{"id":52002,"date":"2025-11-25T19:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52002\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:30:13","slug":"hygiene-kit-distribution-event-held-by-community-justice-connect-and-project-reset-bronx-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52002\/","title":{"rendered":"Hygiene kit distribution event held by Community Justice Connect and Project Reset \u2013 Bronx Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2052.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"hygiene kit\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers from Community Justice Connect and Project Reset put together bags of hygiene kits for community members.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Jewel Webber<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovatingjustice.org\/program\/community-justice-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Community Justice Connect<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectreset.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Project Reset<\/a> partnered to host a hygiene kit distribution event for Bronx community members on Monday, Nov. 17, at 3213A Third Ave. in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Bags of the hygiene kits given to community members. Photo by Jewel Webber<\/p>\n<p>Attendees of the event were given bags with sanitary napkins, body wipes and other personal hygiene products.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Photo by Jewel Webber<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers from Community Justice Connect, including Manager James Coger, put the items into Ziploc bags to be handed out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Community Justice Connect Manager James Coger (right) and volunteers with boxes full of the bags they put together of hygiene kits.Photo by Jewel Webber<\/p>\n<p>Community Justice Connect\u2019s main mission as an organization is to empower residents through accessible, upstream support that prevents issues from escalating into court cases. They also work to provide in-depth training for community volunteers who want to learn how to navigate complex legal systems.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Community Justice Connect volunteers packing the bags. Photo by Jewel Webber<\/p>\n<p>Project Reset provides people arrested in low-level criminal cases to avoid going to court or jail by arranging for them to take part in community-based programming. The approach from this organization is intended to promote healing, encourage accountability and strengthen public trust in the justice system by emphasizing procedural justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Volunteers from Community Justice Connect and Project Reset put together bags of hygiene kits for community members. 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