During our past season, we organized collections for several local charities including school supplies for God’s Pantry in Bernardsville, Thanksgiving food for the Morris Interfaith Food Pantry in Morris Plains, and Holiday wishlist gifts for JBWS. In addition to donating, we enjoy presentations from charity speakers during the year.

 

We made several loans through the Kiva program. Kiva is an organization that matches donors with recipients of microloans for small businesses around the developing world.

The IFC has supported Kiva for many years through an initial small donation we made to the Kiva account. That amount has been loaned out and repaid multiple times. This year, from that initial investment, we have made loans totaling $285 to ten women-owned small businesses in Asia, Central and South America, and Africa.

 

For one of our Spring Activities, we packed and delivered 75 breakfast bags to Nourish NJ, which distributed the bags to schoolchildren in the Morristown area. Each bag contained a nutritious breakfast of cereal, milk, water, a mandarin, and a granola bar. The staff at Nourish NJ sent their sincere thanks for our support.