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Uniting communities to make dreams a reality

In 2007, many volunteers are making priceless contributions to those we serve. As well as businesses that continue to connect with Enable for community service projects, we have a youth group from a local congregation visiting residents at one of the group homes one evening each month. And, five fifth graders from a school are going to the Day Program once a month to work one-on-one with participants. What would you like to do?

Princeton Friends School At The Day Program
Princeton Friends School Students and Teacher Make Crafts With Consumers At The Day Program In Ewing St. Charles Borromeo Youth Group at Group Home in Ewing

St. Charles Borromeo youth spend time with consumers at
Enable’s group home in Ewing.

Enable helps individuals with disabilities live full and independent lives in our communities. Each person we serve has dreams, goals, and interests. All want to be safe, to live as independently as possible, to have friends, to enjoy recreational activities and to be a part of the community.

We believe that in order to help the individuals and families that we serve reach their goals, we need to facilitate partnerships among our program locations, the persons we serve, and the individuals, groups, and businesses in our communities. This is what Connect with Enable accomplishes.

Enable provides services at twelve (12) locations plus works with persons who live in their own homes and apartments throughout Central Jersey. Connect with Enable helps persons in the community become involved with our group homes and programs.

Some examples of ways you or your group can Connect with Enable:

Read, play board games, or host a summer barbeque or holiday party at a group home

Help out with upkeep; rake the leaves in the fall, plant flowers in the spring, paint a room, help with minor repairs.

Help with bigger challenges faced at our locations: Donate furnishings or appliances, raise funds for capital improvements.

Develop one-on-one relationships with persons we serve. Become trained to assist someone with their personal goals for fitness, recreation, social skills, volunteering or work skills.

Provide opportunities for persons with disabilities to volunteer or work for pay at your work site.

Donate your product or service to group home residents.

Participate in special projects such as the "Holiday Gift Basket Appeal" which fills the holiday wishes of individuals with disabilities.

How to get involved

Enable is reaching out to civic groups, groups of students at high schools and colleges, faith-based groups and businesses to inform them of this opportunity. Those that are interested in participating may do so in various ways:

Individuals may participate as volunteers on their own

Groups (from any background) may provide assistance in various ways through volunteer help, in-kind resources, and financial support

Groups from a business may participate in a day of caring at one of Enable's programs

Individuals, groups and businesses may financially donate to this effort

Individuals who want to participate as volunteers must complete applications, screening and training to work one-on-one with persons served by Enable. This must be done in order to protect the persons that we serve.

Groups that want to assist as groups must have a contact person assigned who would provide information to Enable about the group and work with the Executive Director and program managers to develop a realistic plan for assisting.

If you want to become involved, send an email to info@enablenj.org by clicking on the email address.