Representatives of local businesses and organizations will recruit new staff members at Project Self-Sufficiency’s Virtual Career Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m.

Each business, organization or educational institutions will be featured individually with an opportunity to promote job openings and scholastic opportunities. Information packets with links to online job applications, company profiles, and contact information will be made available to all attendees following the event. The Career Fair is free and open to the public; advance registration is required and currently available on the Project Self-Sufficiency website, https://www.projectselfsufficiency.org/virtual-career-fair. Log-on links and additional information will be sent to attendees shortly before the start of the event. The entire Career Fair will also be available on the agency You Tube channel following the event.

Employers and educational institutions who will be promoting opportunities include Aspire Supports; Crystal Springs; Mountain Creek; Primerica; Project Self-Sufficiency; SCARC; Shop Rite; Thorlabs.

For more information about the free Virtual Career Fair, or to find out more about the programs and services offered by Project Self-Sufficiency, call 973-940-3500 or visit www.projectselfsufficiency.org.

FOOD DRIVE

Project Self-Sufficiency is also seeking donations of funds or traditional Thanksgiving foods.

The agency will accept pumpkin or apple pies; canned vegetables, including yams and cranberry sauce; dinner rolls; gravy; stuffing and mashed potato mixes. Frozen turkeys will also be accepted with advance notice. The agency is gearing up to distribute complete Thanksgiving dinners to approximately 500 local families this year, so monetary donations are particularly needed.

“Requests for assistance are pouring in every day and we expect to serve nearly 500 families this year,” explains Deborah Berry-Toon, Executive Director of Project Self-Sufficiency. “However, our wonderfully generous community has consistently demonstrated compassion towards our participants during the holidays and we are confident that this year will be no exception.”

Contributions, or notification of the intent to contribute, are requested by Friday, Nov. 12, to allow ample time to package and distribute the goods to needy families. Frozen turkeys can be delivered on Monday, Nov. 22, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Turkeys cannot be accepted earlier or later due to the lack of refrigerated storage space. Individuals and families who need help at Thanksgiving are invited to call Project Self-Sufficiency at 973-940-3500.

All donations may be brought to the PSS offices at 127 Mill Street in Newton. To donate or to find out more about the programs and services available at Project Self-Sufficiency, call 973-940-3500, or visit www.projectselfsufficiency.org.

LAW SEMINAR

Project Self-Sufficiency’s virtual family law seminar will be on Thursday, Oct. 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. to allow attorneys and participants to discuss child support, grounds for divorce, court procedures, alimony, parenting time, equitable distribution of assets, and other topics related to divorce. The Zoom presentation is free and open to the public; if interested call 973-940-3500 for log-in details. The agency’s legal seminar series is a program of the Sussex County Family Success Center and is funded by the state Department of Children and Families.