A Passion for Giving Back
Aspire CARES was formed in January 2021 to help support and raise awareness for non-profit organizations in the communities we serve. In 2023, our team was able to impact our local communities by donating $20,000 to four non-profit organizations. The passion that each organization showed for the people that they serve was nothing short of powerful. This year, we will be supporting four new non-profit organizations, one each quarter. By coming alongside each organization for a full quarter, our goal is to have a greater impact on them. In addition to this, our team will also be out in the community serving others. We hope that you will continue on this journey with us and feel inspired to give back to your community.
2024 Community Spotlight
In addition to supporting the OneMeal packing event, our team is supporting the Footprints of Montgomery Food Pantry in the fourth quarter of 2024. The food pantry provides a monthly distribution of perishable items such as canned goods, fruit juices and cereal.
Footprints of Montgomery Food Pantry
In November, our team supported Milton First Baptist Church’s goal to pack 100,000 meals as part of their OneMeal packing event, a program by Kids Around the World®. The OneMeal mission is to meet the needs of starving children by empowering people to serve. Their mobile food-packing program engages groups to work together in a fun and meaningful hands-on, team-building experience.
Kids Around the World® OneMeal Packing Event
For the third quarter of 2024, our team is supporting the South Jersey Dream Center in West Deptford, New Jersey. In South Jersey, 1 in 10 people live in poverty. Their mission is to break this cycle from the inside out. They provide opportunities for individuals to change their status quo, discover their purpose and value, and develop skills to reach their full potential. They begin by offering essential items like food, clothing, and hygiene products. From there, they provide personal, spiritual, and professional training to develop the whole person.
South Jersey Dream Center
In the second quarter of 2024, our team will provide support to Meals on Wheels of Salem County, New Jersey. Their mission is to provide home delivered nutritious meals and the comfort of friendship to home-bound senior and disabled residents in Salem County, New Jersey. Their vision is to be the community leader and provider ending senior hunger in the county.
Meals on Wheels of Salem County, NJ
For the first quarter of 2024, our team is supporting the Lycoming County United Way. The Lycoming County United Way focuses on the building blocks of a good quality of life; health, education and financial stability, while providing funding for emergency services.
Lycoming County United Way
Non-Profit Organizations Supported in 2023
Family Promise of Lycoming County
For the fourth quarter of 2023, our team is supporting Family Promise of Lycoming County. Family Promise of Lycoming County (FPLC) is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The mission of the organization is to equip families to break the cycle of homelessness. In addition to helping families secure housing, they provide assistance with food, clothing, and other needs.
Vineland Soup Kitchen
For the third quarter of 2023, our team is supporting the Vineland Soup Kitchen. The Vineland Soup Kitchen/Spirit & Truth Ministries is located in the heart of Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey. The driving mission of Spirit & Truth is the devotion to provide food assistance to the low-income, food insecure and homeless in the City of Vineland through their daily soup kitchen. For over 30 years, Spirit & Truth has operated a feeding program and has remained the only free Soup Kitchen in the City of Vineland.
Amazima Ministries
In the second quarter of 2023, We supported Amazima Ministries. Founded in 2008 by New York Times Best Selling author Katie Davis Majors, Amazima Ministries serves communities in and around Jinja, Uganda by providing education for children and youth, medical care, vocational training, and discipleship for women, children, and families.
Dwell Orphan Care
In February, our team presented a check to Dwell Orphan Care to support their upcoming 5th Annual Golf Outing for Dwell on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the White Deer Golf Complex. With locations in Williamsport and Bloomsburg, Dwell Orphan Care exists to support and encourage foster and adoptive families in central Pennsylvania while mobilizing and equipping the community and local church so that children have a safe, loving, forever home in which to dwell.