Since 1980:
Partnering with our COMMUNITY
to achieve
STABILITY
for our
NEIGHBORS
in need.
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"I just recently lost my job and am in foreclosure proceedings on my condo, which I bought in 2008. I am one of those people I never thought I'd be, who fell between the cracks."

--Louis, a first-time visitor to our Trenton store

• Good health is at the core of the Crisis Ministry's Hunger Prevention program. We make nutritious foods--both fresh and shelf-stable--accessible to low-income people all ages across Mercer County.
• Each month people from over 1,300 households come to our Client Choice pantries in Trenton and Princeton.
• About 100 people who are older or have a disability receive a delivery of food from caring volunteer teams.
• In 2010 our Hunger Prevention program served 3,723 separate households over a course of 11,325 separate visits.
• We supplement our food inventory with personal hygiene items. At right, Facilities Manager Terry Brown lowers a pallet of personal products provided by the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank.
• During the growing season, we welcome donations from your vegetable garden, farm or community garden share, and produce purchases. Just rinse well and deliver to either our Princeton or Trenton location (hours at left). Your donated produce helps us keep plenty of healthy choices availble to our low-income clients.
• Our Free Friday Farmers Market serves some 250 families in the summer months with local produce as well as prepared foods like fresh breads, soups, salsas, and more from our partners.