FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Local Non-Profit Partners With Community Soup Kitchen

JANUARY 2003-CONVENT STATION, NJ: Focus America A NJ Non-Profit Corporation, announced that they have partnered with the Community Soup Kitchen in Morristown, NJ. Focus America will provide translators to help at the Community Soup Kitchen’s new Resource Center which helps the working poor locate resources available to them such as food, shelter, educational programs, and employment.

“ Many of our visitors to the Soup Kitchen are Hispanic while many of our social workers from area agencies do not speak Spanish,” says Nancy McDonald, Assistant Director of the Community Soup Kitchen. “The Focus America volunteers are providing a necessary link between the social workers and our clients.”

The Focus America volunteers working at the Community Soup Kitchen are students from local colleges, including the College of Saint Elizabeth (Convent Station, NJ). Students sign up for internships at the college in order to gain credit for their volunteer effort. In return, Focus America allows the students to manage the projects in order to gain real-world business experience.

Focus America works specifically with destitute and underserved communities throughout the USA, focusing on addressing basic needs (shelter, food, and clothing) then introducing educational programs to help the communities achieve self-sufficiency. Their ultimate goal is to help eliminate poverty in these underdeveloped communities.

For more information about Focus America, contact Shelly Zimmerman at szimmerman@focusamerica.org or visit their website at http://www.focusamerica.org. For more information about the Community Soup Kitchen, contact Nancy at TheCommSoupKit@aol.com or visit their website at http://www.cskmorristown.com.

CONTACT: Shelly Zimmerman, President and Founder
PO Box 267
Convent Station, NJ 07961
862-812-0648 (cell) or 973-993-8639 (home)
szimmerman@focusamerica.org