by Our Future First | Dec 29, 2020 | Blog, News
When we announced our Second Annual Holiday Toy Drive in the middle of a global pandemic, we anticipated receiving many requests for help from families in our community. Within a month of launching our sign-up form, we had over 400 responses for individual children...
by Our Future First | Sep 12, 2020 | Blog, News
On Labor Day, we hosted our Second Annual Back to School Shoe Drive in the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church in our hometown of Millville. Our goal was to build on our first shoe drive from last year and we definitely surpassed our own expectations!...
by Our Future First | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog, News
When COVID19 hit, we weren’t sure what to do as an organization. We knew that we needed to help and support our community, but we weren’t sure about the best way to help. After a few weeks after the schools shut down, we started to receive messages from community...
by Our Future First | Jan 2, 2020 | Blog, News
It was early November when we started receiving messages and emails from community members informing us that Toys for Tots was not operating within our county, Cumberland County, this holiday season. Knowing the impact that that program has for kids and knowing what...
by Our Future First | Sep 5, 2019 | Blog, News
We just concluded our first annual Back to School Shoe Drive for the youth in Cumberland County and we were blown away by the response! We were able to provide over 250 pairs of new and gently-worn shoes to students. We also donated about 100 pairs of shoes to our...
by Our Future First | Aug 20, 2019 | Blog, News
One of the things we focus on at Our Future First is helping people realize the power that they have and to assist them in harnessing it to create change in their schools, communities, and more. This philosophy is what led us to launch our Innovation Hour program this...
