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Community Events to Fight Community Hunger

Something is always happening at Feeding Hands Food Pantry – stocking, volunteering and distributing. But our volunteers also know how to have fun in the service of a great cause! Throughout the year we host community events to raise awareness about food insecurity in NJ and what Feeding Hands is doing to support our neighbors in need.

November 20, 2024
| 6:00 pm
10 Year Anniversary Fundraising Event @ Unionville Winery

Thank you to everyone who came out to Unionville Winery on November 20th.  Relaxing with a glass of wine is…

August 26, 2024
10 Year Anniversary Fundraising Event @ Flounder Brewing

Thank you to everyone who came out to Flounder Brewing on August 26th, the first event of our 10 Year…

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Feeding Hands in the News

A Beacon of Compassion in New Jersey
Located in Somerset County, Feeding Hands Food Pantry lives out its mission to care for the poor by loving and serving neighbors in need….
Somerset Patriots, Clinton Honda, and Land Rover Princeton Donate $25,000 to Support Local Food Banks and Pantries
We applaud the generosity of the Somerset Patriots and the Kalafer family, in helping us raise awareness and funding to address the serious food insecurity problem we are facing this…
Record Food Shortage Prompts Somerset County & Somerset Patriots To Launch Fundraising Effort
The number of Somerset County families seeking help from local food pantries and banks is up between 50 and 100 percent since last year….
Ida’s Aftermath: Wounded By Storm, Somerset County Food Pantry Needs Help To Keep Helping Others
A food pantry in Somerset County wiped out by flooding is in desperate need of help to serve its people….

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Providing the Fuel to Feed the Fight.
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Feeding Hands Oldest Volunteer: Bob MacDonald
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The Eclipse and Feeding the Hungry

I saw scientist and futurist, Michio Kaku, this week explain the “cosmic coincidence” of the eclipse. Kaku said, “This should be on everyone’s bucket list…I am a physicist. This is…

Stir Up Love Devotion
When we take the focus off of us and do our best to help alleviate the struggle of another, we are becoming more like Jesus….
Be a Blessing

What does it mean to be a blessing?To me it means three things: 1 – to go- being a disciple to others 2 – willing to do whatever it takes…

Biking Life Together!

I saw a sight yesterday that gave me pause. I only wish I had thought to take a photo. I approached a major intersection with six lanes of north/south traffic…

Feeding the Most Vulnerable with Humanity

During this anxious time, I want to relay how we are addressing the challenges of the coronavirus, speak to the issues we are seeing, and identify how you can help….

Farewell: How Feeding Hands Changed a Volunteer’s Heart

Hi there! I’m so sad that I wasn’t able to say goodbye in person. The past week and a half has been a whirlwind. As the number of Covid cases…

A Story of Strawberries and a Caring Feeding Hands Heart

Her name is Mary, but to us at Feeding Hands she is affectionately known as Motel Mary. She is homeless and lives in a motel room. Every month Feeding Hands…

Sincere Faith after Hurricane Ida

On this first Sunday after the passage of Hurricane Ida through our community, I would like to share this poignant anecdote. Yesterday I visited Feeding Hands Pantry in the wake…

The Wonderful Blessing of Transformative Giving

It was 12:30 on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We had just finished putting away the thousands of pounds of food which had arrived that morning and the morning before, packing…

Our Community

Feeding Hands has facilitated a thriving community of local businesses, churches, schools, corporations and partner organizations that collaborate in our mission to end hunger in New Jersey. 

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