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Arm In Arm Introduces Two New Staff Members

Posted on January 9, 2019March 19, 2019 by arm-admin

Calder Burgam – Community Engagement Coordinator Calder first joined Arm In Arm as a regular volunteer at the Hanover Street pantry. Having moved to Princeton to join his fiancé as she began graduate school at Westminster Choir College, he was excited to find a welcoming community at Arm In Arm. Calder has spent his career at nonprofit organizations, last working at FollowTheMoney.org conducting ...
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So Percussion Summer Institute packs 31,000 mac’n’cheese meals for Arm In Arm pantry customers

Posted on July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 by arm-admin

For the third summer in a row, our friends from the renowned percussion ensemble So Percussion took a day from their two-week residency at Princeton University to pack mac'n'cheese meals for customers of Arm In Arm's three food pantries. The result? 31,000 meals! We thank everyone who lent a hand to this remarkable community effort!
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The Lederman family

Posted on March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 by arm-admin

Volunteering is a wonderful way to help cultivate compassion in my children. They spend so much time studying and practicing sports that they need to set aside time to help others. It teaches them that everyone needs help once in a while, and if they have the ability to give it, they definitely should. I love taking my children to the food pantry and watching them get excited about organizing ...
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NRG Employees spend a day of volunteering

Posted on March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 by arm-admin

NRG volunteers worked with the Crisis Ministry of Mercer County, Inc. (now Arm in Arm), and its project partner Isles, Inc., to prepare the Crisis Ministry’s new downtown Trenton community garden. Mark Smith, Crisis Ministry Hunger Prevention Director, said NRG’s day of volunteering “was a real turning point for the community garden. They left, and suddenly we had a garden.” The garden is locat...
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Gretchen Jaeckel

Posted on March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 by arm-admin

Every Tuesday, Gretchen Jaeckel arrives at the Crisis Ministry’s Princeton food pantry, ready to work. Sleeves rolled up, Gretchen unpacks boxes and then breaks them down, stocks shelves, sorts through produce, separates the good fruit from the spoiled, and tidies up the store. All of this before the doors even open to clients. This busy routine suits Gretchen. Besides being a wife an...
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Katy Kinsolving

Posted on March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 by arm-admin

Tuesdays are busy at the Crisis Ministry’s Princeton pantry. As Tuesday hours stretch into evening, clients flock to the pantry for fresh produce and healthy food choices, as well as for the friendly smile and warm greeting of volunteer Katy Kinsolving. Always generous with her humor, knowledge, and compassion, Katy is a dedicated and valued Crisis Ministry friend. We are particularly fortu...
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Guilherme Brewer

Posted on March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 by arm-admin

I graduated from The College of New Jersey in May of 2014 with a degree in Philosophy and am grateful I had the freedom to study a wide range of subjects. I have been with Crisis Ministry since December of 2014 and it has been an extremely rewarding experience. I spend some time working with the Communications department helping staff members who work on varying projects, and with Homeless Prevent...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Helen Burke

Posted on March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 by arm-admin

Helen Burke, Homelessness Prevention volunteer.

Monday mornings, iced coffee in hand, Helen Burke arrives at the Crisis Ministry to volunteer as an intake specialist in our Homeless Prevention program. Helen first came to the Crisis Ministry in response to a leaflet she received at Trinity Church about volunteering. “At first, I thought, well I could volunteer in Princeton,” muses Helen, “but when I came to Trenton for the interview, I ...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Brenda Mason

Posted on March 4, 2017March 10, 2017 by arm-admin

Brenda Mason, Volunteer and Retired Diva

It was little more than a year ago that Brenda Mason and her fellow members of the Lady Orchid Assembly #44, a community service organization, arrived for a morning of volunteer service in the Crisis Ministry’s pantry on East Hanover Street. She and her fellow Lady Orchid volunteers liked what they saw, and Brenda soon began volunteering with the Crisis Ministry once a week. Still, she want...
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Cora Evans

Posted on March 4, 2017March 10, 2017 by arm-admin

Cora was a standout when enrolled in our Harvesting Hope training and employment search program. Cora refreshed her skills and focused her job search, all the while providing excellent service within the Crisis Ministry’s food pantry program as an on-the-job trainee. Cora completed the Harvesting Hope program with proven skills, new experience, a more effective resume, and poli...
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