I have adopted from many rescues in various states and 11th hour has been the most thorough when it…read morecomes to vetting people and the animals in their care. My application was quickly accepted after calls to my vets and references. I was adopting as my beloved canine partner and co-parent to my younger jack russell passed away following an extended illness. My small boy was eager for a play-mate. The first two dogs we were excited to meet were not a good fit for us and we thought it was a sign that it wasn't the right time. Until the lovely volunteer we were working with, Marie, introduced us to her foster pup. She had watched our interactions with other dogs and saw the personality of my JRT and his disposition and encouraged us to meet whom we now call Nancy. Nancy has a fear of men and a timid personality and thought my good natured boy would be the perfect companion to allow her to come out of her shell and shine. Best decision for me, my JRT and I think for Nancy too. I am forever grateful for these folks who go above and beyond to find the the best match for the animal and the family. An incredibly difficult job the volunteers do which I think is often overlooked. Thank you for completing our family!

A couple of years ago, we lost the first of two sibling rescue dogs we adopted 15 years ago. We…read moreadopted another young dog shortly after. Then March of this year, our 2nd boy passed over the Rainbow Bridge. Recently we decided we missed having two canine family members and set out to begin the search for a friend for our dog Daisy (also a rescue) and I knew about Eleventh Hour Rescue and the work they do for a while and had attended events like Puptoberfest. When we saw there was a Winter market happening at the Sussex fairgrounds, we got our pre-appoved application completed and attended the event with Daisy hoping to meet a particular dog. When it turned out the beautiful girl in question wouldn't be quite the right fit for our family, we came close to leaving and determined to search through other adoptable dogs with 11th Hour when we were asked if Daisy wanted to meet Jett, who we'd missed. We did an introduction and short walk together with one of the volunteers and our family. It became quickly apparent that these two would become fast friends and he was super friendly immediately with our whole family. Jett came home with us that day and immediately seemed to feel right at home. But he wasn't answering to his name, so we bounced a bunch around and thought we'd have to use a process to change it, but we came up with Remmington III (Remmy casually) and he began answering to that almost immediately. We are on day 3 and we all couldn't be happier. Everyone who volunteers with Eleventh Hour from the pre-approval process to the event staff were so welcoming, encouraging and wonderful. They do a fantastic job of vetting potential adopters so that each animal finds their perfect furever home. I would recommend anyone searching for a furry family member to consider them.

Came for the Gladstone Horse Show. Nice grounds with plentiful parking in the North area. Rather…read moresmall competition area but does the job. Nice to bring the family to watch horse jumping competition for free

I actually have not even visited the foundation yet. However, in the course of planning my visit I…read morewas fortunate enough to communicate with Maureen, the communications coordinator at the foundation and I just wanted to immediately let this little part of the Internet, and anyone interested in visiting Hamilton Farm that she was amazingly friendly and helpful and after one or two emails, made you feel like you could ask her anything and all inquiries were welcome. She was fantastic.

Thank You for the Back-to-School Volunteering Opportunity…read more I had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer at a back-to-school event where we distributed book bags and school supplies to children. The joy on their faces was absolutely priceless and made the entire experience incredibly rewarding. Seeing their delight as they received their supplies truly warmed my heart and reinforced the importance of giving back to the community. Thank you once again for this opportunity! PS I would have loved to have a Jersey Care shirt to represent the organization.

I feel weird reviewing a place that basically makes ME do all the work! But heck, that's what…read morevolunteering is all about huh? The reason it gets five stars is because it's easy to volunteer. You sign up on their website, watch a video then choose what you want to volunteer for. Once you commit, they'll send you an email the day before reminding you to show up. Nice thing is that once you sign up and volunteer, you can track your hours and events easily. I have no idea why anyone wants to volunteer, or needs to, but these guys cover Jersey, so at least you have a nice breadth of different activities you want to volunteer for. For instance I'm a computer geek, so planting trees all over the place would probably leave me with one foot in the ground! Sure the air will be cleaner, but i'll be mulch! However, I was able to find an activity that let me use my Nerdly talents instead.

The Thrift Store at 25 Market St, Morristown has a surprisingly high quality of donated household…read moreitems, everything in beautiful condition and beautifully displayed! It's more like an elegant, high-end, in door garage sale, with an amazing variety of quality items in every household category, but with LOW, LOW PRICES like you would see at the last hour of a garage sale when "everything must go!" We love the bargains, but even more, we love that money is all going to support the wonderful, caring work of the Market Street Mission!

I was in the area and figured I would do some thrift browsing. A quick search led me to this place…read moreand it was fairly easy to locate by GPS. When I walked in, I was pleasantly surprised to find all kinds of home decor and some furniture. I overheard the cashier speaking to a customer as I passed through the checkout area and found her to be so personable and kind to the customer. As I made my way to the back, I stepped into a warehouse-type setting. I was impressed. If there's one thing I learned while thrifting, it's: go to less desirable areas and you'll find less then desirable items, go to more upscale areas and you'll find better items. This was definitely the case here. I found quite a bit of beautiful finds. I saw large brown bags of baby clothes priced at $3 a bag. The bags were closed up so you couldn't see what was inside. It was only distinguishable by the words "Boy" or "Girl" baby clothes written on the bag. I had no use for baby clothes so I didn't purchase them but I would put them on my list as a top find in this place. Other honorable mentions were these beautiful padded kitchen stools -3 for $40, clothes - they had plenty of them and the bread maker I scored for $10. That was actually my only purchase. I spoke to a few employees there and they were extremely friendly. When I expressed concern over whether or not the bread maker worked, one of the employees told me they check all appliances in the back once they receive them and if it doesn't work, they don't put it out. So appreciated because most thrift stores don't do that. The store has a wall with plugs right by the appliances therefore, I plugged it up. I was able to confirm the bread maker did come on and the various settings did work. I would most certainly recommend this store to anyone looking for unique finds, vintage items and hidden gems. I will certainly return in the future.

Few years after leaving heritage I still think about how bad I feel for not listening to my sons…read morecues. And what different feedback I get from my sons teachers after we left. They never believe the challenges and behaviors he showed there and for a kid who had a hard time with speech, I now know these behaviors were his distress call. Poor buddy. So thankful for all those teachers around him after heritage who saw/see how bright and kind he is and who enjoy him. Also I've seen bad reviews before on this over the years, including the one I placed while there. They somehow disappear.

This is the worst run school I've ever sent a child too and I would absolutely not do it again. The…read moremanagement is horrific and everytime I pick my child up between 4:30 and 5:30 the kids are lined up outside their room just sitting against the wall waiting for their parents. I highly recommend never sending your children here.

My 2.5-year-old absolutely loves this school. We moved in the middle of a school year and he…read moreadapted quickly to The Goddard School. His teachers are very welcoming and the rest of the staff is very helpful. We truly feel safe having our son go to The Goddard School and highly recommend it for all parents.

Unfortunately, do not recommend. Three terrible experiences that lead me to finally pull my son out…read moreafter he was seriously injured. Owner never even called to apologize. Shameful because we trusted them.

Great venue for a concert. Enjoyed seeing Vanessa Collier's band here. Support this park! Buy the…read morehoney.

The Ross Farm had a concert Oct 2nd that was out of this world! Christian Lopez, Tony Luca and Alex…read moreDezen performed live for a sold out crowd of about 70. The intimacy of the venue lent itself to a deeper appreciation of the artists talents. The next event at the farm , which is free to the public is the Somerset County History Weekend. A great place to spend some time with family!

The staff is great with the children and my son always has a blast we love this place!!!read more

My family had a very poor experience with this organization, specifically the summer…read moreCounselor-in-Training program. We did our due diligence - spoke with a staff member about their programs, had a positive encounter with them during a community event, and perused the website. Everything seemed like it'd be a good fit, so we signed up for two weeks of camp (again, as a Counselor-in-Training) Day 1 -- our daughter comes home and recalls how she was asked to sit with one child, one-on-one, all day. The staff suggested that this child had "behavioral issues", and that our daughter should come get them (the Counselors) if he did not listen and did anything wrong. As a former counselor + advocate, I did not like how this sounded, but wanting to give the organization a solid chance and wanting to foster resilience in our daughter, we sent her back for a second day. Day 2 -- our daughter comes home and recalls she was asked to organize a bookshelf, which took her 40 minutes, and had very little interactions with the counselors -- whom she was supposed to be learning from. Now I'm agitated. For, these were NOT the type of experiences we had expected and wanted for our daughter; we pulled her from the camp after just two days. She was never given proper instructions or opportunities to learn from the counselor nor asked to work with campers working on art projects; but to have our child sit with one camper, one-on-one, all day, was a huge red flag and liability issue that I could no longer overlook. When reaching out to share our concerns, the owner responded and suggested our daughter fabricated everything. That the experiences our daughter had were not consistent with how their staff saw things. This left me flabbergasted that the staff had no empathy for our daughter and her experiences there, did not validate our concerns as a family, and essentially suggested our daughter made it up. There was no accountability; NOT ONE THING her staff could have done differently? Nor was there self-reflection to rumble with -- how could they have helped our daughter have a better experience. Only condescending finger pointing wrapped in ultra polite and polished language. On top of it all, the organization has a no refund policy. So my family paid $400 for our daughter to learn skills of a Counselor-in-Training, she attended just two day, and all she took away was being a 1:1 aide (again, the liability piece was overlooked by the staff in their response!) and organizing a bookshelf. I expected more from a non-profit organization! They have our money - see if you can use our balance towards your enrollment fees!