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== Community organizations == Down the Block, Inc., a [[501(c)3 organization]], was formed by residents in 2009 to pay bills on behalf of Millburn residents in financial distress.<ref>[http://www.downtheblock.org/whowhy.html Why / Who / Where We Are] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928025119/http://www.downtheblock.org/whowhy.html |date=2013-09-28 }}, Down the Block. Accessed September 24, 2013. "We learned that some of our neighbors are in need of help. And we learned that this type of help was not provided by any other organization serving Millburn Township."</ref> [[New Eyes for the Needy]] is a non-profit organization started in 1932 as New Eyes (incorporated 1948) and based in Short Hills, which provides people in the United States with eyeglasses and sends recycled eyeglasses to needy people overseas.<ref>[https://www.new-eyes.org/our-history/ Our History], [[New Eyes for the Needy]]. Accessed March 19, 2017.</ref> The Millburn-Short Hills Volunteer First Aid Squad, founded in 1958, provides Emergency Medical Services to the township. They are an all-volunteer agency that does not charge for its services, relying solely on private donations to cover the costs of operating.<ref>[https://www.mshvfas.org/faq FAQs], Millburn-Short Hills Volunteer First Aid Squad. Accessed October 29, 2019. "No β We do not charge for our services and we never have, since our inception in 1958."</ref> [[Scouts BSA]] Troop 19 chartered at St. Rose of Lima Church in Short Hills was founded in February 2019 when the Boys Scouts of America opened their program to girls. Troop 19 is one of the first all-girl troops in New Jersey and is part of Lenape Trail District of the Northern New Jersey Council. In 2019, Troop 19 became the first all-girls troop to march in the [[Veterans Day Parade (New York City)|New York City Veterans Day Parade]].<ref>Cannon, Daniel. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/millburn/short-hills-all-female-scouts-bsa-troop-19-marches-history "Short Hills All Female Scouts BSA Troop 19 Marches Into History Scouts BSA Troop 19 - St. Rose of Lima Church proudly marches as the first female Scouts BSA Troop to march in the NYC Veterans Day Parade"], Millburn-Short Hill, NJ Patch, November 24, 2019. Accessed December 8, 2019. "This year's New York City Veterans Day Parade marked the 100th anniversary of the first observation of the commemorative parade on iconic Fifth Avenue. Twenty-two members of Scouts BSA Troop 19, chartered at St. Rose of Lima Church in Short Hills New Jersey proudly represented Scouts BSA Troops across the country by being the first female Scouts BSA Troop ever to march in the annual parade."</ref> St. Rose of Lima Church also sponsors Boy Scout Troop 17, which was founded in 1945.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://troop17shorthills.membershiptoolkit.com/aboutus|title = About Us}}</ref>
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