HomeSharing, Inc.

HomeSharing, Inc.
The PeopleCare Center
120 Finderne Avenue
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 526-4663

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HomeSharing@verizon.net

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- HomeSharing Celebrates Joetta Clark Digg's and Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen's
Service to the Community
- CNN INTERVIEWS HOMESHARING
- HomeSharing's Mission Statement & Service Area
- Use PayPal to charge your HomeSharing donation
- HomeSharing appears in national newspapers
- Facts about HomeSharing
- Who can be a Provider or Seeker
- Donor Thank you! Your gift enables HomeSharing to..

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HomeSharing Celebrates Joetta Clark Digg's and Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen's Service to the Community

On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, HomeSharing honored Joetta Clark Diggs and Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen at its annual Gala. Over 120 people attended the event, celebrating these honorees for their service to the community and to HomeSharing.

At the event, attendees participated in a silent auction with prizes generously donated by sponsors in the community.

Joetta Clark Diggs has been America's premier middle distance runner for more than three decades. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Joetta is considered the most proliferate 800-meter runner of all time. She was ranked in the top ten in America for more than 10 years and was ranked in the top 10 of the world nine times.
A native of New Jersey and a Somerset County resident, Joetta is the author of Joetta's "P" Principles and "Life Lessons Learned from Track and Field". Joetta is president of Joetta Sports & Beyond, LLC, and executive director of the Joetta Clark Diggs Sports Foundation. She spends her time delivering motivational seminars to athletic programs, businesses and other organizations throughout America.

Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen is in his ninth term as the representative for New Jersey's 11th Congressional District, serving as New Jersey's senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. Rodney graduated from Hobert College in 1969. After graduation he served in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. After returning from Vietnam in 1971 he became Morris County's state and federal aid Coordinator. From 1974 to 1983 Rodney served three terms as a member of the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Rodney then went on to serve in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1983 to 1994.

Additionally, a long time HomeSharing teen volunteer, Romoli Bakshi, was honored for her service to HomeSharing.



Renee Drell, Executive Director, And Robert Smith, President of the Board, Congratulate Joetta Clark Diggs	Honoree Joetta Clark Diggs Receiving the Shuey Horowitz Humanitarian Award From Jim Rhyner, Gala Committee Chairman and Vice-President of the Board


The Evening's Entertainment	Romoli Bakshi Receiving The Frank Semcer Outstanding Volunteer Award From Frank Semcer, Sr.

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CNN INTERVIEWS HOMESHARING

The Following Provider and Seeker have been living together in shared housing for the last four years. Help us help you live better on your income.

Homesharing Celebrates Frank Semcers's Service to the Community and Creates The Frank Semcer Outstanding Volunteer Award

Frank J. Semcer, Sr., Chairman of The Micro Stamping Group of Companies was honored by HomeSharing at their sixth annual Harvest Jubilee on Thursday, October 28, 2010 at the Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey. He is being honored for his commitment to preventing homelessness.

There were approximately 225 attendees at the event - which featured a Silent Auction.

Frank J. Semcor receiving his award.

HOMESHARING HELPS HOUSEMATES MEET NEEDS

http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/11/homesharing_connects_people_wh.html

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                                                          HomeSharing's Mission

To prevent homelessness by matching "providers," residents who need to share their homes or apartments in order to maintain them, with "seekers," individuals searching for affordable housing in the community. These matches foster independence with dignity.

HomeSharing is also committed to assisting its clients in locating and utilizing other resources such as the Food Bank, low-cost medical care, and other support services. The organization's services are provided free of charge to our clients.

HomeSharing is unique. It is the only agency in New Jersey that prevents homelessness full-time through the home sharing model.

A picnic for current and past program participants.

                                                 HomeSharing's Service Area

HomeSharing is located in the PeopleCare Center in Bridgewater, New Jersey and supports clients in Somerset and Hunterdon counties as well as Middlesex Borough.

                                              HomeSharing Needs Your Support

HomeSharing is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit agency which relies on grants and donations to continue helping people find and maintain affordable housing.  All donations are gratefully appreciated. Checks should be made out to, "HomeSharing, Inc."   HomeSharing can also accept credit card donations via PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account, simply go to our Donations page (click on the link below) and follow the simple instructions. It's fast and secure.

~ Charge your donation via PayPal!~
It's fast, easy and secure... Just go to our Donations page.

                          HomeSharing Appears in
                  National Newspapers

The recent increase of foreclosures and problems within the banking industry have resulted in a new housing 'crisis'. More homeowners nationwide are now considering a choice: whether to take in a boarder to keep their homes or move out of the home they've lived in for years.

A recent New York Times front page news story describes the delimma several homeowners faced when their personal financial situations deteriorated.   With their homes at risk, more homeowners considered taking in boarders for additional income.

For the July 16th article, the NY Times contacted several homesharing agencies including ours. A NY Times reported spoke to Renee Drell, executive director of HomeSharing, Inc. (Bridgewater, NJ) to learn about homesharing in Somerset and Hunterdon counties. Portions of the article have been copied to a pdf file and can be found on our GALLERY page.

To read the complete article and see the color photos included in the article, click on the following link....

           NY Times 7/16/08 - Homes at Risk

HomeSharing, Inc. appears near the end of the second page.

HomeSharing was also mentioned in the July 19, 2008, Daytona Beach NewsJournal. In a letter to the Editor a woman, who had recently moved from central New Jersey to Florida, wrote about her success with HomeSharing. For close to three years, she used homesharing as a method of keeping her home, calling it a "wonderful program". She felt that such a program might be helpful in Florida, which is seeing an unusually high number of foreclosures. She also mentions homesharing as a helpful solution for those who need an affordable place to live.

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Interested in becoming a HomeSharing Provider or a Seeker?

HomeSharing was created in response to a great need for affordable housing in the community. Despite Somerset and Hunterdon County’s reputation for affluence, we are faced with a serious hidden homeless crisis.

Long-time residents on fixed incomes are unable to maintain their mortgages. Corporate downsizing has placed formerly secure homeowners in jeopardy of losing their homes. Many simply can’t afford the high rental costs. HomeSharing clients also include: the working poor, senior citizens, disabled, and residents in transition (for example, widowed or divorced men and women unexpectedly forced to live on one income).

"Providers" are people who need to share their homes or apartments in order to maintain them. "Seekers" are individuals searching for affordable housing in the community.

You may want to be a HomeSharing Provider if you are:
   * a homeowner or apartment renter with an extra, bedroom
   * a retired or recently widowed person needing extra income
   * an elderly person in need of some assistance**
   * a person with a disability in needing some help with daily
         living**
   * parents with children in need of occasional childcare.

You may want to be a HomeSharing Seeker if you are:
   * a student (over the age of 18), or
   * an adult in the midst of a career change
   * a single parent
   * a recently widowed or divorced person
   * a working or retired person unable to afford rent on your own
   * a person with a disability**

  **NOTE- clients must be independent enough to meet their own basic needs.

Eligibilty is not restricted on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or income.

For More Information...

HomeSharing, Inc.
120 Finderne Ave.
Room 260
Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Somerset County and
Middlesex Borough
Phone: (908)526-4663
fax: (908) 526-6342

Hunterdon County
Phone: (908) 237-0650
fax: (908) 526-6342

Email:HomeSharing@verizon.net

"Honorary Chairperson
Christine Todd Whitman
and HomeSharing Honorees
for 2011
Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen
and Olympic Track Star
and Businesswoman
Joetta Clark Diggs"

Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Basking Ridge Country Club

	Honorary Chairperson Governor Christine Todd Whitman

	Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen

	Olympic Track Star and Businesswoman Joetta Clark Diggs

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HomeSharing Facts:

~ More than 8,050 people
     have registered in the past
     10 years.

~ For every Provider house-
      hold, there are 2 registered
      Seekers.

~ 53% of all household
      incomes are at or below
      the poverty level.

~ 18% of all household
      incomes are classified
      as working poor.

~ The longest, currently
      active match is 8.5 years.

~ Seniors head 35% of
      Provider households.

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OUR SPECIAL THANKS ...

HomeSharing thanks the
various Foundations,
Corporations, Organiza-
tions and individuals that
have generously supported
our work.

Your donation at work...

- A gift of $500 will enable
HomeSharing to provide more
than 3 months of affordable,
shared housing.
- A gift of $150 will enable
HomeSharing to provide
about 1 month of affordable,
shared housing
- A gift of $75 will enable
us to provide about two
weeks of affordable, shared
housing.

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