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Isles' Spring Celebration Honors Community & National Leaders May 4

Hamilton Township, NJ – Tickets are on sale now for Isles' Spring Celebration and annual fundraiser to support our work in Trenton and beyond.  Join Isles and the community on Saturday, May 4, 2024 for a fun tribute to our honorees and organization. "We can't do our work without the help of the larger community," said Sean Jackson, Isles CEO.  "Your support helps make our garden season possible, enables us to connect our students with job opportunities, and ensure that the lead paint contamination in local homes gets removed.  We need your help to keep expanding our impact."

The 2024 Community Award will be presented to Stacy Denton, the Youth College Director at Mercer County Community College. There she leads Trio programs and supported hundreds of students from Trenton and the surrounding communities progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to postgraduate programs. Stacy is also active in a variety of community organizations where she is a leader in supporting our community. Isles CEO Sean Jackson said, "We're thrilled to recognize Stacy, who helps ensure that students have the help and encouragement they need to succeed."

Bonnie Watson Coleman is being recognized with our Leadership Award this year. According to Isles CEO Sean Jackson, "We know that Mercer County, indeed all of New Jersey, has benefitted from Bonnie Watson Coleman's vital and critical role in both the State legislature and for the past 9 years in the U.S. Congress. She has a been a valuable partner for Isles through all these years of public service.  From securing federal funding to help clean up lead paint contamination to ensuring continued support for Isles' high school GED program, Bonnie has been a fierce advocate for the community we serve and we're proud to recognize all she's done to change lives in Trenton and beyond."

The Spring Celebration event will take place at the Social Profit Center at Mill One, a historic mill that has been renovated into a community hub for nonprofits, social impact offices and artists as well as Isles' headquarters.  Guests can explore this uniquely transformed building which offers flexible office, studio and event spaces.

The event is from 6:00-9:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 at the Social Profit Center at Mill One, 1 N Johnston Avenue, Hamilton Township. Visit isles.org for up-to-date information and to purchase tickets and program ads. For questions about the event, please contact Randi Orlow at rorlow@isles.org or 609.341.4722.

About Isles:

Founded in 1981, Isles, Inc. is a community development and environmental organization designed to foster self-reliant families and healthy, sustainable communities. Isles revitalizes communities, builds wealth, educates and trains, and creates healthy homes and spaces. Beyond its central New Jersey base, Isles works to influence policy and helps others build healthy, self-help approaches. For more information, visit www.isles.org

About the Social Profit Center at Mill One:

Housed in a large, formerly vacant textile mill, Isles' Social Profit Center brings together nonprofits, social impact businesses, and artists under one roof. The Center offers affordable, flexible, and high performing office, studio, and warehouse spaces in a unique, energy efficient historic building. For more information, including available spaces, visit www.socialprofitcenter.org

2024 Event Sponsors:

Exclusive Presenting Sponsor: Matrix

Gold Sponsors: NJM Insurance Group, Intrinsic Technology, and Faeger Drinker

Silver Partners: Capital Health, PNC Bank, PSE&G, and First Bank

Bronze Partners: CBIZ Boren Perlman, Langan, Ramboll, Harvestate Group, Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanga, ZS, Underground Utilities Corporation, and Conner Strong & Buckelew

Sustaining Partners: The Bank of Princeton, Princeton Air, Fania Roofing Company, Parker McCay, Mercer County Black Business Alliance, and CSG law

See full list of event sponsors at https://isles.org