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Back-to-School FOOD DRIVE — You Can Help!

How You Can Support Children from Unhoused Families in Trenton for a Brighter Back-to-School Experience.
We’re calling on our compassionate community to help us provide food for Trenton school age youth. What we need:
    • Macaroni & Cheese Cups
    • Canned soup
    • Instant Oatmeal
    • Single serve cracker packages
    • Granola bars
    • Juice boxes
    • Shelf – stable milk boxes
    • Canned veggies or fruit
    • Small Shampoo
    • Small tooth paste
    • Canned tuna and chicken
    • Peanut Butter
    • Pasta
    • Rice
    • Low sugar cereal (small sizes if possible)
    • Gallon size zip loc bags

How to Get Involved: 

🔹 Volunteering? Bring a Canned Good:
When visiting one of our pantries or distribution hub to volunteer this summer, being some non-perishable goods with you to donate 
🔹 Run a Traditional Food Drive:
Gather your workplace, congregation, neighborhood or friends and help us collect high-need items. Contact Shariq Marshall directly to discuss logistics regarding pickup or drop off. 

🔹 Adopt-A-Bin:
 Perhaps if you’re interested in having a permanent donation bin in your workplace, residents, or congregation as a way to support and promote to your community our food needs throughout the year- you can choose your own bin – we will provide the marketing materials to dress up your donation bin/ area 

🔹 Make a Gift:
A financial donation will help us to supplement and bulk purchase exactly what’s needed most. Please click here to donate. 

🔹Breakfast Kit Assembly Event:
 Gather your workplace, congregation, or friends together to assemble breakfast kit bags (specifically small, share sized, non-perishable breakfast items like crackers, granola bars, small milk, etc) 

Why It Matters

There are more than 100 homeless families in the Trenton School System who are in crisis and we are working with the Trenton Board of Education to help meet their immediate needs– food is critical to this effort. 

Locally, 13.2% of children in Mercer County are food insecure. While they may access food at school, when they come home resources are often scarce and these children are at a great risk of going hungry. 

You can be the reason a child has a full plate.
Together, we can ensure that no child in our community is left behind.

*Please click here to download the Back-to-School Food Drive Flyer. 

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