On Friday June 18th, Hudson County CASA celebrated the Grand Opening of the St. Paul's Center for Caring. The St. Paul's Center for Caring is a community service center that serves residents of Hudson County in a variety of ways. The Center was officially incorporated in 2008, though it has been serving those in need for many years. In addition to Hudson County CASA, the center houses the largest food pantry in Hudson County (The Sharing Place), St. Paul's Lutheran Home for Children, Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous, and St. Paul's Church.

The Center is the first of its kind in Hudson County bringing services to residents from a variety of independent nonprofit organizations. The recent renovation of the parish hall and church basement was made possible by Community Development Block Grants, or CDBG funding, from both Jersey City and Hudson County.

Guests from around the county came to celebrate the opening of this service center, including Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, and Senator Robert Menendez. Senator Menendez commended the work done at the Center for Caring by saying, "Now we dedicate this new, reclaimed, renovated church basement - with new offices and meeting rooms - a well-deserved change that may make the work of the Center a little easier but it certainly can't make it any more valuable or more important than it has always been."

Hudson County CASA would like to extend a special thank you to everyone who made the Grand Opening possible and to everyone who helped us celebrate this momentous occasion.