2023 will bring more changes to the annual Loaves and Fishes project. For many years, UUCWC has partnered with the Princeton Congregation to provide a hot meal to the hungry in Trenton on one Saturday a year. Loaves and Fishes was begun because charitable organizations … read more.
Your children’s books are needed in the Trenton Schools.
Four of five public libraries in Trenton have been closed and more than 70 percent of children in Trenton test below grade level in reading. NJ State Senator Turner has made it her mission to put more … read more.
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. … read more.
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 … read more.
Every year, many individuals and groups in our congregation have pledged to fill a backpack for a particular child with supplies, clothes and more. Last year we delivered 15 filled backpacks, purchased 6 Chromebooks and received $1,480 in donations to HomeFront! Your stuffed backpacks, computers … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
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 … read more.
