News - October 2021

Since volunteering with Mobile Family Success Center in 2017, Carla has shared her passion and talent in both the culinary and visual arts hosting various events, workshops, and virtual platforms within the community.

Catholic Charities Diocese of Metuchen’s Mobile Family Success Center (MFSC) held its 2nd Annual Community Baby Shower on Saturday, September 25th, 2021, in collaboration with and sponsored by Healthier Middlesex and WellCare. The event was held at the Edison Senior Center and was themed “What Will Baby Bee.” Health education, community resources and support for new and expectant parents were provided with support from Saint Peter’s University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Community Child Care Solutions, Parents as Teachers, Central Jersey Health Consortium, Edison Municipal Alliance, Middlesex County Court Employees, Middlesex County Office of Health Services, Nurse-Family Partnership, VNA Health Group, United Way, Safe Kids Middlesex County, and Community Bank/NJ SNAP. As part of the community baby shower, Middlesex County residents received diapers, wipes, clothing, and fresh produce boxes. Parents were welcomed to attend health education workshops. Free car seat inspections were conducted by child passenger safety technicians from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s Safe Kids Middlesex County program. All of the families present met with local community providers and received essential resources for new parents. The Mobile Family Success Center (MFSC) of Middlesex County is a community-based, family centered program, utilizing neighborhood gathering places where any community resident can go for family support, information and services. The program currently focuses on bringing services to East Brunswick, Edison, North Brunswick, Piscataway and Sayreville, but events are open to all residents of Middlesex County. Last year Catholic Charities provided more than 160,000 hours of service to our neighbors in the Diocesan counties of Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset and Warren. To learn more about Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen and its 100 programs and 20 service areas which provide a path to self-sufficiency and hope for a brighter future for people from all walks of life, all races, all religions and all economic levels, visit www.ccdom.org.

“Life is a gift and when it is long it is a privilege. The ‘wealth of many years’ is a wealth in terms of the persons themselves, their experience and history,” a quote from Pope Francis is how Sister Michaelita Popovice would best describe turning 80.

Catholic Charities Child Care Programs look to celebrate Lights On Afterschool 2021 with a variety of events as we welcomed more children back this year! Celebrate the 22nd annual Lights On Afterschool Oct. 28, 2021! Catholic Charities Child Care Programs are celebrating Lights On 2021 on October 28 with special activities to draw attention to the importance of after school child care.  In America today, 11.3 million children are alone and unsupervised after school. After school programs keep kids safe, help working families and inspire learning.