Local agencies working on the frontline of this crisis need your help! Below are specific requests for needed supplies and/or assistance.

Purchase supplies for children in foster care

• You can purchase diapers, formula, books, and other necessary supplies for these children via our AmazonSmile page.

Email photos of support to healthcare workers

• If you and your children are home and want to thank and encourage hardworking healthcare staff at Valley Hospital, please email a photo of them holding a card or drawing they made. Please only include their hands for consent reasons. Photos can be emailed to kmoceri@valleyhealth.com

Donate Blood

• People with ongoing medical issues need blood, yet donations have dropped. The blood supply is dropping rapidly and hospitals are struggling to find donors. Please call (201) 389-0477 if you are able to help.
  Donation address:
  1 West Ridgewood Ave
  Suite 208
  Paramus, NJ
  Open hours: M + F 8-4, Tu + Wed 1-9, Sat + Sun 8-12

• According to the American Red Cross website, there is a “severe blood shortage due to the coronavirus outbreak.” For more information about how to donate, go to the organization’s site.

Donate Shelf-stable Foods (canned goods, cereals, etc.), Personal care, and Cleaning supplies:

• Oasis - A Haven for Women and Children
  59 Mill Street      
  Paterson, NJ  07501
  phone (973) 881-8307
  fax (973) 881-1755
  

• Bloomingdale Methodist Church
  65 Main Street
  Bloomingdale, NJ
  

• Paterson YMCA
  128 Ward St
  Paterson, NJ 07505
  (973) 321-3145
  natalialopez@ymcaofpaterson.org
  

• Catholic Charities, Diocese of Paterson
  777 Valley Road
  Clifton, N.J. 07013
  www.ccpaterson.org/corona

Adopt or foster a pet

• Shelters are experiencing a shortage of volunteers. Lend a hand by taking a furry friend into your home! St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, NJ is currently open for adoptions and encouraging serious adopters only (those ready to bring home an animal the same day) to visit their Madison adoption center. All available animals are viewable online.

  For those that can’t adopt, they are encouraging folks to consider fostering. Animals currently in foster homes will be adoptable during this time following our standard foster adoption process.