Update: Although the Opportunity Project Clubhouse building remains physically closed, our virtual programs for brain injury survivors are going strong

Update: Although our Clubhouse building is physically closed, we remain in full operations remotely.

Opportunity Project’s mission remains strong and although our Opportunity Project Clubhouse building is closed, we are in full operations remotely.

OP NEWS 2018

OP NEWS 2018

Opportunity Project Vocational Program Featured In Millburn Short Hills Magazine

In recognition of Disability Employment Awareness Month, Opportunity Project was featured in the Fall 2015 issue of the Millburn Short Hills Magazine. Read the complete article here.

Congratulations to our Founders on receiving the New Jersey Monthly Magazine Seeds Of Hope award!

A Place to Grow: Opportunity Project Opportunity Project is a nonprofit that provides services to the brain injured. By Breanne McCarthy | September 14, 2015 Lisa Goldman, Marc Berson and Rita Yohalem of Opportunity Project. Photo by John Emerson Every 21 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a traumatic brain injury. Despite the prevalence […]

Culture Of Health At Opportunity Project

We are pleased to announce the expansion of the full time nutrition, health and wellness programs here at OP. Through a Merck Foundation Grant we provide nutrition counseling for our members along with multiple nutrition education classes and healthy cooking classes weekly to support members individual nutrition goals. We are now able to expand our […]

Opportunity Project member featured in exhibit at the Montclair Art Museum

We are proud to announce that one of our long time members is featuring his works of nontraditional Chinese brush painting in the Montclair Art Museum arcade galleries from September 29 – November 2nd, 2014. Jason, who has a brain injury, has been at the Montclair Art Museum through the Opportunity Project Vocational program for […]

Opportunity Project Founders Rita Yohalem and Lisa Goldman receive Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference

OP was created with the strong need and passion of Lisa Goldman and Rita Yohalem, two women who had a common mission: their sons had sustained serious brain injuries; Lisa’s from a brain tumor at 13 and Rita’s from an auto crash at 19. Both young men had serious challenges and their lives and their […]

‘Kids For Kids’: A Children’s Volunteer Event

We are proud to be partnering with the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills, Inc. (JLOSH) on their second annual ‘Kids For Kids’ Children’s Volunteer Event. ‘Kids For Kids’, organized by JLOSH, and supported in part by the Investors Foundation, brings together local groups, including Opportunity Project, for a morning of hands-on volunteering […]

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