Project Porchlight Blog

The Orange Hispanic Festival held on August 29 in Monte Irvin Orange Park in Orange, New Jersey, was sponsored by the City of Orange Township’s Department of Community Services. It was a great day: The festival featured delicious food, rides, giveaways, merchandise booths, and a deejay playing cultural music from Ecuador, El Salvador, and Brazil

The Gayatri Chetna Center in Piscataway, New Jersey, is devoted to increasing cultural, ethical, moral, and spiritual awareness. The center’s foremost goal is the development of divine qualities in mankind, and Gayatri Chetna’s offerings include yoga, meditation, and youth development aimed at encouraging “Simple Living and High Thinking.”

New Jersey Friends of Clearwater (NJFC) is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization that works to educate citizens about the importance of clean water and to encourage them to be responsible custodians of the estuaries of Hudson, the Raritan, Delaware, and other state rivers as well as the Jersey Shore coastline and its inland waterways.

The motto of the Colts Neck Country Fair in Colts Neck, New Jersey, is “Where fun and family come together to benefit everyone,” and that pretty much sums up this annual event. This year’s fair, held on August 19-22, took place in Bucks Mill Park and featured four days of rides, games, crafts, vendors, food, entertainment, and fireworks as well as a forum for community organizations to raise awareness and funds

The wonderful thing about the annual Fun Day in Springfield, New Jersey, is that the main purpose of the event is simply for Springfield residents to get to know each other. “The town-wide picnic is an event for the community, and we hope to get everyone involved in the community to meet each other,” says Deputy Mayor Peter Sobotka, who organizes the event each year.