Plainfield's 'BUF' has been identified by this sign in recent years.
Reading an article in The Positive Community magazine on the National Black United Fund's recent launch of a campaign to increase donors and donations (see here), I kept waiting for mention of Plainfield's BUF facility. To no avail.
Puzzled, I asked a reader who knows New Jersey's social services scene if there was a reason Plainfield wasn't mentioned.
Seems there is.
I remember the sign, which used to say 'Black United Fund', changed a few years ago, and simply assigned it to the design of the new sign, which designates the Plainfield building as 'BUF Health and Human Services' (the AANJ's headquarters facility is the Ambrose/Ward Mansion in East Orange -- see here).
But, I was told, there was a court ruling in favor of NBUF that AANJ may not used 'BUF' in its marketing or signage. Good luck finding any mention of it by Googling.
So, is the snap a picture of another soon-to-be-vanishing piece of Plainfieldiana?
Keep an eye on the corner of West 7th Street and Central Avenue for your answer.
- The Positive Community: "National BUF: New Dimensions in Charitable Giving"
- National Black United Fund: "NBUF Homepage" | "NCCS: NBUF stats"
- Wikipedia: "National Black United Fund"
- AAFNJ: "The African American Fund of NJ" | "NCCS: AANJ stats" (Still listed as BUF-NJ)
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