About
Opportunity Project, Inc. was founded in 1993 by families whose sons had sustained serious brain injuries. Their goal was to fill a very significant gap in community services for individuals with brain injury. These families discovered that while excellent acute medical care and rehabilitation services were available, there was an absence of effective transitional and reintegration services within the community. Their extensive research resulted in the identification of a nationally recognized program – the Clubhouse model of community support. In 1993 Opportunity Project served 5 members. Since then it has served over 500 individuals affected by traumatic brain injury and their families. The demand for this community ...
The Clubhouse
Since 1993, OP’s primary focus has been the continued development of a creative and supportive environment that would meet the unique and varied needs of adults with brain injuries. The program founders identified the National Clubhouse Program Model of community reintegration. OP was the first and is still the only service delivery system of its kind in New Jersey. Each year the Clubhouse has been expanded and modified to meet the abilities and needs of our members, Empowering people with brain injury on a daily basis, our programs continue to enrich the lives of the thousands of supporters, families, friends, and members. ...
Donate
Opportunity Project looks to the future with anticipation. Our services are in demand. Our members are diverse, with changing goals and varied skills. We have developed new Clubhouse programs to better serve our members and their families. We do more with less funds. And no potential or current member is ever denied services due to lack of financial resources! From the beginning, Opportunity Project, could not have provided services for hundreds of members and families without the generosity of our supporters. Even in the best of economic times, State and Federal funds are not adequate. In New Jersey, there is no public funding source for people with brain ...
Volunteer
Why teach our children to buckle up and wear helmets? Each year, over two million people in the United States are affected by brain injury. The statistics are startling and prove there is a desperate need for organizations like Opportunity Project. Unfortunately, with ongoing wars overseas, since 9/11 more Americans return home with brain injury and nowhere to turn. An estimated 5.3 million Americans, a little more than 2% of the United States population, currently live with disabilities from brain injury. A volunteer is a helper. There are many ways you can get involved around the Clubhouse… Cook or bake with members in ...
Opportunity Project in the Community
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Bill Swinson, Director of Millburn Library and OP Members "][/caption] Opportunity Project has become an integral part of the community, and the community has become an integral part of the Clubhouse. Members enrich the lives of others by either volunteering or working for local businesses such as Whole Foods, Sam’s Clothing, La Strada, Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care and the Montclair Art Museum… [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="OP member Tan To building a chair at his volunteer site, Sage Eldercare. "][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="OP member Lisa Parinello ...
Contact
Opportunity Project, Inc. 60 East Willow Street, Millburn, NJ 07041 Tel 973-921-1000 Fax 973- 921-2007 Directions For event information contact Amy Sigona: asigona@opportunityproject.org 973-921-1000 x105 For Clubhouse information contact Rhonda Brown: rbrown@opportunityproject.org 973-921-1000 x108 For Donations contact Beth Daugherty: bdaugherty@opportunityproject.org 973-921-1000 ext. 103 For Vocational information contact Arlene Lieberman: alieberman@opportunityproject.org 973-921-1000 x109 To contact Executive Director, Carol Albanese, please send all inquiries to: calbanese@opportunityproject.org For all other inquiries kindly call the Clubhouse at 973-921-1000 GuideStar nonprofit reports and Forms 990 for donors, grantmakers and businesses GoodSearch - Search the web to support your charity. Also, find online coupons, coupon codes, deals, discounts and promo codes at GoodShop.
Opportunity Project News & Events
Opportunity Project Recognizes The 2011 Millburn High School Football Team For Their “Play Smart” Project
Carol Albanese, Executive Director of Opportunity Project presented the 2011 Millburn High School Football Team with a community service award for...
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Bob Marlin worked with OP for over 7 years as our Adjustment Counselor. Bob met with our members individually and in groups, focusing on “acceptance...
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