Charles “Chuck” Brett, Executive Director of Help & Hope Ministries, an outreach of the Greater Millville  Ministerial Association, was the November 2015 recipient of the Millville Chamber of Commerce’s Outstanding Citizen Award.   
 
‘‘Chuck has a big heart and cares about people,” said John Nurnberger, President of the Board of Help & Hope Ministries and minister of the First Presbyterian Church. “I’ve seen that caring in the different work he’s done such as advising students at Rowan, and I see his caring happen in two ways at Help & Hope.  He cares about the volunteers and does things to recognize their efforts, and he cares about the people in the community who are in need of food.”

“I have a great desire to help people that goes back to my days in guidance work. I feel there is a need to give back to the community," Brett said.  “Help & Hope is a very needed service,” Brett said. “We see people every day who are in dire straits.”
 
Brett  is a member and past president of the Millville Kiwanis club, a member of the Cumberland County College Foundation Board and  a member of the Session of First Presbyterian Church. He has served in leadership positions on many county and education boards.
 
From 1974 until June 30,2003, Brett was employed by the Millville Board of Education. Among his varied positions was Director of Grants and Continuing Education, Principal of the Alternative High School, Guidance Counselor and Job Placement Coordinator.

Brett worked for Rowan University in a variety of positions for nine years. Prior to his employment in Millville, Brett taught at Clearview Regional High School for four years.
 
Brett is a graduate of Williamstown High School and Rowan University. He and his wife Judi, a retired Millville teacher, have six children and six grandchildren.