Bloomfield Pride, Clara Maass Team Up To Help LGBTQ Teens

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Bloomfield Pride, an organization that supports LGBTQ rights in Essex County, will be teaming up with the Clara Maass Medical Center for a fundraising luncheon from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3 in Bloomfield.

According to a news release from Bloomfield Pride, the fundraiser will benefit the Essex County LGBT Reaching Adolescents In Need (RAIN) Foundation, a nonprofit that provides emergency shelter and other programming and services for the area’s LGBTQ+ young adults that are in crisis or at risk.

All of the proceeds from this event will directly benefit the Essex County RAIN Foundation as a result of Clara Maass Medical Center’s sponsorship, organizers said.

The public is welcome to attend the fundraiser, which includes a complete buffet lunch. Tickets to the fundraiser luncheon are $30 per person and can be purchased here.

“We admire the work that the RAIN Foundation is doing to support the area’s LGBTQ+ youth,” Bloomfield Pride spokesperson Moira Nelson said. “Programming and services like these are essential for the health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable members of our community.”

Community members and supporters can also make a donation to the RAIN Foundation via a recently launched GoFundMe campaign here.

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