Past Events

2019

Meadowlands Discovery Nature Tour – September 22
Oktoberfest Gathering – October 6

2018

Potato Planting for Local Food Coop – April 28
Jersey Cares Day – Revitalize and Rejuvenate in Jersey City – May 5
Luncheon for Ivory Coast RPCVs  – May 19
RPCV-NJ Family & Friends Picnic – June 3
Special Olympics Summer Games – June 8-10
Mandela Washington Fellow Hosting – July 4th
Camping at Mohican Outdoor Center – July 13-15
Carribean Parade & Festival – July 28th
Potato Harvest – August 18
NPCA Peace Corps Connect Conference – August 23-25
Thai Dinner – September 22
Jamaican Luncheon –October 28
RPCV Holiday Party – December 8

2017

“Rainy Days and Sundays” and Indian Luncheon January 22
Images from the Peace Corps ExperienceJanuary 28
Thai Dinner – Saturday, February 25
Celebrating Peace Corps Week – February 26-March 4
Annual Meeting – March 26
Potato Planting at Howell Living Farm – April 22
Jersey Cares Day – Beach Clean Up – May 6
Second Annual Baseball Game & Picnic – May 21
Statewide RPCV & Family Picnic – June 4
Special Olympics Summer Games Volunteering – June 11
Camping & Hiking (Appalachian Trail) – August 18-20
Potato Harvesting – August 26
Mega Career Fair at Rutgers, Livingston Campus – September 14
Bowling at Circle Bowl & Entertainment Center – October 8
Story Slam at St Peter’s University, Jersey City – November 1
Farm Gleaning- Apples at Eastmont Orchards, Colts Neck – November 5
Lunch and Hike  – November 18
Family&Friends Holiday Party – December 2
Silk Road- Afghan Luncheon – December 10

2016

Rutgers Peace Corps Week Event – February 29
Persian New Year Celebration – April 2nd
Annual Meeting – April 9th, Cranford, NJ
Polish Dinner in Trenton– April 17th
Howell Living Farm Potato Planting – April 23
Jersey Cares Day 2016 – May 7
Peace Corps Send-off & 6th Annual Skylands RPCV Family Picnic – May 15
Hungarian Festival – June 4
Polynesian Outrigger Races and Festival – June 11
RPCV-NJ Family Picnic – July 16
Trenton Thunder Baseball Game and Picnic – July 31
Free Concert and Meteor Viewing – September 14
Around the World / International Day of Peace – Sept 20
Coffee and Conversation -September 29
Bill & Harry’s Chinese Lunch – November 6
Thai Kitchen Dinner – November 12
Ken Lockwood Gorge & Columbia Trail Hike – December 3

2015

Paintings from the Peace Corps Experience Reception and Ethnic Dining following the Reception – March 7
RPCV-NJ Annual Meeting and Ethnic Luncheon- March 28
A Reception for the exhibit “Lasting Impressions” – April 11
Ethnic Dining – Topo Vietnamese cuisine in Hackettstown, NJ – April 19
Howell Farms Potato Planting – April 25
Jersey Cares Day – Hillsborough YMCA – May 2
RPCV Picnic in Waretown, NJ – May 3
Mexican Dinner before Moody Blues Tribute Concert – May 23
Diversity Stride 2015 – June 6
Peace Corps Welcome Back/Send Off Event – June 25
RPCV-NJ Family Picnic & Animal Bell Presentation – June 28
Howell Farms Potato Harvest – August 15
RPCV Camping Weekend at Belleplain State Forest – August 28-30
Mexican Lunch in Highlands, NJ – October 24
Warren County Lunch and Museum
– November 8

2014

Dinner and theater in Monroe Twp – February 21
NPCA Day of Action in Washington D.C. – February 27
Annual Meeting & Luncheon Afterwards – March 15
Ethnic dining in Hackettstown – March 2
Night of Song with Peter Yarrow – March 29
Staten Island Sandy Disaster Relief   April 5
RPCVs at Montclair State University – April 9
Rochelle Park dinner with NPCA – April 12
West Windsor Dinner with NPCA –  April 21
Two Performances at Monroe Cultural Arts Center – April 26, May 3
Potato Planting at Howell Living History Farm – April 26
RPCV Luncheon in Hackettstown, April 27
Jersey Cares Day, May 3
Annual Picnic in Harmony NJ – May 31
RPCV-NJ Ethnic Dining event in Bordentown, NJ – June 1
Ethnic Dining at Yimo Sushi Hibachi Japanese Restaurant – July 27
NJ RPCV’s Invited to Performance of EVITA – July 25-27, 8/1-8/3
RPCV-NJ Ethnic Dining event in Ocean, NJ – October 15
Reception and Ethnic Dining with NPCA President Glenn Blumhorst – November 12
NPCA Ebola Relief Fundraiser – November 17
International Education Week- Rutgers Event – November 19
Happy Hour at Destination Dogs – December 4
Social Dining: Seas and Savannahs Internation Kitchen, Teaneck, NJ – December 12

2013

Annual Meeting (March)
Potato Planting (April)
NJ Cares Day (May)
Dinner at Kei Kabob in Montclair (May) (click here for a review)
Family Picnic! (June)
Dinner  – Teaneck (July)
Dinner – Asbury (July)
Potato Harvest (August)
Plowing Contest (August)
Lunch with Board of Directors (September)
Apple picking  (October)
Lunch in Princeton (October) (pictures and review)
Lunch in Ledgewood (November) (pictures and review)
Dinner and Show in Monroe Township (November – picture and review)

2012
Annual Meeting – February
Potato Planting – April
Dining – April
Picnic June
Ethnic Dance July
Film Screening July
Meeting with elected Officials – August
Dinner – September
Advocacy Training – October

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