Collecting and donating healthy meals for the community
Vanessa Solivan works three jobs, yet she was homeless until the Housing Initiatives of Princeton (HIP) helped her relocate to her current condo.In a recent video interview with Share My Meals, Vanessa, a client of the Princeton nonprofit, shares her struggles. “I was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. I’m a single mother of […]
We Are a Learning Organization This has been a month of continuous learning and growth fueled by our amazing volunteers. For starters, I would like to welcome the following new volunteers: Andrea, Betsy, Paul, Sandy, Marian, Melissa (Lister), Jodi, Sundi, Christine, Melissa (Molnar), Anne, and Alison And we needed every volunteer given what we achieved […]
Share My Meals is working with the Iglesia Evangelica Emanuel Camino De Santidad of Trenton, NJ and its pastor Noe Gomez to feed about 50 people in Trenton.Members of the church came for the first pick-up in Princeton on March 19th.Floridalma Martinez and Arcadio Perez helped Pastor Gomez load 10 trays of meals prepared by […]
Our Board Member, Elisabeth Calvarin found this video so enlightening that we decided to share it with you all. This is a 12 mn talk by nutritionist Clancy Cash Harrison. 20% of kids are plagued by food insecurity – they lack reliable access to nourishing food. As a nutritionist, Clancy’s mistake was assuming people had […]
Teens can claim community hours On Monday, March 29th we will start delivering in Montgomery. Every Monday, some volunteers from Montgomery will collect the tray in The Blue Bears, and Wednesday in The Meeting House.Blue Bears is a restaurant that joined Share My Meals recently. The Blue Bears is dedicated to providing meaningful employment and […]
The organization is calling for local volunteers Princeton, NJ – March 2, 2021 — Share My Meals is announcing the broadening of its activities from Princeton to Lawrenceville, NJ, and the addition of the fifth restaurant to its network of food suppliers. On March 1st Fedora Cafe will start preparing healthy meals for the food […]
We welcome new volunteers this month: Alison, Sandi, Jonathan and Melissa We want to thank them for joining the SMM team and helping us meet the needs of our community. Additionally, we want to recognize all the volunteer hours put in during January and February. The conditions have been less than perfect although Macarena has […]
Cheryl Ziegler, an instructor at Apart | Together in Motion (www.ATinMotion.com) and owner of Inspired by Ida Crochet (@Inspired_by_Ida_Crochet) has made 3 pairs of the much asked about “Bernie Mittens.” However, instead of selling them, she decided to raffle the pairs off and donate all proceeds to Share My Meals. If you would like to […]
2020 was a difficult year on so many fronts. Yet in its first year, Share My Meals quickly pivoted its work, elevating its support for the food insecure in Princeton. Share My Meals with the support of its amazing team of volunteers was able to: Deliver more than 43,000 healthy meals to more than 100 […]
Watch a video interview of Sherry Dudas the Farm Manager at Honey Brook Organic Farm.Sherry talks about how together with her husband Jim they started farming here 30 years ago. At the time, Jim was the first farmer to bring the community-supported agriculture concept to Mercer County.In 2021 Sherry and Jim will be moving to […]