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by Ed Dobrowolski and Ronnie Dobrowolski, Social Action Ministry If you are new to UUCWC, you may not know the story behind Loaves and Fishes, one of our congregation’s longest-running social action outreach efforts. Loaves and Fishes is an organization that provides weekend meals for the homeless and working poor at various locations in Trenton. … Continue reading Do You Know About Loaves and Fishes?
For more than 30 years, UUCWC and the Princeton UU Congregation have joined together to feed working poor and homeless people once per year at St Mary’s Cathedral in Trenton. Rather than serving food at the Cathedral, we’ll be making take-out meals, just like last year. Working with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton we’ll … Continue reading Loaves and Fishes 2022 – How You Can Help
This time of year many supermarkets offer free turkeys for the holiday. It has long been a UUCWC tradition to donate those turkeys to TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen). This year, there will be two ways to donate turkeys. There will be limited ability to drop your turkeys off at UUCWC or you can drop them … Continue reading Turkeys for TASK 2021
One out of eight people in New Jersey is food insecure, which means they lack an adequate, consistent supply of food. It is worse in Trenton, and the Covid-19 crisis has caused even more people to be food insecure. Loaves and Fishes and other UUCWC programs provide the food needed to sustain the lives of … Continue reading Recapping Loaves and Fishes 2021 With Gratitude
For more than 30 years, UUCWC and the Princeton UU Congregation have joined together to feed working poor and homeless people once per year at St Mary’s Cathedral in Trenton. We’ll be doing it in a whole new way this year due to the pandemic. Working with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton we’ll make … Continue reading Loaves and Fishes 2021: A Whole New Way!
by Ed and Ronnie Dobrowolski, Social Action Ministry The Social Action Ministry is coordinating with the Princeton Congregation to reinvent Loaves and Fishes in the age of COVID-19. Last year, two weeks into the lockdown, we were able to provide 300 nutritious meals through some last-minute arrangements and your help with dozens of brownies. We’ll … Continue reading Loaves And Fishes 2021
Traditionally UUCWC collects Thanksgiving Baskets for HomeFront families this time of year. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to gather the baskets at UUCWC and deliver them for you due to the pandemic. We hope that you continue the tradition and provide the items listed on the flyer. Please deliver them yourself, directly to HomeFront offices … Continue reading HomeFront Thanksgiving Meals
COVID 19 has disrupted the programs at HomeFront just as it has the rest of society. They still need volunteer help as they reimagine their programs to be safe for everyone. This brochure explains many of the ways you can help HomeFront continue its vital work. If you’re not familiar with HomeFront, here’s their mission … Continue reading How to Help HomeFront During the Pandemic
The Loaves and Fishes project began this year with a few new ideas. Volunteers from the UU Congregation of Princeton took a new look at the menu of food that we’ve been providing for many years. Perhaps it could be more nutritious and more economical. There were a series of meetings with UUCP, weighing the … Continue reading Loaves and Fishes Saga 2020
Making a donation of diapers and non-perishable food items to HomeFront really easy!! Bonnie Ruekgauer, member of the Food Ministry Planning Team found a big blue donation bin – like the kind you see for clothing and shoes – next to the loading dock in the parking lot at HomeFront’s main office, 1880 Princeton Pike … Continue reading HomeFront Donation Drop Off is Easy
