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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…

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

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 investing in people. Our Family and Parent Engagement Program is critical to Mercer County families living in poverty particularly for pregnant women, single parents, parents caring for children with special needs, and those who are survivors of childhood trauma.

On Friday, December 15, Mercer Street Friends opened a Choice Food Pantry at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, the second of three planned in the Trenton School District. With the goal of expanding resources currently offered through the Mercer Street Friends Community Schools program, a school-based food pantry helps to address food gaps, nutrition concerns, and stress, for school children and their families.

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…

On Friday, September 23, Mercer Street Friends cut the ribbon to open the first-ever Choice Food Pantry at Benjamin C. Gregory Elementary in the Trenton District School. The pantry is part of a comprehensive family resource center and an extension of Mercer Street Friends Community Schools initiative.

Trenton, NJ: Mercer Street Friends, a nonprofit whose mission supports local families through comprehensive food and education programs, is set to open the first Choice…

Here’s your copy of Friends Talk 2023 – Mercer Street Friends’ annual newsletter featuring updates on mission-based initiatives supporting the Greater Trenton community.

Mercer Street Friends’ Leadership Awards event is a unique opportunity to recognize individuals and organizations for their outstanding leadership through service to the Greater Trenton…