On Friday, June 26, a volunteer appreciation dinner was held at St. Luke’s Church in honor of the many volunteers who donate their time at Toni’s Kitchen. The dinner was just a small note of appreciation for the incredible hard work that all of our volunteers do every day to make Toni’s the special place…
On Saturday, May 30, a community-wide Bake Sale sponsored by Adventure Kitchen raised $663.70 to benefit Toni’s Kitchen, a local organization that has been serving meals to hungry members of our community since 1982. The Bake Sale took place at the corner of Bloomfield Ave., South Fullerton Ave., and Church Street in Montclair. “At…
One of the great things about Toni’s Kitchen is how families are able to get involved in preparing and delivering meals for the needy we serve. Lately every Thursday afternoon, Jodi Aishton and her children Georgia and David would come by Toni’s with their wagon. They would load the wagon with backpacks of food and deliver them…
Toni’s Kitchen’s meal service just keeps getting better. We’re pleased to say that we are now using reusable dinnerware. We’ve moved away from serving on Styrofoam plates and bowls and coffee cups, plastic tableware, and disposable drinking glasses. That means some 250 table settings a week (13,000 a year!) are being replaced by utilizing real…
From the 2015 Feeding America survey on food insecurity, here is a link to how counties in New Jersey stand: http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/our-research/map-the-meal-gap/2013/NJ_AllCounties_CDs_MMG_2013.pdf You can see the whole Feeding America report here: http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/news-and-updates/hunger-in-the-news/hunger-strikes-even-rich-us.html
In 2014, Toni’s Kitchen Advisory Committee member and longtime volunteer Pat Moulton, in collaboration with Claire Bonesteel, a Montclair High School student and summer volunteer, put together a survey questionnaire to learn more about the guests served by Toni’s Kitchen. The survey explored why our guests come to Toni’s, what services they use, and how…
