5 Barnegat-Manahawkin Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

BARNEGAT-MANAHAWKIN, NJ — If you’re like many of your Barnegat-Manahawkin neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Barnegat-Manahawkin area.

Here are five local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

1. The Barnegat Historical Society: Maintaining Barnegat's history is the goal of this organization, which operates a village of old buildings as well as a thrift shop.
2. Hearts of Mercy: Underserved children in Barnegat and Manahawkin can get support, do activities, get tutoring and more through this group.
3. The Maximillian Foundation: This group's goal is to fund programs that benefit children positively, so they don't turn to drugs.
4. Family Promise of the Jersey Shore: The nonprofit helps families across Ocean County who are at risk of or are already experiencing homelessness.
5. Interfaith Health and Support Services: Seniors in Southern Ocean who need help in any way can get assistance, and caregivers can get respite with this organization.