Education

From skydiving simulations to building bridges (literally!), our students are soaking up every moment of learning, laughter, and adventure during this year’s Summer Bridge Program!…

Reading Intervention Students Honored and Celebrated Mercer Street Friends, dedicated to strengthening local families through food, family and education services, proudly celebrated the reading advancements…

Over 200 Attend Food Bank Event to see Bank of America, Phyllis Stoolmacher, Dan Rodgers Honored Mercer Street Friends, a nonprofit supporting the community as…

Thank you to all who joined us for our Fifth Annual Leadership Awards Celebration as we proudly honored members of our community whose extraordinary contributions…

Our Summer Bridge program and preschool summer camp are coming to an end, but what an enriching, energetic, and engaging summer it was for over 200 students! They were…

We are having so much fun this summer at our Summer Bridge programs! As an extension of our Community Schools Initiative, Summer Bridge provides over…

Honoring New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin Award with an Introduction from CEO of Feeding America, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot

On Wednesday, March 27, Mercer Street Friends hosted an event at Luis Muñoz-Rivera School to highlight the Trenton Public School District’s Reading Intervention Program, during which the New Jersey State Golf Association Youth Foundation made a generous $25,000 donation to support the program.

On Friday, March 1, Mercer Street Friends opened a Choice Food Pantry at Luis Muñoz-Rivera Elementary School, the third pantry in the Trenton Public School District. With 27% of Trenton residents experiencing food insecurity, school-based pantries are critical in addressing food gaps for children and their families.

We believe in the power of people helping people. Through our Community School and Preschool programs, Mercer Street Friends educators, site coordinators, and staff, take…

Dear Friend, Human connection is our superpower. Our programs – focused on food, family, and education – are based on seeing first-hand, the power of people helping people. The invaluable…

On this Giving Tuesday, we are reminded of YOU, our beautiful community. To our supporters who donate time, talents, goods and services To our Preschool…