School Safety Program

Love Thy Neighbor partnered with the Trenton School District, the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey and the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers to offer American Red Cross safety programs in Trenton-area schools. Last year, the New Jersey Department of Health reported that the leading cause of death among young people between the ages of 1-24 was due to unintentional injury. One out of every 10 calls to local EMS personnel is for an emergency involving a child. First aid skills are of paramount importance in our communities. Educating people in the appropriate skills to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies can and will decrease these numbers.

DNA - Dad Needs Assistance

DNA is a fatherhood mentoring program developed in collaboration with Trenton, New Jersey-area social workers, community leaders and school faculty. Love Thy Neighbor’s mission is to promote positive involvement and interaction between fathers and their children, and to increase the ability of fathers to meet the social, emotional, financial and educational needs of their children. The DNA program began in October 2004 with the teen population currently attending Trenton Central High School. In September 2005 the second phase of DNA was launched including single fathers ages 18-30 from the Mercer County the community and ex-offenders re-entering the community after being incarcerated.

Seed, Feed and Grow

Seed, Feed and Grow is an elementary school enrichment program developed by Love Thy Neighbor program developers and advisors. The program encourages children to imagine, dream and explore while learning and establishing a love for their education. Seed, Feed, and Grow takes a comprehensive approach to supporting the childhood education experience in schools of need.

Love Thy Neighbor uses current public school system proficiency standards to consistently evaluate the success of the Seed, Feed and Grow program.

Youth Scholarships

Since 1994, Love Thy Neighbor has awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships to deserving students graduating from Pennsbury High School and Trenton Central High School. Each year a graduating student from each high school is chosen and awarded a scholarship for their college education. Students become eligible for renewal by staying in school and maintaining an above average grade point average. Students who have received Love Thy Neighbor scholarships have gone on to attend and graduate from such fine academic institutions as University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Winston-Salem, the University of Wisconsin, Florida A&M University, Morris Brown College, Howard University, Hampton University, Virginia Union University, Delaware State University, Rutgers University, Temple University, Delaware State University, Morehouse and Fairly Dickerson College.

NCAA Eligibility Center

After speaking at the National Student-Athlete Development Conference and as a former student-athlete at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Love Thy Neighbor Chairman, Troy Vincent would like to outline the NCAA Initial Eligibility Standards:

If you enroll in an NCAA Division I college on or after August 1, 2009 and want to participate in athletics or receive an athletic scholarship during your first year you must:

• Graduate From High School
• Complete these 16 core courses
  • 4 years of English
  • 3 years of Math (Algebra 1 or higher)
  • 2 years of natural or physical science (including one year of lab sciece if offered by your high school)
  • 1 Extra year of English, math or natural or physical science
  • 2 years of social science
  • 4 years of extra core courses( from any category above, or foreign language, non-doctrinal religion, or philosophy)
• Earn a minimum required grade-point average in your core courses and;
• Earn a combined SAT or ACT sum score that matches your core course grade-point average and test score sliding scale.

For the sliding scale and more information, Please visit www.ncaaclearinghouse.net