Bonnie Brae Renovates Transitional Housing in New Brunswick


Bonnie Brae, a residential school for boys in Liberty Corner, has completed renovations and expansion of a community-based transitional home in New Brunswick. The house, serving eight residents, was renovated with funds provided by a generous grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Additionally, a grant to purchase new furniture was provided by The Hyde and Watson
Foundation. The renovations include the addition of two bedrooms, a computer/study area, a more spacious kitchen and updated bathrooms. The house provides Bonnie Brae’s older residents with access to community opportunities such as jobs, education, recreation and vocational training.

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Bonnie Brae (www.bonnie-brae.org) is a fully accredited, nationally-recognized residential treatment and special education center serving New Jersey’s boys and young men, ages 8 through 18. Since 1916, Bonnie Brae has successfully helped more than 9,500 young men overcome personal and family challenges, building new futures as productive citizens within their families and home communities. Bonnie Brae’s success rate is significantly higher than the national average.

The center is located on a 100 acre campus in Bernards Township, New Jersey. An additional community-based transitional residential treatment program in New Brunswick provides independent living skills to five youth transitioning from residential treatment back to their communities.

Bonnie Brae- Campus Activites 2011

Happenings at Bonnie Brae:


•Complete renovation of our New Brunswick transitional home so as to better serve eight of our older youth. These residents attend public school, work in the community, and volunteer for local non-profits.

• Bonnie Brae has become more environmentally conscious. Residents and staff serve together on the ESP, Environmental Sustainability Project, work group. Already the group has instituted campus wide recycling and has been busy educating us as to better ways to conserve our scarce natural resources.

•Bonnie Brae Builders continue to partner with Raritan Valley Habitat for Humanity in the construction of nine homes for low income families. Our young men have been involved in working on the foundations, creating walls, digging drainage ditches, roofing, and plumbing work.

• More than doubled the number of Bonnie Brae alumni being served in our aftercare program. Thanks to a generous grant from The Kirby Foundation our staff have been providing needed services in former residents’ home communities.

•The Bonnie Brae Knights, our renowned drum corps, have performed at the Hackettstown St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Tartan Day Parade in New York City, and the Strawberry Festival in West Virginia.

•Our Bonnie Brae Ambassadors continue to provide valuable assistance to our non-profit community partners: Tunnel to Towers Run; The Matheny School, and Bridges Outreach.