With the season of thanks and giving upon us, there are so many positive happenings that we as an organization are certainly thankful and grateful for as we grow and build Bentley!

             *Thankful to our generous providers and thankful for the participant families.

We welcome our new, additional generous providers:  Shop Rite Hillsborough, Trader Joe’s & McCaffrey’s

• *Honored to be the recipient organization of BMS’s November 2013 Food Drive at their Plainsboro and Hopewell locations.

• *Honored to be asked to be guest speakers along with United Way of Northern New Jersey at the Montgomery Women’s Club in November where “Meet A.L.I.C.E. and Bentley” will be presented.

• *Honored to be recipients of a Family Foundation grant to further our work, programs and provisions to provide for participant families as we build and grow Bentley.

• *Honored to be the recipients of Pet Smart in Bridgewater Food Drive October 16 – November 16, 2013.

• *Honored to be the recipients of The Learning Experience in Belle Mead Food Drive, November 4-30, 2013.

• *Honored to be the recipients of Monday Morning Flowers & Balloon Co. Food Drive December 1-15, 2013.
• *Honored to be the recipients of Steven H. Markowitz, DDS in Branchburg Holiday Food Drive November 20 – December 31, 2013.

Thoughts of fall

Have led us to

A familiar place

Near our hearts;

Knowing that we will

Soon be home to

Give to one another

In our unique ways,

Visiting old places,

Inventing new memories,

Near to each other,

Grateful for life’s bounty.

When I have food,
help me to remember the hungry;
When I have work,
help me to remember the jobless;
When I have a home,
help me to remember those who have no home at all;
When I am without pain,
help me to remember those who suffer,
And remembering,
help me to destroy my complacency;
bestir my compassion,
and be concerned enough to help;
By word and deed,
those who cry out for what we take for granted.

                                                             ~ Samuel F. Pugh ~

We are so grateful that The Learning Experience in Belle Mead is hosting a healthy non-perishable food drive for our organization from November 4-30, 2013!  Healthy non-perishables can be dropped off in the rear lobby entrance in the designated container at 2176 Route 206, Belle Mead during business hours.

Examples of healthy non perishable food items are pastas, rice, crackers, peanut butter, healthy cereals, oatmeal, jams, marinades, dressings, sauces, nuts, dried fruits, healthy snack bars, gluten-free products, canned/packaged beans, canned fruits, healthy soups, spices, tuna fish, coffee, tea, olive and vegetable oil, sugar, flour, juices, bottled water and toiletries.

We certainly are grateful for your generous contributions and we thank The Learning Experience for hosting this Food Drive for Bentley Community Services! 

Our recent in person food drive at ShopRite Hillsborough where the community of  shoppers generously donated healthy non-perishable food provisions. Shoppers contributed close to 2,000 lbs! We thank you for your generous contributions! Many, many thanks to Shop Rite Hillsborough for our in-person and two week healthy non-perishables food drive.  We certainly are grateful to you and as one of our generous providers of weekly generous provisions.

Dignity of the Exchange Video (click here)

A segment on our Mentor organization Birch Community Services, Inc.

Bentley Community Services, Inc. is growing and building every day providing relief every week to struggling, hardworking families in our region. They are having difficulty making ends meet due to the unstable economy, do not qualify for assistance as they make above state and federal guidelines and are formerly employed or underemployed.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO OUR GENEROUS PROVIDERS!

PLEASE CHOOSE FROM THE SUGGESTED LIST BELOW:

pastas, rice, crackers, peanut butter, healthy cereals, oatmeal, jams, marinades, dressings, sauces, nuts, dried fruits, healthy snack bars, gluten-free products, canned/packaged beans, healthy soups, canned fruits, spices, canned tuna, coffee, tea, olive oil, vegetable oil, sugar, flour, healthy juices, bottled water, toiletries.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS! WE CERTAINLY ARE GRATEFUL!

Thank you for your generous contributions!

Farm fresh produce, pumpkins, gourds and lovely mums! at Norz Hill Farms

Kick-Off to our healthy food drive with Mike Ruggiero, Assistant Manager at McCaffrey’s in Princeton with Dorothy Stearns, Executive Director, Bentley Community Services, Inc.

Kick-Off to our healthy food drive with Joseph Staropoli, V.P. Branch Mgr., Anton Check, V.P. Investments, Neetu Patnaik, Relationship Banker, Mukul Dubli, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Branch Manager, Angel Ayala, Personal Banker, Aaron Griswold, Relationship Banker and Dorothy Stearns, Executive Director, Bentley Community Services

BENTLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.
“Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow”

                                  A Healthy Food Pantry and More …                              
908-227-0684
www.bentleycommunityservices.org

FAMILIES THAT ARE UNDEREMPLOYED, FORMERLY EMPLOYED OR SUFFERING FINANCIALLY DUE TO A SETBACK OFTEN CUT BACK ON FOOD AND BASIC NEEDS TO AFFORD EXPENSES AND MONTHLY BILLS.  THESE FAMILIES DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE.  THEY ALSO GO HUNGRY NOT JUST MONTHLY OR WEEKLY BUT DAILY.

FOOD DRIVE FOR STRUGGLING, WORKING FAMILIES IN NEED
SEPTEMBER 15-30, 2013

Please drop off in designated containers at WEIS MARKET – 315 Route 206, CHASE BANK – 381 Route 206 AND The YMCA – 19 E. Mountain Road, HILLSBOROUGH;  FRANK’S PIZZA & RESTAURANT – 140 N. Main Street, MANVILLE; GRIGGSTOWN REFORMED CHURCH – 1065 Canal Road, GRIGGSTOWN;  MARY JACOBS MEMORIAL LIBRARY – 64 Washington Street AND ROCKY HILL REFORMED CHURCH – Washington and Reeve Road, ROCKY HILL; McCAFFREY’S – 301 N. Harrison Street, PRINCETON AND P.T.S. FITNESS & HEALTH – 1340 U.S. 206,  SKILLMAN

PLEASE CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:
Pastas, rice, crackers, peanut butter, healthy cereals, oatmeal, jams, marinades, dressings, sauces, nuts, dried fruits, healthy snack bars, gluten-free products, canned/packaged beans, healthy canned/packaged soups, spices, tuna fish,  coffee, tea, olive and vegetable oil, sugar, flour, juices, bottled water, toiletries.
Thank you for your generous contributions!

We certainly are grateful to EVERYONE for assisting our organization! Thank you to LOWE’S, Hillsborough for their generous donation of the containers!

WE ARE A HEALTHY FOOD PROVIDER (PANTRY) AND MORE FOR STRUGGLING, WORKING FAMILIES IN NEED THAT ARE AFFECTED BY OUR UNSTABLE ECONOMY – JOB LAY-OFFS, UNDER-EMPLOYMENT, DIMINISHING HEALTHCARE AND  UNFORESEEN EMERGENCIES WHO ARE SUFFERING FINANCIAL SETBACKS

As we build our organization and continue to expand, we are happy to say that we are outgrowing our present location!  We are actively in search of an office/warehouse. We would appreciate it so much if you have any knowledge or leads on an office/warehouse location.  Ideally, a location on, along or near Route 206 is a great area for all participant families to get to us.  We certainly appreciate and are grateful for your help, support and assistance. Thank you.