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RSVP Vita RSVP Vita volunteers make tax season less taxing	Think E for energy efficiency Tips from NORWESCAP’s Housing and Energy	Skylands RSVP Volunteer Resource Center

In 2010, 58 VITA volunteers from Skylands RSVP of NORWESCAP assisted 2,245 seniors, low-income and disabled residents in filing their tax returns, insuring they received ALL the eligible refunds and credits they deserve. The result? The 2,245 taxpayers received a total of $2,205,460 in federal refunds. This impressive amount of eligible refund was returned to the most vulnerable segments of our communities and translated into money essential in meeting the rising costs of utilities, medical expenses and food. RSVP is seeking Vita volunteers in Sussex County. Call 973-209-7487	Cool weather means an increase energy demand and costs, taking a big bite out of any household budget. Making wise energy purchases is one way to lower costs, maximizing the efficiency of energy use is another. The US Department of Energy offers a consumer friendly booklet filled with practical and proven ways to improve the energy efficiency of your home and lower your energy costs through conservation.Before winter arrives, take a little time to evaluate the overall energy efficiency of your home and office. You may turn up some surprising ways to improved energy efficiency.	Skylands RSVP’s volunteer recruitment process is unique among volunteer centers. The volunteer centers have put all their recruitment efforts into an on-line database, with little or no human contact with the volunteer. While we fully utilize the internet-based recruitment tools available today; we continue to provide an individualized approach to volunteer deployment. Every volunteer who contacts us to find a volunteer opportunity is treated as a unique individual, with unique skills and very personal reasons for wanting to volunteer and desires for making a difference.

WHO IS NORWESCAP

NORWESCAP’s mission is to improve the lives of low income individuals and families in need in Northwest New Jersey primarily by offering, referring or collaborating with others to provide programs and education which help foster self-sufficiency in the following domains:

Economic and Employment Building
Nutrition and Healthy Living
Child and Family Development
Housing

We will also provide community services in:

Information and Outreach
Volunteer Services
Emergency Services

NORWESCAP will strive to measure our progress through self-sufficiency scales driven by defined outcomes.

NORWESCAP will ultimately try to see that families have self-sufficiency across domains, seeking to strengthen the family as a whole by looking across all of a family’s needs.

As an organization, we will invest our funding and management time in the highest value projects or agency improvements that can best help families and individuals reach self-sufficiency and strengthen our communities.

News and Events

NORWESCAP Circles expands its outreach to Military families

Have you visited NORWESCAP's facebook page recently?

NORWESCAP brochure available online

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Open Letter from Terry Newhard, Executive Director NORWESCAP

When investors put money in the stock market, they expect a return on their investment (ROI). People who generously contribute to nonprofit organizations like NORWESCAP should expect the same thing. That ROI can come in many forms including;

savings to the community (i.e. a person gaining employment that saves unemployment or welfare costs),
change in conditions for a family (i.e. access to health care, transportation that they didn’t have previously),
change to the community (i.e. new housing created) or
increased capacity of the organization to serve the community (i.e. more efficient space or technology).

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When NORWESCAP considers what services t o provide to the community, one of our guiding principles is can we measure the outcome so the investor (individual or funding source) will feel confident that their resources are being used effectively. All NORWESCAP programs are evaluated not just for the units of service that we are contracted to do, but more importantly, did we meet one of the four criteria listed above?

While there are scores of opportunities, here are some examples of how we make a difference:

For every dollar used in WIC, $7.50 is saved in Medicaid costs
For every 10 dollars invested in the Food Bank, 140 pounds of food can be distributed
For $1,500 you can sponsor a family to participate in our Circles Initiative to move out of poverty

If you are considering a donation to NORWESCAP or other qualified nonprofit agency, make sure to ask the question, “What change will occur as a result of my investment?”

If you would like to donate to NORWESCAP go to this link: http://www.norwescap.org/how_to_donate.php.

We appreciate your interest in NORWESCAP and look to meet your expectations as a place to make an investment.