Your donation at work
$50 = Groceries for a neighbor
$100 = Pays for one family’s utilities
$300 = Lunch for 30 unemployed Newark neighbors temporarily living in a hotel
$500 = Rent for a week for a family in need
10% of all donations will go directly to our holiday grocery gift card program which benefits neighbors in need.
Good neighbors caring about the health and well-being of those in need for over 90 years.
The Newark Area Welfare Committee (NAWC), an all-volunteer organization, in cooperation with community partners, is committed to helping Newark area families in crisis regain balance by providing them the necessities of life.
NAWC envisions a community where no one goes without food, shelter, heat and the other essentials of life.
We are committed to being a trusted resource that establishes and supports diverse programs to provide the services our neighbors in crisis need. To meet this challenge we strive to identify new initiatives that will extend our reach and effectiveness.
Community Leader Award Recipient Announced
June 2021
It is with great pleasure that NAWC announces the recipient of our Polly Sierer Community Leader Award:
Sasha Aber of Homegrown Cafe
NAWC established this award in honor of our longstanding president: Polly Sierer. The award recognizes an outstanding individual or group who has taken a lead role in developing a solution to a current issue to help support neighbors in our community.
Sasha's nomination stood out among the others.
Nominees said the following about her leadership to our community during the past year;
When faced with the restrictions that came with the pandemic, Sasha Aber and her staff repurposed the popular longtime Newark restaurant as a place of giving. Home Grown Cafe reached out to their customers and the Newark Community for help. The initiative Adopt-A-Unit at Christiana Care was born to help those that are helping us. Within a very short period of time over $24,472 was raised including over 466 donors serving over 3,250 meals to Christiana Care healthcare workers. Locations include Newark, Wilmington and Middletown. The effort allowed donors to purchase meals that Home Grown Cafe would make and deliver. This effort not only helped front line workers, it allowed Sasha to keep more staff employed at Home Grown Cafe during the pandemic.
Congratulations and Thank you to Sasha!
Lifelong Achievement Awards
June 2021
NAWC is thrilled to celebrate two of our longstanding volunteers:
Beverly Stoudt and Bob Lucas
The Lifelong Achievement Award recognizes dedicated individuals who have volunteered with NAWC for over 10 years. The nominees have inspired other volunteers, led a committee or made other achievements through NAWC. Both Beverly and Bob have shown concern and compassion for their neighbors in need and have made asignificant contributions to the Newark community through their volunteer efforts with NAWC.
We are deeply grateful for their years of service.
Thank you and Congratulations to Bob and Beverly!
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Newark Area Welfare Committee is a 501 (c)(3) charity and partner of the Food Bank of Delaware and Feeding America.
Non-Discrimination Policy:
The Newark Area Welfare Committee does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the appointment to and termination from its Board of Directors, hiring and firing of contractors, selection of volunteers, selection of vendors, and providing of services.
