Essex County Food Pantries

Bloomfieid

BETHEL REHOBOTH FOOD PANTRY AND MEAL CENTER

Site: 55 Lawrence Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Phone: 973-566-9100
Hours: Food Pantry -- 2nd & 4th Sat: 11am-1pm; 1st & 3rd Thurs: 6-7pm
Meal Center: Thurs: 5-7pm
Contact: LeWanda Pleasant, Program Director
This site provides a food pantry and a soup kitchen.
Food Needs: canned meats, soups, fruit, & vegetables, pasta, bread
Volunteer Needs: cooks, food sorters and packers, fund raisers
Volunteer Requirements: age 16 or older, some heavy lifting
Special Needs: storage space & funding for building

BLOOMFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON THE GREEN

Site: 147 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Phone: 973-743-1796
Hours: Wed & Fri: 9:30-11am
Contact: Church Office
This site provides a food pantry.
Food Needs: non-perishables
Volunteer Needs: Contact site for details.
Special Needs: Contact site.

East Orange

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Site: 422 Main Street, East Orange, NJ 07108
Phone: 973-678-1160
Email: christchurcheo@aol.com
Hours: Office -- Mon, Wed, Fri: 10am-1pm
Food Pantry -- Wed: 10am-12pm
Soup Kitchen -- Sat: 12-1pm
Clothes -- Sat: 10-11:30am
Contact: Bob Simmons
This site provides a food pantry, a soup kitchen and clothing.
Food Needs: non-perishables
Volunteer Needs: Contact site.
Special Needs: clothing

EAST ORANGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP

Site: 490 Main Street, East Orange, NJ 07017
Phone: 973-266-5315
Hours: Office -- Mon-Fri: 8:30am-4:30pm
Pantry -- Mon-Fri: 9am-1pm
Contact: Charlean Hayes
This site provides a pantry, a thrift shop, rental and utility assistance when available and social services.
Food Needs: non-perishables
Special Needs: funding; Contact site for other needs.

EMERGENCY FOOD & NUTRITION NETWORK OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES (EFNN)

Site: 37 Evergreen Place, East Orange, NJ 07018
Phone: 973-266-7941
Hours: Office -- Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Contact: Sharon Reilly-Tobin
This site provides food, training, and technical assistance to 75 food pantries in four counties - Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union. EFNN is a program sponsored by the Newark Archdiocese.

HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH FOOD PANTRY

Site: 153 Glenwood Avenue, East Orange 07017
Phone: 973-678-1484 or 973-325-3628
Hours: Office -- Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm
Pantry -- Last Tues of each month: 10:30am-12:30pm & by appointment
Contact: Julie Brooks
This site provides food, clothing and toiletries.
Food Needs: canned meat, cereals, tuna, pasta, canned fruit
Volunteer Needs: volunteers to pick up FEMA shipments
Volunteer Requirements: heavy lifting

MEETING EMERGENCY NEEDS WITH DIGNITY (MEND) CENTRAL OFFICE

Site: 37 Evergreen Place, East Orange, NJ 07018
Phone: 973-266-7941
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm
Contact: Sharon Reilly-Tobin
This site provides an interfaith network of food pantries in Essex and is administered and sponsored by Catholic Charities Emergency Food & Nutrition Network.

Irvington

CHURCH WOMEN UNITED FOOD PANTRY

Site: 1240 Clinton Ave., Irvington, NJ 07111
Phone: 973-373-5930
Hours: Mon: 4-6pm; Wed: 10am-3pm; Fri: 10am-3pm
Contact: Alison Bryant
This site is an emergency pantry providing food and clothing to Irvington residents with a referral letter.
Food Needs: non-perishables such as cereal, peanut butter, jelly, tuna, spaghetti sauce, pasta, vegetables, fruit, soup, etc.
Volunteer Needs: varied; Contact site.

SOLID ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH FOOD PANTRY

Site: 644 Chancelor Avenue, Irvington, NJ 07111
Phone: 973-474-6437, 973-373-8129
Email: rck389@aol.com
Hours: Pantry – Wed: 10am-12pm; 1st & 3rd Sat: 10-11am
Contact: Franklin Henderson
This site provides a pantry, clothing, referrals to substance abuse and medical programs, anger management classes, and a job readiness program.
Food Needs: non-perishables, perishables
Volunteer Needs: helpers at the pantry to give out groceries and register clients
Special Needs: funding, clothing, computers, software

Montclair

HUMAN NEEDS FOOD PANTRY

Site: 9 Label Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone: 973-746-4669
Hours: Office --Tues & Thurs: 9am-2pm
Food Delivery -- Tues & Thurs: 9:30am-12pm
Client Food Pick-Up -- Tues & Thurs: 12:30-2:15pm
Contact: Deanna S. London
This site provides a food pantry for towns in Essex County without existing pantries: Montclair, Bloomfield, Cedar Creek, Verona, Fairfield, all the Coldwells, Roseland, Belleville, Glen Ridge, Short Hills, Livingston, and Millburn.
Food Needs: any and all food
Special Needs: funding

SALVATION ARMY

Mail: P.O. Box 96, Montclair, NJ 07042
Temporary Location: 46 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042
Location in 2009: 13 Trinity Place, Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone: 973-744-3312 x4654
Email: sarmy@montclaircitadel.org
Website: www.montclaircitadel.org
Hours: Office: Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm
Soup Kitchen: Mon, Tues, Wed: noon
Pantry: by appointment
Emergency Shelter: Call site for information.
Contact: Annamarie Goglia
This site provides a soup kitchen, a pantry, a shelter, rental & utility assistance, and youth programs. Additional programs will be added in 2009.
Food Needs: non-perishables, meat (perishable and non-perishable) and other proteins; turkeys and pies around the holidays
Volunteer Needs: churches to provide meals for the soup kitchen; servers, cooks (soup kitchen help: Mon-Wed: 10am-1pm) and volunteers to pick up and deliver food; Contact site for additional volunteer opportunities.
Special Needs: funding, cleaning supplies, blankets, sheets, personal care items, towels, winter clothing

TONI'S KITCHEN AT ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Site: 73 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone: 973-860-0768
Email: soup@toniskitchen.org
Website: www.toniskitchen.org
Hours: Thurs, Fri, Sat: 11:30am-12:30pm
Contact: Mary Ann Renn, Coordinator or Emma Cortese
This site provides hot lunches.
Food Needs: See www.toniskitchen.org for current needs.
Volunteer Needs: Contact site.
Special Needs: funding

Newark

APOSTLES HOUSE

Site: 18-24 Grant Street, Newark, NJ 07104
Phone: 973-482-0625 or 973-482-6609
Email: info@apostleshouse.org
Website: www.theapostleshouse.com
Hours: Food Pantry: 8:30am-4pm
Shelter: 24/7
This site provides a pantry, a shelter for women and children, transitional housing, substance abuse counseling and other services.
Food Needs: non-perishables (especially cereal, canned & dry milk)

BESSIE GREEN COMMUNITY, INC.

Site: 510 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-623-3198
Email: north510@verizon.net
Hours: Pantry - Mon, Wed, Fri (2nd two weeks of each month): 10am-2pm
Clothing – Tues & Thurs
Contact: Joe Thomas
This site provides a food pantry and clothing when available; pantry clients must have a referral and may receive groceries only once per month. Senior day care is usually the last Friday of each month. Call for details.
Food Needs: non-perishables
Volunteer Needs: fund raisers and food collectors.
Special Needs: funding, clothing

BLUM STREET NEIGHBORHOOD CORP AT GRACE REFORMED CHURCH

Site: 31 Blum Street, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973-643-8739
Hours: Office – Mon-Fri: 7:30am-5pm
Pantry - Mon-Fri: 12-2pm
Day Care - Mon-Fri: 7:30am-5pm
Contact: Lillie Love
This site provides a pantry, clothing and daycare. An advance phone call is require for services.
Food Needs: non-perishables
Volunteer Needs: Contact Lillie Love.
Special Needs: funding

EL CLUB DEL BARRIO, INC.

Site: 76 Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ 07114
Phone: 973-624-4222
Website: www.elclubdelbarrio.com
Contact: Ana Rosario
This site provides a food pantry, mental health, HIV and addiction services, an after school program, ESL classes, and a Teen Pep program.
Food Needs: all non-perishables and some perishables
Volunteer Needs: Contact site for information.
Special Needs: funding, clothes

EMMANUAL CHURCH OF CHRIST

Site: 54 Irvine Turner Blvd., Newark, NJ 07103
Mail: P.O. Box 3158, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973-621-9810
Email: dmatthewsprayer1@verizon.com
Hours: Food Pantry - open once or twice a month, usually just a Tues: 10:30am-2:30pm
Soup Kitchen – 4th Sat of month 12-2pm
Contact: Dolores Matthews
This site provides a food pantry, soup kitchen, and clothing.
Food Needs: non-perishables and perishables
Special Needs: storage space, clothing, funding

FEED THE HUNGRY AT ST. JOHN'S

Site: 22 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Mail: P.O. Box 200147, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-623-0822
Email: saint.johns@worldnet.att.net
Hours: Tues-Sat: 7am-3pm
Breakfast – 8:30 am
Lunch – 11:30 am
Contact: Barbara Maran
This site provides a breakfast and a hot lunch program.
Food Needs: Contact site.
Volunteer Needs: Contact site.
Special Needs: funding

GREATER HARVEST FOOD PANTRY

Temporary Site: 149 Grumman Avenue, Newark, NJ 07112
Future Site: The pantry is in the process of being relocated; call before going to the site to check whether it is open.
Phone: 973-318-7337
Email: agreaterharvest@aol.com
Hours: to be determined after relocation
Contact: Delores Thomas
Food Needs: Contact site.
Volunteer Needs: Contact site.
Special Needs: Contact site.

LA CASA de DON PEDRO

Site: 75 Park Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104
Phone: 973-482-8312 x1136
Email: Aries@lacasanwk.org
Contact: Alle Ries
This site provides social services including job counseling, early childhood education, home energy assistance, job preparation, job placement, ESL classes, Welfare to Work Program for Moms, occasional food distribution, and GED testing in Spanish. (This is the first site in the U.S. to provide Spanish GED testing.)
Food Needs: non-perishables
Special Needs: funding

LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY SERVICES

Site: 487 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-802-1802
Email: rjackson.lighthouse@verizon.net
Hours: Mon-Fri: 8:30am-3:30pm
Contact: Regina Jackson or Dorie Parrot
This site provides a food pantry, a soup kitchen, and clothing.
Food Needs: non-perishables especially pasta, mayonnaise, canned meats
Volunteer Needs: kitchen assistance, maintenance helpers
Volunteer Requirements: age 18 or older; able to lift heavy pans and mop large areas
Special Needs: funding

NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH FOOD AND CLOTHING MINISTRY

Site: 111-119 Sussex Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973-622-4547 x229
Email: egloverr@aol.com
Hours: Mon-Fri: 8:30am-1:30pm & Sat: 8:30-11:30am
Contact: Mrs. Glover
Food Needs: canned or frozen foods
Volunteer Needs: Contact site.
Special Needs: funding, new or gently used clothing, personal hygiene products

NORTH JERSEY COMMUNITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE

Site: 393 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973-483-3444 x123
Website: www.njcri.org
Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 10AM-1:30PM
Contact: Susan Carandang

This agency provide food and social services to people with HIV only.
Food Needs: cereal, milk, frozen meats and vegetables, jams/jelly, nutrition supplements (Boost/Ensure)
Volunteer Needs: None
Special Needs: funding to order more foods

PIERRE TOUSSAINT FOOD PANTRY - ST. MARY'S CHURCH

Site: 528 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-792-5790
Email: lklaiss@sbp.org
Hours: Singles - 3rd & 4th Fri: 10am-12pm
Families - 3rd & 4th Sat: 9am-12pm
Emergency Situations – times vary
Contact: Sr. Linda Klaiss
Food Needs: non-perishables
Volunteer Needs: packers and distributors on Saturdays
Volunteer Requirements: age 13 or older
Special Needs: funding

POSITIVE HEALTH CARE, INC.

Site: 333 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-596-9667
Contact: Mr. Daniel Colwell
This site provides a pantry, social services, a shelter, and transitional housing for HIV males.
Food Needs: bread, soup
Special Needs: funding

ROSEVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PANTRY AND SOUP KITCHEN

Site: 36 Roseville Avenue, Newark, NJ 07107
Phone: 973-483-3361
Email: Roseville@verizon.net
Hours: Soup Kitchen - every other month beginning with the 2nd Saturday: Sat: 11am-1pm
Pantry: 2nd & 4th Mon of each month: 10am-12pm
Contact: Jay Glaspy
Food Needs: non-perishables, some perishables; Contact site.
Volunteer Needs: Saturday volunteers to pack and sort, Monday volunteers to distribute food packages
Special Needs: funding

SAFE CENTER: AN OUTREACH OF 24-7 COMMUNITY CHURCH

Site: Newark, NJ
Phone: 973-497-2478 x7
Email: jeslov@aol.com
Hours: Call for an appointment.
Contact: Leslie Howard
This site provides a pantry, clothes, support groups, a youth club, and referrals to other social community agencies.
Food Needs: non-perishables, Christmas and Thanksgiving turkeys
Volunteer Needs: volunteers to answer phones, do office work, register clients, stock & pack food, do artistic work
Special Needs: in kind products and services for needy children, clothing including career clothing for women trying to get into the work force, items for the yearly summer block party fund raiser including cook out food and summer time games for children; Call site for additional information.

SAINT ROCCO'S OUTREACH - PROJECT SOLUTION

Site: 712 Springfield Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973-371-5266 (general contact number)
Phone: 800-291-6933 (number for people in need)
Email: projectsolution1@verizon.net
Contact: Souleio Kirby
John Njoku, Executive Director: 973-353-0005
This site provides a food pantry, a soup kitchen, a shelter for single men, a shelter for families, counseling, job referrals, case management and group motivational meetings.
Food Needs: Any food donations are accepted.
Volunteer Needs: servers, packers, residential aides, counselors
Volunteer Requirements: age 21 or older
Special Needs: furniture, financial donations, clothing

SALVATION ARMY - CENTRAL AVENUE

Site: 45 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-623-5959
Fax: 973-623-8471
Website: www.newjerseysalvationarmy.org
Hours: Office - Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm
Pantry –15th to the end of each month: Mon-Fri: 9am – 2:30pm
Contact: Captain Korno
This site provides a food pantry, emergency rental assistance, a Ryan White Program to help people with HIV and their families, a senior companion program for the frail elderly, a foster grandparent program, a hospital program and other social services.
Food Needs: non-perishables
Volunteer Needs: information on the Salvation Army website

SALVATION ARMY - SPRINGFIELD AVENUE

Site: 699 Springfield Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: 973-375-5933
Email: user387722@peoplepc.com
Hours: Office - Tues-Fri: 10am-3pm
Pantry – Weds: 10:30am-1:30pm
Contact: Felicia Flora
This site provides a pantry called "Healthy Eating, Healthy Habits."
Food Needs: non-perishables, frozen food
Volunteer Needs: Contact site.
Special Needs: transportation, funding

UNITED COMMUNITY CORP

Site: 31 Fulton Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973-642-0181 x227
Fax: 973-621-5453
Hours: Pantry - Tues, Weds, Thurs: 10am-1pm
Shelter: 3pm-7am 7 days a week
Contact: Mr. Haynes
This site provides a shelter, a pantry, social services, and community services; a referral and an advance call are required.
Food Needs: non-perishables especially canned meats
Volunteer Needs: Contact site.
Special Needs: funding

Nutley

FOOD PANTRY AT THE NUTLEY CHAPTER RED CROSS

Site: 169 Chestnut Street, Nutley, NJ 07110
Phone: 973-667-3818
Email: dsmytharc@aol.com
Hours: Pantry - Tues-Fri: 10am-4pm
Contact: Dave Maichuk or Denise Smyth
This site provides services to residents of Nutley and Belleville; clients must be qualified through the Nutley Family Service Bureau (973-667-1884).
Food Needs: non-perishables
Volunteer Needs: Contact site.
Special Needs: funding

SAINT MARY'S CHURCH FOOD PANTRY

Site: 17 Msgr. Owens Place, Nutley, NJ 07110
Phone: 973-235-1100
Email: info@stmarysnutley.org
Website: www.stmarysnutley.org
Contact: Owen Haveron
Clients must by qualified by the Nutley Family Service Bureau.
Food Needs: non-perishables
Special Needs: funding for food

Orange

HELPING HANDS AND EARS

Site: 32 Park Street, Orange, NJ 07050
Phone: 973-673-2471
Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri: 10am-2pm
Contact: Grace Robinson
This site provides a food pantry and referral service to social service agencies.
Food Needs: non-perishables, especially items with protein
Volunteer Needs: fundraisers
Special Needs: funding

SAINT MATTHEW A.M.E. CHURCH - MANNA FROM HEAVEN

Site: 336 Oakwood Avenue, Orange, NJ 07050
Phone: 973-678-1217
Email: stmatthew.amechurch@verizon.net
Website: www.stmatthewame.org
Hours: Mon: 5:30-7pm; Tues-Fri: 1-3pm; 4th Sat each month:10am-12pm
This site provides food to families, clothing, referrals for health care and other community resources; each family may apply for food only once per month. Clothing distribution is only on the 4th Saturday. Clients must call before going to the pantry.
Food Needs: non-perishables

South Orange

OHEB SHALOM CONGREGATION PANTRY

Site: 170 Scotland Road, South Orange, NJ 07079
Phone: 973-762-7067
Email: execdir@ohebshalom.org
Website: ohebshalom.org
Hours: open once a month or as needed for emergency food
Contact: Director
This site provides a kosher food pantry.
Food Needs: non-perishable kosher food
Volunteer Needs: Contact site
Special Needs: funding

West Orange

HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH – FOOD PANTRY AND CHRISTINE'S SOUP KITCHEN

Site: 315 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
Phone: 973-325-0369
Email: holytrinitywo@earthlink.net
Website: www.holytrinitychurchwo.org
Hours: Soup Kitchen - Sat: 12-1pm
Pantry – last 2 Fri and Tues in between: Contact church for hours.
Thrift Shop – Thurs: 10am-5pm & Sat: 10am-1pm
Contact: Alice Hoffman
This site provides a soup kitchen, a pantry, and a thrift shop; referrals are required.
Food Needs: non-perishables
Volunteer Needs: Call site.
Special Needs: funding, carpentry work, personal care items, household items for thrift shop (no large furniture)

INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY of the ORANGES (formerly St. Mark’s Pantry)

A COLLABORATIVE GROUP EFFORT of Congregation Beth El of South Orange, Christ Church in Short Hills, Park United Methodist Church in Bloomfield, Women’s Connection of Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange, and Lamb of God Fellowship
Site: Lamb of God Fellowship, 13 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
Email: dianehstein@aol.com
Hours: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Wed: 9:30-11:30pm at the back entrance
Contact: Diane Stein
This site is an emergency pantry providing non-perishable supplemental food to the Orange communities with a referral letter stating that there is a specific need for food.