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Trenton Pop Warner Firsts

Just wanted to let you know that for the 1st time in the history of the
program, all of our competitive teams will be competing in the playoffs!
Each team will be playing on Sunday in Millstone.  I am very excited.

Our cheerleaders are competing in the Central Cheer Competition on Saturday
at the arena and the 2 competitive team have the opportunity to advance to
the next level of competition.

Words cannot express how thankful I am for the commitment you and Love Thy
Neighbor has shown towards this initiative.  Even with all the "headaches"
our parents sometimes cause, seeing the kids perform at this level and
continuing to grow emotionally, socially, academically and personally, makes
it all worth it!

T. Stokes

A Voice for the Players

I would just like to thank Troy Vincent once again for doing the interview
with me for Pros Give Back last week. He was a joy to talk to and very
cooperative throughout the entire thing. I am just sending this email to
let you know that the story is now published on our website, if you would
like to take a look and show it to Troy.

Thank you once again for everything and I hope Troy and everyone at Love
Thy Neighbor enjoys it!

God bless,
Christian Marin

The Love Thy Neighbor Backpack Express!

TRENTON, N.J (August 31, 2011)

As summer draws to its end, many parents are preparing their child to return to school. Trenton natives, Troy and Tommi Vincent are preparing their three elementary age children for the new school year and over 300 local students.

Through the Love Thy Neighbor Community Development Corporation Seed, Feed, and Grow, program students were provided with backpacks stuffed with school supplies for the year. Supplies included pencil boxes, binders, glue sticks, folders, scissors, and the most essential elementary school staple- crayons!

Tommi Vincent was the lead driver of the Backpack Express-hand delivering each backpack load to their respective schools. " As a former Trenton Public School student, it was a great pleasure to provide the students, parents, and teachers with the supplies they need for the year. "

Love Thy Neighbor hopes to expand to serving more students in the 2012-2013 school year. If you would to join the effort, visit www.ltncdc.org or call (609) 989-0290

Troy Vincent fuels up at Edgewood Elementary School (VIDEOS)
Yardley News, Monday, May 23, 2011

Troy Vincent: A winner on the field and off
Hall of Fame Interview--Excellent Read!
Miami Herald, October 9, 2011

NFL VP to Host Distribution of Food and Essentials

TRENTON, N.J. (Dec. 16th, 2010) – Feed The Children and former NFL player Troy Vincent are teaming up to help families in need this holiday season. Feed The Children will bring one semi tractor-trailer full of food and essentials to Trenton on Wednesday, December 22nd. The distribution will begin at 11 a.m. in the parking lot of the Food Bazaar Grocery Store Shopping Center (635 S. Clinton Blvd.).

The distribution was made possible by a donation from Archer Daniels Midland Company.

Feed The Children partner agency, Love Thy Neighbor, will pre-identify the recipient families. Each family will be provided with a 25-pound box of food, a 10-pound box of essentials and a box of Avon products designed to help a family for a week.

The truck distribution is also the latest stop on Feed The Children’s Americans Feeding Americans Caravan, which has helped nearly 200,000 American and military families across the country in cities that have been affected by the nation’s economic downturn in 2010.

More than one in eight New Jersey children is considered impoverished. The number of children in New Jersey living in poverty could fill New Meadowlands Stadium three times. “We are so thankful to Troy Vincent and Archer Daniels Midland Company for providing the food and essentials to families,” said Tony Sellars, spokesperson for Feed The Children. "We hope people will continue to help us put more trucks on the road to provide assistance for fellow Americans who are suffering through the current economic downturn.”

To see the impact of Feed The Children’s Americans Feeding Americans Caravan in your area visit http:// www.AmericansFeedingAmericans.org .

About Feed The Children Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2009, Feed The Children distributed more than 111 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in 119 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit http://www.feedthechildren.org.

Love thy Neighbor's impact in Trenton and beyond:

• In November and December 2008, Love Thy Neighbor Chairman Troy Vincent spoke to the The University of Miami and the University of Wisconsin Football Teams about "Living and Serving in the Moment."

• In August 2008, Love Thy Neighbor Chairman Troy Vincent, Community partner MASE training staff, and LTN Public Health Specialist, Vincent High began coaching the Upper Loudon Youth Football League Bandits Team; a 13U Competitve Tackle team.

• In July 2008, Love Thy Neighbor Chairman Troy Vincent spoke to the Florida State University Football Team about Leadership.

• In June 2008, Love Thy Neighbor Chairman, Troy Vincent spoke at the NCAA National Student-Athlete Development Conference, whose mission is to provide NCAA student-athletes with a forum to openly discuss issues that may affect them on their campuses, and in their communities, while also providing them with the opportunity to enhance their leadership, communication, decision-making, and problem solving skills.

• In June 2008, Love Thy Neighbor hosted the LTN Skills Combine at Trenton Central High School in partnership with the Athletic Advantage Fund

• A December 2006 Virginia Pilot article about Love thy Neighbor

• With a partnership with Catapult online, assisted in children receiving new dell computers for their home.

• Provided scholarships for over thirty girls to attend gymnastics at Shafer's Gymnastics School.

• Love the Neighbor is a partner with the Red Cross in their School Safety Initiative and has helped encourage student participation in Red Cross CPR and First Aid Training.

• Love thy Neighbor organizes Pop Warner Football / Cheer & Dance for Trenton youth.

• In conjunction with YNB, Love thy Neighbor helped educate Junior and Senior students at Trenton Central High School on the importance of money management.  The initiative behind the financial literacy program, an eight-week course designed by the FDIC called "Money Smart" was to foster a better understanding of banking concepts.  Included in the curriculum were topics such as bank services, credit, budgeting, savings, the use of credit cards, loans and home ownership.

• NFL Total Access featured Troy Vincent, named Ameriquest Neighborhood MVP during the week of November 1, 2004. Troy's "Love Thy Neighbor" program that helps the needy in Troy's hometown of Trenton, NJ.

• For his work with Love thy Neighbor, Troy Vincent was named No. 1 on The Sporting News' annual list of Good Guys in pro sports.

• Troy Vincent, through his work with Love thy Neighbor, was awarded the NFL Player's Association Byron "Whizzer" White Award and the NFL Walter Payton "Man of the Year" Award in 2003.