Morris Food Pantries, Soup Kitchens Need Donations
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - With early Spring food drives and fundraisers cancelled, and increased numbers of county residents in need of food as they are out of work due to the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak, food providers and soup kitchens across Morris County are in need of some help.
In addition to a need for food, these nonprofit providers also need supplies, such as forks, spoons, to-go boxes, sandwich bags, and other items for their operations.
It is not just the larger pantries and kitchens that could use a boost, but also smaller providers, many of which normally rely on local churches for donations. But with church, synagogue and mosque services temporarily cancelled, donations collected and dispersed through the generosity of congregations, and by members of local organizations, such as the county’s YMCAs, have dried up.
In particular, the Table of Hope run by Bethel AME Church of Morristown is especially in need of donations. Table of Hope serves all of Morris County and is operated by the Spring Street Community Development Corporation www.springstreetcdc.org. It is an agency of the Community Food Bank of New Jersey https://cfbnj.org.
Donations can be given online or mailed to the Center at 65 Spring Street, Morristown, NJ 07960.
There are many providers of food and meals in Morris County. Here is a list with contact information:
Boonton:
Boonton Food Pantry 973-402-9419 ext.634
Evengel Church of God 973-263-1787
Women’s Infants and Children’s Clinic (WIC) 800-427-3244
Butler:
United Methodist Church 973-838-2026
St. Anthony’s Church 973-838-0031
Chester:
Chester Food Pantry 973-879-2548
Denville:
Denville Food Pantry 973-625-8300 ext.269
St. Clare’s Meals on Wheels 973-625-6010
Dover:
First Memorial Presbyterian Church 973-366-0216
Women’s Infants and Children’s Clinic (WIC) 800-427-3244
First United Methodist Church 973-366-1804
Grace United Methodist Church 973-366-3681
Salvation Army 973-366-0764 or 973-366-0875
St. Mary’s Parish 973-366-0184
Florham Park:
Holy Family Church 973-377-7190
Hanover Twp.:
First Presbyterian Church of Whippany 973-887-2197
Jefferson:
Milton United Methodist Church 973-697-3194
Star of the Sea R.C. Church 973-663-0211
Hurdtown United Methodist Church 973-663-1216
Lincoln Park:
Lincoln Park Municipal Building 973-694-6100
Madison:
Meals on Wheels 973-593-3095
Mine Hill:
Township Municipal Building 973-366-9031 ext. 62
Montville:
Kiwanis Food Pantry 973-216-7649
Morris Plains:
Interfaith Food Pantry 973-538-8049 ext. 12
Morristown:
Hendrickson Smith Food Pantry 973-455-9802
Meals on Wheels 973-538-2160 ext.211
Table of Hope/Bethel Church 973-267-8912 (serves numerous towns)
Nourish NJ 973-267-0709
Interfaith Food Pantry 973-538-8049 ext. 12
Women’s Infants and Children’s Clinic (WIC) 800-427-3244
Market Street Mission 973-538-0431
7th Day Adventist Church 973-984-2970
Salvation Army 973-539-2700
Mount Olive:
St. Eliz Ann Seaton Parish 973-927-1629
Abiding Peace Lutheran Church 973-691-9393
Netcong:
United Methodist Church of Stanhope 973-347-0247
Parsippany:
Parsippany Christian Church 973-335-6387
St. Peter’s Food Pantry 973-334-2090
Parsippany Food Pantry 973-263-7163
Pequannock: First Reformed Church of Pompton Plains 973-835-1144
Randolph:
Bethlehem Church 973-366-3434
Rockaway:
Rockaway Food Closet 973-627-1059
Roxbury Twp.:
Municipal Building 973-448-2026
Washington Twp,:
Drakestown United Methodist Church 908-852-4460 or 908-319-4734
Long Valley Presbyterian Church 908-876-3471
If there are other food pantries or soup kitchens in Morris County, email lragonese@co.morrisnj.us so to add them to this list or make any corrections to the list.
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This article originally appeared on the Morristown Patch