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...
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...
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...
Thank you, Send Hunger Packing Princeton! I, Nakeisha Ammons and my family would like to extend our biggest Thank You, to the SHUPP staff for all you do throughout the Princeton Public Schools to ensure that children in low income households have the opportunity to obtain supplemental meals over...
PRINCETON — On the reality TV show “Bar Rescue” Chef Brian Duffy is used to turning around struggling kitchens, but Sunday he was in Princeton for a different sort of challenge – to create a nutritious meal with ingredients accessible to low-income families. Duffy said he was “stoked” to...