Spotlight on Elijah’s Promise

Seen above is most of our harvest from August 13, 2021. It was picked up that day by Elijah’s Promise.

Here at Rows for the Hungry, we donate a majority of our fresh produce to Elijah’s Promise Community Kitchen in New Brunswick and MCFOODS. We want to spotlight one of these places for our readers and supporters.

The Elijah’s Promise Community Kitchen was started in August of 1989 and since it’s inception, the soup kitchen has grown from an organization of three paid staff and 100 volunteers serving 35,000 meals a year to a multi-service organization of 26 paid staff and over 3,000 volunteers serving over 170,000 meals annually between all of our meal service programs.

A reliable supply of quality, fresh produce is in high demand these days. We strive to grow and provide the best quality produce for Elijah’s Promise. We also keep in communication with the chefs to get feedback about which type of produce is needed next so that we can be as helpful as possible.

On August 5, 2021, Elijah’s Promise posted on facebook :

A breakdown of how we served 964 FREE meals today …

Chef Curtis, pictured above, working in the kitchen.

-287 hot and 287 cold at the Community Soup Kitchen

-75 meals HEART Team Social Service Outreach taking the food out to guests on the streets

-80 meals EP On Wheels with lunch in Franklin Township followed by street outreach

-100 meals for the John P. Fricano Towers and food insecure seniors

-100 meals Methodist Church New Brunswick for their dinner service

-35 meals for the Ozaman Inn Men’s Shelter

Please consider making a donation or joining our efforts down here at the garden.