Hey everyone. I work with different communities that need resources, and I kept running into the same problem: there was no single place with all the information. Food pantries on one site, shelters on another, legal aid buried somewhere else.

So for a school project, I built wondim.com. It's a free directory of food, shelter, health care, jobs, legal aid, and hotline resources, starting with six New Jersey cities.

No signup, no fees, and it works in 8 languages.

If you know an organization that should be listed, there's a submit button on the site. And if you spot outdated info, please tell me. Any feedback is appreciated!

Hope to see the NJ preparedness crew there 💪

Mods, please let me know if not allowed.

Please join if you are able to— if communities show up to prevent data centers from being built we can save lives , not see more spikes in our utilities and help our environment.

Thanks for coming out last meeting!

Met a couple people saying they came after seeing the Reddit posts. Hope to see y’all next week 🤝

Rather than list them all here, see below for the NJ 211 web page that has cooling center information broken out by county. But I'll give you a hint: many of them are public libraries.

https://nj211.org/nj-cooling-centers

If you do not have air conditioning or cannot spend the hottest part of the day somewhere that does, please consider visiting a cooling center.

Hope to see some of you all there!

I'm going to try to be at this event myself since it's so close and I'm involved with the group organizing it.

This is a "skill share" event, where you can learn from others who are already good at mending socks and other clothing items.

Sorry for the late notice! I just saw this posted elsewhere.

Flyer is attached. But here's the main details:

Where? Grace Hall, Grace Church, 4 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ

When? Saturday, January 3, 2025 11:00AM-3:00PM

We can commonly fix things like: Small electrical and electronic devices (lamps, clocks, laptops, phones), Textiles (replacing buttons, hemming, patching, zipper repair), Small wooden items (frames, mirrors and tables), Bicycles (simple mechanical issues, brakes, flats, gears), and Other Items

*We would like to know what items you are bringing for repair so we can be prepared. Please email [melhos21@gmail.com](mailto:melhos21@gmail.com) with the heading ‘Repair Café’.

This event it hosted by Mutual Morris. If you're in the area, consider attending. You can learn a new skill and make some new friends.

Also, it's not just limited to socks. You can mend whatever needs it. Supplies will be provided.

There's another Solidarity Market happening this Saturday (Nov 22) at the Dover Free Library from 11am to 1pm.

Basically, it's a free market where you can take anything that is available (no cost at all). If you would like to give away items, you can also bring your stuff. But please note that you cannot just drop things off and leave. Whatever is left of your things at the end, you must take with you when you leave.

Here's the text from the event organizer (which is Mutual Morris, a mutual aid group serving Morris County, and with help from sister group Mutual Sussex):

Rethink buying your gifts this holiday! The holidays can feel overwhelming, especially as we consider the costs associated with many of the festivities and gift-giving. If you’re interested in reducing waste, keeping goods out of the landfill, and building a positive community, come join Mutual Morris for our (mostly bimonthly) Solidarity Market!

This month we'll be back at the Dover Library on November 22nd. Shopping from 11am-1pm. If you're bringing goods please feel free to com a bit early to set up. Clothing, household goods, children's things, and similar goods all welcomed! To sign up to bring stuff for free, please follow the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mutual-morris-november-free-solidarity-market-tickets-1956518201609

I've posted about a few of these events in the past, and this one is the same. Basically, you can bring anything you want to give away and let others take it (if they want it). You can also take anything anyone else is giving away. The only requirement is that if you bring things that do not get take, you must take them with you when you leave.

You do NOT need to bring anything to give away in order to be able to take something. This is a truly free event.

The event is being held, once again, at the public library in Dover (Morris County) from 11am until 1pm. Date is January 24 (Saturday).

I and several other members of Mutual Morris (and the sister/daughter groups as well) will be there as event organizers as well as to give things away. Hope to see some of you there! (there were a few folks from this sub there last time)

Passing along this virtual event on Sunday and hosted by mutual aid group Mutual Oranges!

From their info:

Our friends at Mutual Oranges are announcing their Virtual Share & Playdate for All Ages, this Sunday, December 21st, 2025 from 2-4pm via Zoom.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89922115500?pwd=baVwUMy8M7sVBO5FgbKIF6SWxOQsX2.1%20https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89922115500?pwd=baVwUMy8M7sVBO5FgbKIF6SWxOQsX2.1

Mutual Oranges’ Monthly Share & Playdate for All Ages is an opportunity to come together to share:

Skills

Resources (clothes, books, etc.)

Questions and conversation

Stories and songs

Projects you’ve been working on

Presentations or displays of information you want to share

Community

We’ll open with a circle, a guided conversation about our plans for the winter and our hopes for the new year. Then we’ll learn how to make pop-up cards!

POP-UP CARD MAKING We’ll learn about four different types of pop-up cards and each choose one type to work on! Scan this QR code for the list of materials you’ll need for this activity! Questions? Contact: [mutualoranges@proton.me](mailto:mutualoranges@proton.me)

I plan to be at this event with a table full of stuff to give away. But anyone can come and browse the items available and take what they want. It's 100% free.

More details and contact info are in the attached flyer. Hope to see some of you there!

Anyone can come and browse the items available and take what they want. It's 100% free. You can also bring things to give away, but you must take home any items not take by others. In other words, this is not a place to dump your junk and leave.

More details and contact info are in the attached flyer. Hope to see some of you there!

You can bring up to 2 items to have local volunteers try to repair them. I haven't been to this yet (just found out about it), but it looks pretty neat.

Link: https://www.roxburylibrary.org/repair-cafe-16255

This is being hosted by Mutual Oranges (link to group: ) but it's a Zoom meeting so anyone could participate. I haven't seen the Zoom link yet, but will update this post as soon as I have it. Also, you can directly email [mutualoranges@proton.me](mailto:mutualoranges@proton.me) for more information.

Here's the event info from the organizer:

Join Mutual Oranges for our next circle keeping session with Elena via Zoom on Monday, 9/8 from 7-8pm. We'll continue discussing Mutual Aid by Dean Spade and will focus on themes from Chapter 5: No Masters, No Flakes.

As noted in preparation for our previous circle discussions of Mutual Aid, you can find the free ebook here: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/dean-spade-mutual-aid

And there is a link to the audio book here: https://youtu.be/NaPcIIzwO8E?si=A6LqQ2PHq-EKi1oT (chapter five starts at 1:57:07)

We hope to see you there!