Recent News
Isles’ Faith for Health Breakfast Promotes Healthy Living in Trenton
On Thursday, March 11, Isles held its annual Faith for Health Breakfast, which was sponsored by Horizon NJ Health and Shaping NJ. This year’s topic was combating childhood obesity.
More than 50 representatives from faith, civic, city, state and private sectors attended this years event, where research was presented on the current epidemic of obesity and [...]City Panel Targets Urban Environment
The City of Trenton’s Department of Housing and Economic Development and Isles hosted a public meeting this past Saturday to prioritize Trenton’s environmental health concerns. Trenton residents voted on 11 environmental issues facing the community, and abandoned buildings, litter and open space were ranked the top three most pressing issues facing the city.
Click here to [...]Isles Community Enterprises Receives CDFI Certification
Isles Community Enterprises (ICE), the financial services subsidiary of Isles, Inc. is proud to announce the granting of its certification as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). CDFI Certification is granted by the U.S. Department of Treasury (www.cdfifund.gov) to financing agencies that focus their business-related lending and business development services in underserved and economically distressed [...]
IYI Students Volunteer at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
On January 21, IYI students who participate in the evening program volunteered at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), where they worked the entire serving line.
This is part of IYI’s monthly theme, volunteerism – giving back. The students enjoyed serving the less fortunate, while also gaining a clearer understanding of TASK’s mission. After the service [...]Help Isles to be Featured in the 2010 GreatGuide to Giving and Volunteering
If you love our work then tell the world!
You have an exciting opportunity to help Isles make even more of a difference in our community. GreatNonprofits – a site like Yelp – is launching a campaign to find the top-rated Job Training and Placement nonprofits to be included in the 2010 GreatGuide to Giving and [...]Isles’ CEET Helps Homeowners Save Money and Creates Jobs
A Message from Marty Johnson
Dear Friends,
Like everyone else, we were pretty worried this time last year.
We knew the line between self-reliance and dependency is often fragile, though rarely by choice. The fall-out from the global economy was going to hit our communities hard – and we wanted to be prepared. Thankfully, hundreds of people,
like you, gave generously at year-end. [...]Isles’ 2009 Fall/Winter Newsletter
Isles’ 2009 Fall/Winter Newsletter is now published! Click here to read about Isles’ latest activities.
If you would like to receive Isles’ newsletter and other information regarding our organization, please e-mail your contact information to Jessica Phelan at jphelan@isles.org.YouthBuild Students Visit Newark Symphony Hall
On December 13, YouthBuild students involved in the evening program went to the musical “Imagine” at Newark Symphony Hall. The play was about seven runaways who lived together in a group home imagining their ideal life. The writer, director and founder of the theater, Kathy Harrison, arranged for the students to meet the cast before [...]
Isles’ Gardens Help The Crisis Ministry of Trenton
Gardeners are by their very nature sharers – anyone who has ever planted zucchini knows this to be true – and Isles’ community gardeners have a long history of donating produce, both formally and informally, to those in need.
This year, Isles has directed surplus from gardens at schools and dedicated gleaning gardens to The Crisis [...]