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In 1958, a promise was made to our neighbors in Trenton and Mercer County. Mercer Street Friends, founded by Quakers ...

By Nigel Johnson, Site Coordinator, B.C. Gregory Elementary School Gregory Elementary Community School recently celebrated our 3rd Annual Community Friendsgiving! ...

As the holiday season approaches, we are reminded that hunger is persistent and pervasive – in Mercer County, throughout New ...

Here's your copy of Friends Talk 2024 - Mercer Street Friends' annual newsletter featuring updates on mission-based initiatives supporting the ...

Our Summer Bridge program and preschool summer camp are coming to an end, but what an enriching, energetic, and engaging ...

We are having so much fun this summer at our Summer Bridge programs! As an extension of our Community Schools ...

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

Thank you to all who joined us for our Fourth Annual Leadership Awards Celebration as we proudly honored New Jersey ...

On Wednesday, March 27, Mercer Street Friends hosted an event at Luis Muñoz-Rivera School to highlight the Trenton Public School ...

On Friday, March 1, Mercer Street Friends opened a Choice Food Pantry at Luis Muñoz-Rivera Elementary School, the third pantry ...

We believe in the power of neighbors supporting neighbors. As the Food Bank of Mercer County, we are rapidly responding ...

We believe in the power of people investing in people.  Our Family and Parent Engagement Program is critical to Mercer ...

On Friday, December 15, Mercer Street Friends opened a Choice Food Pantry at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, ...

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

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

To our supporters who donate time, talents, goods and services. To our community partners & pantry partners. To our Preschool ...

In the heart of New Jersey lies a shadowed reality that often goes unnoticed amidst our thriving communities—the silent epidemic ...

As the Food Bank of Mercer County, we know the stories of your neighbors experiencing hunger at unprecedented numbers. We ...

On Friday, September 23, Mercer Street Friends cut the ribbon to open the first-ever Choice Food Pantry at Benjamin C ...

Trenton, NJ: Mercer Street Friends, a nonprofit whose mission supports local families through comprehensive food and education programs, is set ...

Here's your copy of Friends Talk 2023 - Mercer Street Friends' annual newsletter featuring updates on mission-based initiatives supporting the ...

With an endless appetite for learning, our summer 2023 preschool students,The Hungry Caterpillars, enjoyed a thoughtfully curated curriculum incorporating routine, ...

After many hoorays and hugs at our end of Summer Bridge celebration, we said, "See you in September" to the ...

With nearly sixty 7th and 8th grade students enrolled in our Summer Bridge Program at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ...

We’re off to a great start at B.C. Gregory Elementary with 80+ students – kindergarten through third grade – who've ...

School’s Out, Summer’s In at Mercer Street Friends’ Summer Bridge programs at B.C. Gregory Elementary School and Dr. Martin Luther ...

Mercer Street Friends' Leadership Awards event is a unique opportunity to recognize individuals and organizations for their outstanding leadership through ...

On June 13, Mercer Street Friends hosted their annual Leadership Awards event honoring local leaders for their outstanding commitment to ...

Pictured (l to r) Kenneth Blackwell, Chair, Mercer Street Friends; Jeannette Harris, Principal, Gregory Elementary; Nigel Johnson Jr., Site Coordinator ...

Photo caption: Forty first grade students at Luis Muñoz-Rivera Elementary School in Trenton, New Jersey, received achievement awards in reading ...

Our FriendsTalk News From Mercer Street Friends newsletter is out. Grab your copy of the newsletter by clicking on the ...

Gerald Delk Bill Heinemann  Mercer Street Friends Board of Trustees appoints two new leaders to the Board this month. The ...

Party Time! On Friday August 12th, The Mercer Street Friends Summer Bridge Program came to a close. For their hard ...

It’s been an amazing summer for students from Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School as they focused on academics and ...

Play Ball! On Wednesday, July 27th, Rivera Community Elementary and Gregory Elementary students took to the stands of the Trenton ...

Our students are artists! Last week, Rivera Community Elementary School students at the Mercer Street Friends Summer Bridge Program experienced ...

The Summer Program is in full swing! Excitement was in the air as B.C. Gregory Elementary School students took a ...

Congratulations to our graduates! Mercer Street Friends Adult Education Program celebrated seven outstanding graduates! They didn’t let the challenges of ...

Mercer Street Friends is ready for Summer! We’ll welcome nearly 200 students – Preschool, elementary, and middle school aged – ...

New Jersey Food Bank CEOs Make a Statement to Commend Members of the Legislature As food banks, pantries, and individuals ...

EWING, NJ (June 6, 2022) Mercer Street Friends Food Bank, which serves Mercer County, had three trucks vandalized and catalytic ...

TRENTON, NJ (May 31, 2022) – Mercer Street Friends, committed to nourishing minds and bodies and empowering families and communities ...

Thanks to our partner TCNJ Bonner Scholars for providing Gregory School and Rivera Community Middle School with PPE bags as ...

It’s Crazy Hat Day and our kids showed up and showed out! ...

Equitable Food Access Grant to Supply Nutritious Weekend Meals in BIPOC Communities for Food Insecure Students (January 28, 2022) Yesterday, ...

What a summer! Mercer Street Friends welcomed nearly 200 children at our Preschool, Gregory Elementary School, and Rivera Community Middle ...

Since the beginning of the program on July 6th, students have spent their mornings focused on reading, writing, and math ...

Mercer Street Friends Preschool opened its doors for the first time since March 2020, welcoming the smiles and laughter of ...

We went to the zoo, zoo, zoo… It was all smiles as students from Gregory Elementary and Rivera Community Middle ...