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NOV072026

Upcoming featured event

A Slice of Legacy: Bean Pie Awards Dinner

Join the Muslim League of Voters and Good Deeds New Jersey for competition, recognition, cultural storytelling and a community dinner at Unified Vailsburg Services Organization in Newark.

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Current opportunities

Join, support and help build what comes next.

Good Deeds NJ creates multiple entry points for residents, families, volunteers and institutions.

Volunteer

Serve with Good Deeds NJ

Share your availability and interests in neighborhood service, youth initiatives, family activities, wellness, outreach or professional support.

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Current campaign

Wear the work

Official Good Deeds shirts support a $1,200 foundation-building campaign for the Form 1023 filing and an initial operating reserve.

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Partnerships

Build coordinated impact

Connect programs, facilities, expertise, funding, employment pathways or community relationships to shared goals.

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From the work

Stories grounded in community action.

Impact story · Summer 2026

Three service days. One growing culture of neighborhood stewardship.

The Community Cleanup Series connected litter removal, storm-drain care, youth participation, resident engagement, food access and wellness support along Newark’s South Orange Avenue corridor.

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Initiative spotlight

Good Deeds FRC, Family Hikes and Make‑A‑Line

Health, family connection and neighborhood commerce create different but connected ways for residents to participate in community life.

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