Social outreach programs at St. Mary's-Stony Hill

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE
Through the generosity of a private donor, St. Mary’s-Stony Hill has begun an emergency assistance program with funds available to parishioners facing financial hardship.  All applications are strictly confidential.   An application form can be downloaded by clicking here or see Fr. Brian.

 “It is not importance to do great things but to do little things with great love”. Mother Teresa

St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry
103 16th Avenue
Newark, NJ
Contacts: St. Ann's Website
Sheryl Szlosek   (sszlosek@franciscancharitiesinc.org) 908-616-2697

St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry is located in Newark, NJ, serving the homeless and working poor. The soup kitchen is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 12-1:30pm. The Food Pantry is open the 3rd and 4th Fridays of the month. The food service is always looking for volunteers willing to serve at the soup kitchen.

St. Ann's Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry provide over 60,000 meals each year to the homeless and working poor of Newark.  The kitchen also has a mentoring & social service program and clothing and furniture ministries.  St. Mary's holds four "Big Gives" each year to benefit the kitchen, including the annual coat and toy drives.

We are always looking for volunteers.   Click here to download a volunteer form.  Please complete it and mail to Sheryl Szlosek, PO Box 4062, Warren, NJ 07059

St. Ann’s needs basic items for its clients and its operations. If you can contribute any of the items listed below, please call (973) 303-8771 to make arrangements to drop them off.

Major Personal Needs: donations of soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, sanitary pads, deodorant, newborn diapers, baby wipes, baby powder, shampoo, and baby lotion. Feminine hygiene products.


Food Items: Peanut butter, jelly, tomato sauce, pasta, and cereal

Other Items: Fans,  sofa beds, dressers

SPECIAL REQUEST: St. Ann’s has made a special request for baby wipes, baby formula and diapers, women's personal hygiene items and toiletries. St. Ann’s was getting the baby diapers at a fraction of the cost from the food bank, but that has stopped for now. Any and all help is appreciated! You may leave your donations in the collection basket in the Narthex.

* Due to limitations in space and storage, St. Ann’s cannot take donations of furniture at this time.

ST ANN'S SOUP KITCHEN IS LOOKING FOR LITERACY VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN OUR WONDERFUL CHILDREN'S READING PROGRAM. VOLUNTEERS WOULD COME ONE SATURDAY A MONTH FOR 2 1/2 HOURS. TRAINING IS PROVIDED ON-SITE. PLEASE E-MAIL OR CALL GINA RICCIARDI IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE. THANK YOU! GRICO3@AOL.COM  908-754-0547

Food Bank of Somerset County
Contacts: Marge Kugelman 908-756-1008 or Mary Cooper 908-561-0859
2nd and 3rd weekend of the month
The Food Bank Network of Somerset County distributes packages of food to 2,200 individuals monthly. Recipients are usually low income, working families who cannot always meet the high cost of living in this area. Canned and other non-perishable goods are collected on the 3rd weekend of the month in a bin located in the narthex.
 

SHIP (Samaritan Homeless Interim Program)
Contacts: Jeff or Bernadette Bonner 908-822-1002

Samaritan Homeless Interim Program or SHIP is a Somerville based program that provides homeless with warm meals. The meals have been served by SHIP at local shelters and from SHIP’s mobile soup kitchen.

During the last weekend of the month (it can be either the fourth weekend or fifth weekend, depending on how many weeks there are in a month), empty serving trays and recipes are available in St. Mary’s narthex for parishioners to pick up. Parishioners prepare the recipe, freeze it and return the frozen casserole the following weekend (the first weekend of the next month).

Samaritan Homeless Interim Program or SHIP is a Somerville based program that provides homeless with warm meals. The meals have been served by SHIP at local shelters and from SHIP’s mobile soup kitchen. During the last weekend of the month (it can be either be the fourth weekend or fifth weekend, depending on how many weeks there are in a month), empty serving trays and recipes are available in St. Mary’s narthex for parishioners to pick up. Parishioners prepare the recipe, freeze it and return the frozen casserole the following weekend (the first weekend of the next month).

Also, St. Mary’s supports The Food Bank Network of Somerset County, distributing packages of food to 2,200 individuals monthly. Recipients are usually low income, working families who cannot always meet the high cost of living in this area. Canned and other non-perishable is collected on the 2nd weekend of the month in a bin located in the narthex.