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Here for Home has raised more than $6,500 to support hurricane relief projects and organizations such as the Red Cross, and has collected more than 4,500 pounds of supplies to help those affected by the storm. More than 200 tCnJ volunteers have performed more than 1,200 hours of service in the areas hit hardest. n J - S T e p At a Governor Chris Christie press conference in May, tCnJ was recognized for being one of the founding institutions of a major prisoner education initiative. new Jersey Scholarship and transformative education in prisons (nJ-Step) is a coalition of colleges and universities working to create an undergraduate degree program for incarcerated men and women. tCnJ delivers eight college-credit classes annually to men and women at three state facilities, and tCnJ students attend lectures with their incarcerated counterparts and provide them with assistance. a lT e R n a T i V e B R e a k S nearly 10 years after Hurricane Katrina battered the south coast of the united States, new orleans is still rebuilding its shattered city. In January, more than 100 students from tCnJ's Alternative Break Club traveled to louisiana to help the nonprofit project Homecoming with rebuilding tasks ranging from painting nearly finished homes to demolishing properties for new construction projects. Since 2008, this student-founded group has raised funds to cover travel expenses to new orleans, as well as to West Virginia to build and repair homes for use by the homeless. B R i n g i n g l i g h T T o T a n z a n i a In many developing countries, large numbers of women die during childbirth because they lack access to health clinics with reliable electricity. to confront widespread energy poverty in one east African nation, professor Marla Jaksch and students in her Gender and Development in tanzania class have been delivering and installing solar suitcases to off-grid medical and health facilities in the country. Jaksch, an assistant professor of women's and gender studies, previously taught at the university of Dar es Salaam in tanzania and has been bringing students to the country since 2006. In one of the communities, the students collaborated on the suitcase installation with Maasai women, members of a semi-nomadic tribe. Despite the cultural barriers, the two groups worked together efficiently and, later that night with the lights on, a Maasai woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy. e n g a g e M e n T B Y T h e n u M B e R S W h a T i S i T a l l W o R T h ? 1,687 number of tCnJ student volunteers 20,209 number of service hours performed $520,000 Value of service provided to local communities by tCnJ students* * e cost of a service hour in New Jersey is valued at $25.71, according to the Corporation for National & Community Service tCnJ students perform service near (Jersey Shore) and far (tanzania). 9

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