Tag: Mercer Street Friends

  • Panel discussion will address COVID-19’s affect on homelessness

    Panel discussion will address COVID-19’s affect on homelessness

    There have always been homeless and hungry families in Mercer County, but the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic dislocation has brought more families seeking help to HomeFront, the Lawrence Township-based nonprofit that helps the homeless and the working poor. HomeFront is bringing together several experts to discuss COVID-19’s impact on homelessness and hunger…

  • Send Hunger Packing Princeton offers dinners to families

    Send Hunger Packing Princeton offers dinners to families

    The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into many families’ finances, but perhaps none more so than the families of children who already are receiving free and reduced-price breakfasts and lunches in the Princeton Public Schools. Students who received in-school breakfast and lunch through the federally-subsidized program have been receiving boxes of food once a…

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb funds four Lawrence Township Community Foundation partners through special grant

    Bristol-Myers Squibb funds four Lawrence Township Community Foundation partners through special grant

    Thanks to a donation from Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Lawrence Township Community Foundation (LTCF) announced four grants totaling $20,000 to HomeFront, Arm in Arm, Mercer Street Friends and Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, to support their efforts to help local families during the COVID-19 health crisis. According to LTCF President Rachel Cantlay, board members decided to table…

  • Thirty area nonprofits receive grant funding from Princeton Area Community Foundation

    Thirty area nonprofits receive grant funding from Princeton Area Community Foundation

    The Princeton Area Community Foundation has announced its initial round of COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants, totaling nearly $700,000 to more than 30 nonprofits. “This crisis is having a devastating impact on our most vulnerable communities,” said Jeffrey M. Vega, president and CEO, in a prepared statement. “As a philanthropic leader in this region, we knew we had to…

  • Hopewell Valley families, seniors in need receive aid from neighbors

    Hopewell Valley families, seniors in need receive aid from neighbors

    Families in need during the novel coronavirus outbreak are receiving support from the Hopewell Valley community through a recently launched mobile food pantry program. The program has been in operation since March and aids valley families and seniors with food insecurities. Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington are the municipalities that make up the valley.…