{"id":8,"date":"2020-03-03T00:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T00:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:54:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:54:04","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8\" class=\"elementor elementor-8\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38f233b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38f233b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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online!\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">\n<\/form>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e5ce1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e5ce1a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0eb9ef\" data-id=\"a0eb9ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7dac24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7dac24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>President&#8217;s message:<\/p><p>The Plainfield Grassroots Community Development Corporation (PGCDC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2004 to provide high quality community services for our children, adolescents, adults and seniors.\u00a0 Our programs and services benefit and enrich the social, physical, educational and spiritual life of participants.<\/p><p>The\u00a0SAT Prep\u00a0program offers tutoring in SAT testing techniques and Math and English tutoring for high school students.\u00a0 The program has become very popular and is highly regarded.\u00a0 It has helped over 500 students from all around New Jersey and even from New York and Delaware.\u00a0 It is staffed entirely by volunteers, some of whom are members of St. Mark&#8217;s Episcopal Church.\u00a0 Many of our students have scored very high on the SAT, and have gone on to attend some of the top universities in the country.<\/p><p>We also offer the\u00a0Out of the Box Club\u00a0(OBC), a Math and Science club for elementary and middle school children.\u00a0 The goal of the OBC is to create a love of Math and Science in young children by exposing them to challenging topics in Math and Science, and the children learn in a fun and stimulating atmosphere.\u00a0 The OBC club is staffed by NJ certified teachers.<\/p><p>The\u00a0Agape Summer Day Camp\u00a0provides campers with fun-filled and enriching summer days while their parents work.\u00a0 The camp, which is also held at St. Mark&#8217;s, allows our children to continue learning through the summer months by balancing play and exciting trips with classes in a variety of areas such as art, music, swimming and recreational activities.<\/p><p>All PGCDC programs are offered at a nominal cost so not to exclude people with limited resources.\u00a0 In addition to the support offered by St. Mark&#8217;s Episcopal Church, the PGCDC funds these programs with donations, grants and fundraisers.<\/p><p>Thank you for your interest, participation and support.<\/p><p>Sincerely,<\/p><p>Vernon Anthony<\/p><h4>BOARD OF DIRECTORS<\/h4><p>Vernon Anthony, President<\/p><p>Ted Moore, Vice President<\/p><p>Ashley Blenman, Secretary<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Drue Doman,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Treasurer<\/span><\/p><p>Gladston Hackett, Board Member<\/p><p>Wilbert Gill, Board Member<\/p><p>Karen Moore, Board Member<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Dawn McDonald, Board Member<\/span><\/p><p><span 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Box 245<\/h6>\n<h6>S. Plainfield, New Jersey 07080<\/h6>\n<h6>Tel: 908-405-0169<\/h6>\n<h6>Email: plainfieldgrassroots@gmail.com<\/h6>\n<h6>Message us on Facebook!&nbsp;<\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9a49a3\" data-id=\"b9a49a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5747f92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"5747f92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=1430%20Park%20Avenue%20Plainfield%2C%20NJ%2007060&#038;t=m&#038;z=10&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"1430 Park Avenue Plainfield, NJ 07060\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"1430 Park Avenue Plainfield, NJ 07060\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President&#8217;s message: The Plainfield Grassroots Community Development Corporation (PGCDC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2004 to provide high&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":103,"href":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1535,"href":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/1535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plainfieldgrassroots.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}