The Princeton Free Garden Project The Princeton Free Garden Project, an initiative of Send Hunger Packing Princeton (SHUPP), allows Princeton residents to pick free produce grown on community soil. Currently the project has several beds in two locations: the parking lot of Tortugas Restaurant on...
What does an advanced hydroponic vertical garden have to do with relieving food insecurity for children in Princeton? Since SHUPPrinceton’s emergence as a community resource 10 years ago, one thing that has sustained us was our ability to adapt to unanticipated events that have adversely...
Food boxes will only be delivered on Monday, March 16th. Starting at 11:00 AM, PPS buses will be stationed at the following locations: In some cases food will be drop off at individual homes. Bus #1 – Hibben Apt Side entrance- 11:00 AM Bus # 1 – Mercer Road...
Rep. Bobby Scott says the US Department of Agriculture concealed data showing that its recent proposed changes to the food stamp program could result in more than 500,000 low-income students losing free meals. In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Scott, a Virginia Democrat who’s...
From everyone on the SHUPPrinceton Board, we would like to thank those individuals, organizations and companies that help us help the children in need, in our community. Corporate Sponsors: In Kind Support: H1912 MacLean Agency The Gould Group of Wells Fargo Advisors Princeton Global Asset...
State ranks dead last in percentage of schools eligible for federal nutrition funds that actually participate in the program, according to new reportThe number of children eating breakfast at schools in New Jersey dropped last year for the first time this decade — a development that concerns...
Now in its 6th year, Send Hunger Packing Princeton (SHUPP) held its first school calendar mid-year adult fundraiser at The Johnson Education Center on Rosedale Road. SHUPP was started with its primary mission to provide weekend meals for school kids in Princeton. The concept was to, in...
SHuPPrinceton partners with Princeton Children’s Fund and Princeton Rec Department to help PRINCETON, NJ- Princeton Children’s Fund, Princeton Recreation Department and Send Hunger Packing Princeton are partnering this summer to make it possible for as many as 175 Princeton Public School...
My tummy hurts… One day last Spring, my 9 year old daughter came home from school and told me about a classmate of hers who had been so hungry that day, his tummy was growling loud enough for her to hear it. She noticed him squirming in his seat and asked him what was wrong. He told her that...
Send Hunger Packing Princeton has received a generous grant from the Ferencz Family Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation to support our ongoing efforts to fight food insecurity in our Community....
A huge thank you to the Nassau Street Presbyterian Church for their on-going generously for Send Hunger Packing Princeton. It is only through the generosity, compassion, and concern for people in our community that we can continue to work for those in need. It is what empowers us. From everyone at...
It’s Friday afternoon at Johnson Park Elementary School in Princeton; school is out for the weekend and students are packing up their backpacks. Nine-year-old Tia collects her folders, markers and her favorite book in preparation for the weekend ahead. Before she heads home, she makes sure the bag...