project leader
Melissa H
location
West Windsor and Plainsboro, NJ
(West Windsor and Plainsboro, NJ)
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Campaign Continues at www.mercerstreetfriends.org

the project

Send Hunger Packing WW-P (SHuP WW-P) is a program of the Mercer Street Friends food bank. Founded in 2017, SHuP WW-P raises funds for the Friday afternoon placement of weekend food bags in the backpacks of food insecure WW-P students in grades K-6 during the school year and the recently established first Little Free Pantry in the community. The food bags supplement what these children receive on school days through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).  Before the 2020 pandemic, hundreds of WW-P students met the income eligibility requirements for the NSLP and that number has increased significantly during the pandemic. Although low-income families in our community may benefit from the NSLP and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (commonly known as “food stamps”), this support is not enough to ensure adequate household nutrition. A family of four that is eligible for the maximum SNAP benefit receives about $5.30/person/day to purchase food, whereas, the average American spends about $8.70/person/day. During the 2020-2021 school year, when lunch is not being served in our schools, the federal government has allowed NSLP funds to be redirected to provide a box of food to income eligible students using a safe, bi-weekly drive-through procedure at the local distribution site.  SHuP wants to raise $20,000 to purchase 800, $25 grocery store cards to help feed the food insecure families in our community. Everyone has the basic human right to food security and you can help make   WW-P a hunger-free community!

the steps

Our ShuP/LFP volunteers will distribute half of the grocery cards in mid-November before Thanksgiving and the other half in mid-December to food insecure families in West Windsor and Plainsboro, NJ.

why we're doing it

Providing adequate nutrition to WW-P’s food insecure families is critical to their health and well-being. Published nutrition research demonstrates that the National School Lunch (NSL) program helps reduce food insecurity, obesity rates and poor health. However, the NSL program alone does not provide enough food for our students on weekends and does not help feed members of the students’ households who are beyond school age. Send Hunger Packing (SHuP) WW-P is committed to raising funds to help families in our community fill the food gap between Federal nutrition programs and the realities of the cost of adequate nourishment.  Distributing 800, $25 grocery cards to families in the WW-P community will help them enjoy a happier and healthier holiday season.

budget

Disbursed:

 $5,585.26 this will be used to distribute 223 grocery cards each with a value of $25 




TOTAL RAISED = $5,758.00 $5,758.00
ioby Platform Fee waived $35.00
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) $172.74 $171.69
TOTAL TO DISBURSE= $5,585.26 $5,551.31

Original:

The funds we raise will be used to purchase 800, $25 Shop Rite gift cards.



PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED = $19,365
ioby Platform Fee $35
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%)
(Donation processing fee does not apply to match funding.)
$600
TOTAL TO RAISE = $20,000

Please note, fees are estimated here and final numbers may change based on the final amount raised and amount of match funding applied to this campaign.

updates

Campaign Continues at www.mercerstreetfriends.org

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED THE LAST MONTH AND THANK YOU TO IOBY.

Even though the collection through ioby a crowdfunding site is ending; donations can still be made directly to:

MERCER STREET FRIENDS remember to notate donation is for "SHUP WWP/LFP". www.mercersreetfriends.org

LOOK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT TRIVA NIGHT HOSTED BY THE PRINCETON CORRIDOR ROTARY

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST. PROCEEDS TO GO TO MERCER STREET FRIENDS SHUP WW-P AND THEIR SCHOLARDHIP PROGRAM.

Fabulous Thank You Concert

Fabulous Thank You Concert!

Thank you to Dr. David Fenster who regaled  attendees with songs and stories. About 60 separate zoom numbers joined meaning likely more than 60 folks were in attendance. What a great way to start the weekend and thank all who contributed and continue to contribute to the Send Hunger Packing West Windsor-Plainsboro Program.

We have also been contacted by our West Windsor Enviornmental Commission to share reuseable grocery bags with those we provide grocery store cards. The first card disttribution will take place on Monday, November 23.

We thank the folks at iOby for hosting this short campaign allowing the Send Hunger Packing West Windsor-Plainsboro program to ease the stress that comes with worrying about providing nutritional needs especially at Holiday times. While this ioby crowdfunding campaign will be ending in a week, we continue to seek donations through Mercer Street Friends, www.mercerstreetfriends.org put in donation is for" SHUP WWP/LFP" programs.

Happy Hour Concert this Friday, November 6 from 5:30 to 6:30

Thank you to those who have supported the Send Hunger Packing WW-P program of Mercer Street Friends and helping those in our communities and the School District.

 

Happy Hour Concert this Friday, November 6 from 5:30 to 6:30

Via Zoom!!  

Happy Hour Thank You Concert

INVITATION    

TO A HAPPY HOUR

THANK YOU CONCERT 

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED 

THE SEND HUNGER PACKING WW-P PROGRAM 

AND TO OTHERS WHO WE HOPE WILL DONATE NOW!

   Date:Friday, November 6, 2020

Time: 5:30pm to 6:30 pm

Dr. David Fenster and  Send Hunger Packing West Windsor-Plainsboro (SHUP WW-P) invite you to join us for a benefit/thank you concert on November 6, 2020. David will be playing original compositions and interpretations of others; the concert will begin promptly at 5:30 and will last approximately one hour. Kindly mute yourselves until you are invited to “unmute” near the conclusion of the show. The info for joining/attending the Zoom concert is below. Thank you in advance for your interest in SHUP WW-P and for joining us for the evening’s performance. We appreciate all your support!

Time: Nov 6, 2020 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Passcode: 785505

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Time: Nov 6, 2020 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

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