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Helping Our Young Neighbors: Boosting Literacy
Nov 21, 2025Thanks to the dedication of our trained Bergen READS volunteers, elementary school students across Hackensack and Teaneck are discovering the joy of reading, gaining confidence and connecting with trusted mentors.
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Helping Our Young Neighbors: Transforming Lives Through Guidance
Nov 18, 2025Mentorship changes lives. With your support, Bergen Volunteers connects youth ages 10 to 21 with trained adult mentors who meet regularly to offer guidance, encouragement, and hope.
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Bergen Volunteers Emergency Food List
Nov 14, 2025A huge THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the Bergen Volunteers Emergency Food List!
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Teen LEADS Summer Exploration Series
Jul 18, 2025his summer, picture your teen spending a week learning about different career paths, developing leadership and communication skills, and exploring ways to get involved in the community. That's exactly what happens at Teen LEADS!
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YOU'RE INVITED TO THE ULTIMATE SUMMER NIGHT OUT
Jul 3, 2025Our 2nd Annual Paddles & Prosecco Event is where fun meets feel-good - pickleball, prosecco, laughs, and amazing people...all while supporting Bergen Volunteers, an organization that truly makes a difference!
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2024 Impact Report
Jul 3, 2025View our most recent Impact Report
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Give a Call
Jun 29, 2022Calling to talk to someone on the phone is intimate and transparent with a beginning and an end, hence the �~Hello�™ and �~Goodbye�™, phrases not necessarily used in texts.
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How do we inspire kids to give back?
Jun 15, 2022We are raising future adults. What we do, what we show them, will have a direct effect on who they will become.
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A Story of Youth Volunteerism
Jun 8, 2022In 2021 alone, they youth have removed a total of 548 shopping bags of garbage!
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We Live to Give
Oct 18, 2021All of us here at Bergen Volunteers love the time of year when we bring presents to our mentees during our holiday party. Seeing the smile appear on another�™s face when we give a gift, provide a service, or do anything in their best interests will undoubtedly reflect back on us. Giving to others makes us happy, far more than receiving things for ourselves does.
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Making-It-Home
Oct 11, 2021What makes a place a home? A house, a condo, an apartment, all of these can be homes. What is it that switches a place from just being a structure with walls, floors, windows, doors, and a roof, to being a place with an emotional attachment to it?
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Teens - The Leaders of Tomorrow
Oct 6, 2021When thinking about the importance of leadership in teens, perhaps the best place to get input is from a teen. Fortunately for us, we have a couple of amazing interns here at Bergen Volunteers, and one of them gave us his thoughts on the topic.
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