Member Stories

Lisa Stevens

Lisa Stevens, also a member of the New Jersey Organizing Project, has owned her home in Little Egg Harbor’s Mystic Island since 2002.  Ten months before Sandy hit, she retired from a career of service Read More »

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Bill Halbeisin

Bill Halbeisin has owned his home in Beach Haven West since September 22nd 1989.  He retired from being a school psychologist in 2006.  He had four and a half feet of water in his house Read More »

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Chuck Griffin

I’m Chuck Griffin.  35 years ago, my wife and I bought a small, inexpensive house here in what was then known as Mystic Island. In October, I’ll be 70 years old. We had to evacuate Read More »

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Joe Mangino

I refused to let the storm beat me and I refused to let the recovery defeat me.  Like 40,000, other homes mine was severely damaged after Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey in 2012.  I not Read More »

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Jody Stewart

My dream was always to have a daughter, specifically a teenage daughter. I never thought that dream would come true since I was not able to have children, but in 2002 I married my life Read More »

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Deric Miller

I am a person in recovery and a certified peer recovery specialist. I am in recovery because I was abruptly taken off my long-term prescription pain medications in 2016. Due to severe, ongoing pain from Read More »

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Elissa Tierney

Elissa Tierney

Imagine a world where we treat each other with care. A world where people aren’t locked away for their mistakes but are offered a way to heal. As someone in recovery from substance use disorder, Read More »

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Holly Fordham

Holly Fordham

Holly’s Story In December of 2019 my husband and I purchased our first  home together aer searching for years. We moved to Manville  – the lost valley – because we found our dream home – Read More »

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