Community Service
The members of the New Jersey Chapter of ASID are pleased to use their time and talents to serve the communities of New Jersey for the following worthy projects.
Renovation Project
2006 – Ongoing
In January 2006 NJ Chapter of ASID began a plan to design and renovate the floor spaces of two hospital hospice wards for St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Centers at Newark Beth Israel Hospital and Monmouth Medical Center. Respectively, a committee was formed for each hospital and the design process began by meeting with the director and staff of each hospital as well as our Industry Partner Members. ASID NJ Community Service Committees have provided professional design and specifications for both hospitals. Our Industry Partners have donated or will donate services and materials as the projects progress.
Currently, the hospice ward at Monmouth Medical Center is nearing completion of a model patient room and bath; the work at Newark Beth Israel Hospital is still under review due to the extensive nature of the renovations required.
In March 2007, ASID NJ hosted a gala at PNC Garden State Arts Center called “Chairs for Charity”. Many of our designers, with the help of our Industry Partners, designed theme chairs and donated them for auction. This wonderful event raised almost $46,000 in revenue to be used for both hospice renovations. St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Centers continue to solicit donations to help finish these renovations.
Habitat for Humanity
The ASID NJ Habitat Build Day is an annual event where our members participate on the same day on different Habitat for Humanity building projects throughout the State. ASID NJ is proud to work with this wonderful organization which helps needy families realize their dreams of owning their own homes.
Katie’s House
Katie’s House, Inc. provides assisted living facilities for young adults with developmental disabilities. More than twenty years ago, Evelyn Dudziec founded the Midlantic Chapter of Healing the Children, a non-partisan, volunteer organization whose main purpose is to secure and make available medical treatment for children in the United States and abroad. Her adopted daughter, Katie, needed medical care and supervised assistance to live a productive life. And, she needed a home.
In 2004, a small house in downtown Newton, NJ was purchased so that, once fixed up, it could become an assisted living home for three residents and a caregiver. But the long journey had only begun. The house was in need of serious repair before Katie and others could live there.
NJASID designers saw the need to take on this project and make this house into a livable home. They donated their time and talent for the transformation and obtained donations of products and services from ASID Industry Partners. With the dedication and vision, these designers renovated the interior of the home, and took the project to completion in the Fall of 2006.
In 2008, Katie’s House honored the two ASID designers who spearheaded this project and made the dream of Katie’s House a reality.