Newark center that helps others needs help to stay open

From Newark-

Donyea Hoffman doesn’t have the heart to tell the people there’s trouble at the Newark grassroots center she started.

There’s a class of women learning how to budget and to build their credit and self-esteem. In the next room, a young lady teaches herself to type. Someone else searches for a job on the computer.

A few days later, residents are picking through used clothes and shoes, some for themselves, some for family members. Upstairs, mothers collect diapers and baby formula. Kids watch movies after summer camp and on any given night, block associations hold meetings. It’s an all-purpose help center that believes in being one stop to a better community.

"This place can’t shut down," Hoffman said. "It’s just not an option.’’

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http://blog.nj.com/njv_barry_carter/2013/07/newark_center_that_helps_other.html