Charity Client Partners

Kids In Distressed Situations, Inc. (K.I.D.S.) is a national charity of leading retailers and manufacturers of children's products committed to helping children in need. K.I.D.S. encourages and facilitates donations of new apparel, shoes, toys, juvenile products and other items that benefit children who are ill, living in poverty or are the victims of natural disasters.

The Mt. Carmel Guild provides affordable, high quality, subsidized preschool for 30 three- and four-year-old children of more than 1,300 low-income working parents. Continuing the Guild's tradition of aid to the poor is the Emergency Assistance Program which serves 15,000 household members annually. The Home Health Nursing Program is in its 59th year. Staff members and dedicated volunteers supply food orders, supplies and holiday baskets to families faced with a crisis. All of these programs are served by a full time staff of 21 including sisters from Sisters of Mercy of NJ, and St. Dominic. Other religious communities are represented as volunteers and trustees, maintaining the long tradition of service by the religious to the Mount Carmel Guild.