Hopeworks ‘n Camden is an organization that seeks to reduce the city’s near 70 percent high school dropout rate and create hope for the future — hope for good jobs, business development, and educational opportunities, specifically for African-American and Hispanic high school drop outs ages 17 to 25.
Yesenia Nieves (left), Assistant Director, Hopeworks ‘n Camden, and Michael Sontag (right), Chief Operations Officer, Hopeworks, received $4,500 from Jersey Business Leaders’ (JBL) President Terry Wall, the proceeds from the ‘Roll for Hope’ fundraiser coordinated by JBL to benefit the Hopeworks charity.
Sharon Perrige of W. Michael Perrige DDS, Gibbstown, wins a $50 gift certificate to Brio Tuscan Grill, Cherry Hill, at an Open Networking Event sponsored by Jersey Business Leaders (JBL) on June 29. JBL member Randy Carbone (left), President, RC Computers, Sewell, pulled the winning business card and JBL President Terry Wall, TGWall Management Consulting, Washington Twp., presented Perrige with the prize.