Passaic Neighborhood Center for Women

Hi everyone! We hope everyone is having a great summer! We are starting our summer diaper and wipes drive! Please check out our Amazon wishlist.
If you wish to drop it off at The Center, our hours will be from 10am to 3pm.

⚠️ Please do not leave any donations outside of the Center. You can give us a call at 973-470-0844.

Thank you for your support!

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Mission of the Passaic Neighborhood Center for Women re-energized by 3 new staff members (PNCW) has been a second home to many women of the city who walk through its doors. Recently, the center welcomed three new staff members involved in Catholic ministry who are ready to build on its legacy of providing a safe and peaceful place for women to meet, share, and grow.

The Passaic Neighborhood Center for Women hosted its biggest fund-raiser of the year yesterday, "An Afternoon with Marie Benedict" at the Rockaway River County Club in Denville.

A historical fiction writer focusing on the stories of women, Marie Benedict spoke about her latest books "The First Ladies" and "The Mitford Affair."

We thank all those attended to help women most in need.

We especially thank our sponsors:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson
Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
The Benedictines of St. Paul's Abbey
Church of Christ the King in New Vernon
Visions Federal Credit Union
Ginny Akhoury
Elizabeth Crocker
Nancy Gordon
and Anonymous

We also thank all the local businesses that donated gifts for our gift raffle.

Join us next year for our Author Luncheon!

Photos/Joe Gigli

Grateful for Visions Federal Credit Union for presenting our women with a financial education workshop.

Looking forward to more workshops to help empower the women we serve.

With weeks left till our gardening season, Jose from met with the women to talk about this year’s harvest and about next year.

We grown more than 700 pounds of produce this year.

It’s almost that time! Thank you St Ann Parish in Parsippany for once again hosting a school supply drive as the children of our visitors head Back to School!

Join us for our Annual Author Luncheon to benefit the women we serve in Passaic!

Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author, will speak.

Included in ticket price is the author’s latest title, The Mitford Affair!

For tickets 🎟️, click here:
https://ncwpassaic.org/author-luncheon

Our women are hard at work creating a quilt that will be available at our upcoming Author Luncheon on September 19.

More details to come!

Today we say THANK YOU to Sister of Christian Charity Gerardine for her 10 years of service (three as a volunteer, 7 as a staff member) on her last day today!

She got the Center up and running each and every day! She was a friendly face to all our women and provided much love and care to them. We wish her well as she enjoys the next chapter of her life!

“May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields, And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.”
-Irish Blessing

Thank you Bishop Kevin Sweeney and all those who support the Center!

🌱We thank for blessing our community garden yesterday!

The women felt blessed and honored the bishop spent time with them.

We also thank the , our advisory board, volunteers and religious sisters for helping our women day after day.

Most especially, we thank our women who touch our hearts with their generosity, willingness to learn and desire to be more empowered.

🌱Our garden season has officially begun! Our community garden allows each women, who don’t have homes with backyards, to have her own garden bed and grow what she wants. This includes 🍅, 🥬, 🍆 and more providing fresh food for her family.

We thank for providing mentorship, resources and helping our gardens thrive year after year.

Also thank you to City Green, Inc. Passaic County for the Dig In grant we received. They provided the compost, a tool kit and some seeds to get our garden started.

Next week will be here to bless our garden.

Thank you to FIT4MOM Wayne for supporting the Center this month with a diaper drive!

Thank you to Kearny Bank for once again hosting a Food collection for our center!

During this time, many of our families are facing many challenges with the increase of food costs. Donations like this help support them!

Pictured is Beth, a member of our Advisory Board and volunteer.

A fun day at the center today!

Our volunteer , Sr. Eileen and Sr. Rufina led a jewelry making class.

Our women enjoyed making their own jewelry.

This month, we have had a record amount of new registrations for mothers seeking baby diapers.

If any parish or organization would like to donate diapers, please let us know!

The demand is met only because of the generosity of so many caring individuals and organizations!

Today Salesian Sister Theresa Lee, who recently appointed as Diocesan Chancellor/Delegate for Religious, visited the Center today for the first time.

We look forward to working with Sr. Theresa as we grow with the potential to serve so many more women in need.

She is pictured here in her order’s grey habit along with some of the women we serve, our volunteer Salesian Sisters: Sr. Eileen and Sr. Rufina; Franciscan Sister of Peace Elaine, associate director; and Sister of Christian Charity Gerardine, administrative assistant.

💝 Two of our quilters busy on this Valentine’s Day!

We welcomed two new volunteers this week, who will spend time with our women, doing crafts and other activities.

Thank you Sr. Rufina and Sr. Eileen for your time and talent. We will look forward to seeing you each week!

Tuesdays with the !

If you would like to volunteer at our center, contact us!

New year…. New skills! The Passaic Neighborhood Center for Women has availability for women who are interested in learning English!

Come visit us or pass this along to a woman who needs help with the English language.

Our Giving Tree is up at the Paterson Diocesan Center! The collection is in memory of Rebeca Ruiz-Ulloa, diocesan architect, who passed away Feb. 26, 2021. She began the spirit of giving for these women and we will never forget her generosity and love.

During this time of year, we are so grateful to so many who give gifts to the women we serve.

If interested in giving gifts to them this Christmas, email us at [email protected].

A typical day at the Passaic Neighborhood Center for Women.

We have 🧶crocheting, 🧵 quilting and 💻 English learning classes going on. We also have some women at our 🌱 community garden.

These women bring such a warmth into our center and we are truly happy to be there for them.

❄️🧣thank you to the Franciscan Sisters of Peace for the donation of hats that will be given to our women and their families.

Here Sister of Christian Charity Gerardine and Franciscan Sister Elaine sort them out.

Thank you Marion and Luz from for coming down to the Center and providing our women with free health screenings.

Grateful for the support to ensure everyone is healthy.

It’s a Garden Party!

Everyday, women who come to the Passaic Neighborhood Center tend to its community garden, which provides them with fresh produce.

Most of the women who come to the center don’t have a backyard space to have such a garden and we are grateful to the many organizations that support us including and the . They make the urban gardens possible!

🎒📚 Schools almost back in session!

We are grateful to the Samaritans of St. Ann Church in Parsippany, who hosted a School Supply Drive to benefit so many organizations including our Center in Passaic.

We pray that all students headed back to school have a productive year of learning! 🙏🏼

🧵Our quilters are in today!

We always welcome visitors to witness firsthand the work we do here and meet the women we serve with love.

Thank you to Tatiana from Kearny Bank for visiting us.

Here Maria shows Tatiana reusable bags she is making as NJ becomes plastic free.

We are grateful to the parish community of Sacred Heart R.C. Church - Clifton, NJ for the generous donation of diapers, baby wipes and other baby items as well as ShopRite gift cards!

The women, who come to the center, are always humbled by the generosity of so many who support us.

Often, many people ask how can I help the center - We are always collecting baby diapers for our diaper bank and grocery store gift cards especially during these challenging times.

Feel free to arrange a visit to the center and witness firsthand, the women you are serving!