United Way of Greater Mercer County "Strike Out Hunger" event
Here is some information from our Strike Out Hunger event the other day.
· 52 event staff
· 27 partners and sponsors
· 38 teams
· 600+ participants
· Nearly 178,000 bowls of oatmeal packaged
Our key partner in the event was Mercer Street Friends Food Bank.
Sponsors included:
· Wegmans
· Horizon NJ Health
· Johnson & Johnson
· Wells Fargo
· Case’s Pork Roll
· Nordson
· Stark & Stark
· Ancero
· East Windsor Education Association
· NJM
· Mercadien
· Wawa
UWGMC also partnered with ten community agencies in Mercer County to expand the focus on summer hunger. These agencies have collectively been awarded $75,000 to purchase additional food to stock their pantries for the upcoming summer months. The goal is to assist more children, families, and other vulnerable individuals to help prevent hunger over the summer.
· Arm In Arm
· Catholic Charities
· Mt. Carmel Guild
· RISE
· HomeFront
· Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
· Jewish Family & Children’s Service
· Meals on Wheels of Mercer County
· Rescue Mission of Trenton
· Mercer Street Friends Food Bank
We are also partnering with Advocates for Children of NJ, the City of Trenton and the County of Mercer to produce flyers to help make vulnerable populations aware of free summer meals in our area.
In partnership,
Cheri
Cheri Hennessy Durst
Vice President of Development & Strategic Partnerships
United Way of Greater Mercer County
Crossroads Corporate Center
3150 Brunswick Pike, Suite 230
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Have a look at some images I captured of the event.