Hammonton Helps

History

Rev. Kathy Chiovitt had a desire to help the homeless and the needy in Hammonton. She organized a Town Hall Meeting with the support of the Hammonton Ministerium. The first Town Hall Meeting was held on December 7, 2007.

Rev. Chiovitt turned the coordination of followup Town Hall Meetings over to Rev. Giuseppe Mattei. Rev. Mattei commissioned a group to begin the work of identifying the needs of the homeless and needy in Hammonton. Frank King was appointed as the advisor of this group. The group decided on the name of Hammonton Helps and elected its first President, John Ashton at its meeting on November 5, 2008.

Hammonton Helps contracted Brian Howell, Esq. to prepare and to file the paperwork required for incorporation. Hammonton Helps became a New Jersey non-profit corporation in November 2009.

Hammonton Helps, Inc. next applied for Federal tax-exempt status and was approved as a 501c3 tax exempt non-profit organization on November 20, 2011.

Hammonton Helps, Inc. launched its website in February 2013.