Author Archives: PEI Kids
Feb. 7, 2013 – LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – Throughout 2013, Lawrenceville-based nonprofit PEI Kids will be utilizing several government, corporate and foundation grants it has received to help ensure the safety of Mercer County children. PEI Kids’ services include engaging and developmentally appropriate Prevention/Education and Intervention programs relating to personal safety; physical and sexual abuse; understanding […]
March 28, 2013 – LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Mothers, daughters, sisters, business colleagues and BFF’s came together to enjoy an evening of food, wine and shopping Monday, March 18, at Trenton’s treasured Marsilio’s Kitchen to raise money for PEI Kids, a child advocacy nonprofit based in Lawrence, NJ. Several area businesses and vendors were on-hand at […]
March 11, 2013 – TRENTON, N.J. — For 14 years, staff and volunteers from PEI Kids have been doing quiet work on Saturday mornings in Trenton, trying — sometimes successfully, sometimes in vain — to straighten out the lives of kids who’ve racked up auto theft or assault charges before their 18th birthday. They work […]
Jan. 10, 2013 – LAWRENCE, N.J.-First or second time juvenile offenders, as well as the overall Mercer County, NJ, community, will benefit from a $25,000 grant that the Office of Faith Based Initiatives (OFBI), a Division of Programs in the Department of State, recently awarded Mercer County nonprofit PEI Kids. The grant will support PEI […]
Nov. 16, 2012 – LAWRENCE, N.J. – Generous grants and support from a number of philanthropic corporate and foundation donors are allowing PEI Kids to provide more than 16,000 Mercer County children and their families with programs focused on keeping them safe. • The Merancas Foundation, which is a longtime donor to PEI Kids, has […]
Dec. 4, 2012 -LAWRENCE, N.J. – To educate Mercer County citizens and organizations about the sensitive and prevalent issue of child sexual abuse, PEI Kids/Greater Mercer Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and the Mercer County Commission on Abused, Neglected and Missing Children recently hosted a conference entitled “Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: It’s Everyone’s Responsibility.” […]
Nov. 6, 2012-LAWRENCE, N.J.–As a result of Hurricane Sandy, PEI Kids – a nonprofit organization serving children and families in Mercer County – has rescheduled its Seventh Annual “Tasting in Titusville” from Friday, November 2 to Thursday, November 29 and has organized a diaper drive for the children affected by Hurricane Sandy to be a […]
Nov. 6, 2012 – LAWRENCE, N.J. – A $25,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the City of Trenton will help PEI Kids – a Mercer County nonprofit dedicated to keeping children safe – continue to serve at-risk teenage clients via its highly regarded Comprehensive Juvenile Offenders Outreach Services (CJOOS) program. The federal CDBG Program […]