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Leadership Awards

Sixth Annual Mercer Street Friends Leadership Awards Celebration – 2026

Join us for the annual Mercer Street Friends Leadership Awards Celebration, an inspiring evening dedicated to honoring community leaders whose exceptional commitment to our mission helps us to nourish minds and bodies; empower families and communities.

Event Information

Tuesday, June 9, 2026
5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Mercer Street Friends Foodbank
3 Graphics Drive
Ewing, NJ 08628

2026 Honorees

Corporate Leadership & Public Service Award

Senator Shirley K. Turner

2026 Humanitarian Award

Ken Blackwell

Robert M. Appelbaum Service Award

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Thank You Sponsors!

Grand Sponsor Graphic with the heading “Grand Sponsor” on a light gray background featuring the Bloomberg Philanthropies logo.

Presenting Sponsors Graphic with the heading “Presenting Sponsors” on a light gray background featuring the sponsor names “Anne Irwin & Bob Holt.”

Awards Sponsors Graphic with the heading “Awards Sponsors” on a light gray background featuring the sponsor name “Ann & Bernie Flynn” centered below the title.

A graphic titled "Cocktail Sponsors" features five sponsor logos arranged in two rows against a plain white background. The top row includes three logos: Thomas/Boyd Communications: The lowercase black letters "tbc" with a red curved line striking through them, and the full name written underneath. The Bixel Group: The word "Bixel" in a green, flowing script font, accompanied by the tagline "Guiding Organizational Growth." Wakefern Food Corp. / ShopRite: The Wakefern logo in dark brown next to a vertical divider line, followed by the red and orange ShopRite logo featuring a shopping cart filled with food. The bottom row includes two logos: Merodie Hancock & Gregg Chottiner: A simple text-based logo in a clean, black sans-serif font. Johnson Kendall Johnson (JKJ): The large blue stylized letters "JKJ" made of parallel lines, with the full company name stacked to the right in a lighter blue lowercase font.

Benefactor Sponsors Graphic with the heading “Benefactor Sponsors” on a light gray background featuring sponsor logos and names including WM, Bob’s Cares/Bob’s Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation, McCarter & English, Community FoodBank of New Jersey, Farrell Thurman, Flammer M. Fellinger Company, Stevens & Lee, Affinity Federal Credit Union, Karrylean, and APM Solutions.

Patron Sponsors Graphic with the heading “Patron Sponsors” on a light gray background featuring sponsor names Ann & Aaron Gavzy, Jaye & Randall West, ShopRite of Hunterdon County, Inc., Christine & Michael Godshall, and the Pelletieri Rabstein & Altman Attorneys at Law logo.

Take a look back at our previous Leadership Awards Celebrations below!

2025

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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