By: Follow South Jersey Staff
SALEM, N.J. — Those who have been living in Salem for any length of time have most likely run into Clint Frame and Tiffany Conto since they seem to be everywhere. Clint moved to NJ from Florida in 2018 and Tiffany grew up locally in Daretown. They moved to Salem in 2022 where they experienced housing insecurities and some difficult times. But that is all behind them now and boy does it show.
Once moving to Salem, Clint and Tiffany were quickly absorbed into a loving church family and began their walk in their faith, dramatically changing their lives. In fact, Tiffany said, “Finding the Lord was everything for us.”
Since that time there has been no stopping them, yet for Tiffany often the work is slow and arduous. Tiffany suffers from a very severe case of scoliosis and suffers from the complications from failed spinal fusions. Due to this Tiffany will often need to sit or she may require assistance with physical tasks. But, their dedication to serving the community, the church, and the underserved is something to be admired. There is rarely a free moment when they are not involved in one form of community service or another.
The list of organizations they are involved in is more than impressive, it is down right astounding. This list goes as follows: The Lodge Ministry, Beautiful Vessels, Mikki Bowman, Food Bank, Code Blue, National Day of Prayer, FBCOS Breakfast Ministry, FBCOS Thanksgiving Feast Ministry, FBCOS YuleTide Tour Church Committee, Recovery Church, The implementation of the Bike Bus program to commute to school (Clint’s dream child), A Housing Advocacy board for Salem City through Monarch Housing, Project Restore, Overdose Awareness Day, and FBCOS Open Prayer Ministry. Clint and Tiffany are also the managers for The Community Garden for Stand for Salem which feeds the community at large.
After reading this list one can understand how they are easy to bump into. Clint said that shepherding his kids and being a positive impact to all children in his life is important. “It fuels me to do God’s work and teach my children how to love the least of these and to volunteer in the community,” he said.
Tiffany echoes Clint’s desires but added that she also wants to work in mental health advocacy. Specifically, she hopes to be trained to deal with people in crisis. But in the meantime, they have another goal that is dear to their heart, holistic living. They want to teach others the benefit of holistic medicine, eating clean and growing your own food. They even hope to teach others how to can food.
But truly one of their biggest causes to champion is housing scarcity and uplifting Salem. Having experienced housing insecurities, they know first hand the value of community.
“We found the biggest family we ever had here in Salem,” Tiffany said. “Our church family and so many others lifted us up and loved us. It’s the biggest family either of us have ever had.”
Clint and Tiffany are the epitome of what it looks like to give back. So, if you are out and about and you see Clint weeding the community garden and Tiffany sitting with the county’s code blue guests, say hello, you will have instantly made new friends for life.
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