Tag: Share My Meals
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Share My Meals’ leadership meets with legislators in support of amendment to Food Donation Improvement Act
Share My Meals is part of a coalition of organizations promoting an amendment to a legislation that would give food donors clarity on food donation liability protection and grant them more flexibility to donate food that otherwise would go wasted. On July 12, Share My Meals’ President and Co-founder Isabelle Lambotte met with members of…
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Cornerstone Community Kitchen and its local partners combat hunger
Cornerstone Community Kitchen (CCK) has been addressing food insecurity in Princeton for nearly a decade. Housed in Princeton United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall, CCK served 75-100 sit-down meals every Wednesday until COVID-19 closed the kitchen in March 2020. Committed to its mission “to share a free, nutritious meal in a hospitable and safe environment,” CCK…
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Share My Meals expands its operations for the food insecure
Share My Meals broadened its activities from Princeton to Lawrenceville, and added a fifth restaurant to its network of food suppliers. On March 1, Fedora Cafe began preparing healthy meals for the food insecure locally. “Every day we see more people needing food. We can’t sit there and do nothing,” Ishara Wijesuriya, owner of…
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Share My Meals appoints board members
The Princeton-based non-profit Share My Meals Inc. announced two new members to its Board of Trustees, Karen Lemon and Diana Pecina. Share My Meals is the only organization in the Princeton region dedicated to alleviating hunger by reducing food waste. “We are delighted to welcome Karen and Diana to our board,” Share My Meals…
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Share My Meals purchases meals from restaurants to distribute to the community
Share My Meals of Princeton is purchasing 300 meals per day from Princeton restaurants to distribute to people in the community who are experiencing food insecurity. Founded in January, the Share My Meals original model involved rescuing and distributing healthy cooked meals from corporate cafeterias and universities to people in need. When the pandemic forced…
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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…