What does community policing have to do with addressing hunger? Montclair community police officers use food as a way to get to know their community better and build trust. Community police officer Garth Guthrie stops by Toni’s Kitchen regularly to pic up hot meals or backpacks of healthy food. As he makes his rounds, Officer…
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Director’s Blog — October 2016
by Anne Mernin, Director of Outreach for Toni’s Kitchen October 2016 Toni’s Kitchen is known primarily as a soup kitchen where we provide healthy meals to our neighbors with food need. A lesser-known part of our mission is work we do to relieve food insecurity by working through community partners. People ask us why we…
Full Results of Our 2014 Toni’s Kitchen Guest Survey
2014 TONI’S KITCHEN GUEST SURVEY *** FULL RESULTS *** Gender: Male 68% Female 32% Age: 16 and under 0% 16-20 0% 21-40 3% 41-54 44% 55-70 44% 70 and over 9% With regard to lodging, do you: Rent? 51% Own? 13% Stay with someone? 13% Stay in a shelter? 13% None of…
What Does a $100 Donation to Toni’s Kitchen Buy?
Here’s what a donation of $100 to Toni’s Kitchen can do for the needy in our community: 2 months of food for our backpack outreach program Cooking pans or a blender to help prepare our meals 14 meals for our guests with fresh produce, high quality protein, and whole grains Donate now by clicking here: https://secure3.4agoodcause.com/tonis-kitchen/gift.aspx?id=1
Backpack Program Food Needs List
Here is a list of items we need for our backpack program: Protein – Peanut Butter (plastic jar) – Canned Tuna or Salmon – Canned chicken – Canned beans (cannelloni, black beans, chick peas) – Nuts – Trail mix Grains – Oatmeal – Pasta – Rice – Granola bars Fruits/Vegetables – Cannned fruits (in 100%…
5 Things You May Not Know About Our Guests
From a recent survey of our guests, here are 5 facts you may not know about them: 18% of our guests have no place to stay 38% of our guests said they didn’t have breakfast on the day we did the survey 45% of our guests have high blood pressure 89% of our guests come…
9 Facts You May Not Know About Hunger
Here are 9 facts you may not know about hunger around the world: 48 million Americans are food insecure 15 million American children are food insecure 9 percent of all seniors in the U.S. are food insecure One in every eight people goes to bed hungry each night. 60 percent of the world’s hungry are…
5 Food Items We Could Really Use
We welcome donations of food at Toni’s kitchen. We use donated food to supplement our existing stock to create delicious, nutritious meals. We also use donations to fill our backpacks in our community outreach program. If you’re wondering what kind of items we’re looking for, here’s a starting list of 5: Small cans of tuna…
Drop-Off Times for Food Donations
Drop-off Times Toni’s Kitchen is open 9-1 every Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 4-6 pm every Sunday. We are closed on Thanksgiving and open on Christmas Day every year. Just come on by, we accept donations any time we are open. No previous notice necessary! We are just off the parking lot behind St. Luke’s…
We Need Tomato Cages
We’re looking for some tomato cages for the Toni’s Kitchen garden. Our tomatoes are growing, and we could really use some of these cages to help the plants grow strong. We need about 12 cages. If you’re able to help, e-mail us at toniskitchen@gmail.com and let us know! The food we grow in our Toni’s…