see what others are saying about us.

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Our Mission

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.

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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:

bullet Redevelopment of pivotal properties in target neighborhoods.
bullet Increasing home ownership: Investing in first time homebuyers.
bullet Strengthening neighborhood organizations.
bullet Developing leadership.
bullet Increasing effective citizen engagement.
bullet Forging strategic partnerships.
bullet Shaping public policy and private sector initiatives.

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Contact Information 

Telephone
973-678-3110
FAX
973-678-0014
Postal address
15 South Essex Avenue, Orange, NJ  07050
Electronic mail
General Information: patrick@handsinc.org
Webmaster: Bonnie Tessler at www.TesslerDesigns.com

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