Arm In Arm – Valentines for Food

DONATE: healthy, non-perishable food to our pantry, 12-16 oz. cans, no glass containers, please! Remember to check expiration dates.

PARTICIPATE: in our Valentines for Food virtual food drive. Visit https://amplify.ampyourgood.com/user/campaigns/4495 to purchase food that will be delivered directly to Arm In Arm.

CONTRIBUTE: On-line or by mail and remember that your gift will be DOUBLED thanks to the generosity of several Nassau Presbyterian Church members.

• Arm In Arm: arminarm.org/valentines or by using the Valentines for Food envelopes in Nassau’s pew racks (make checks payable to “Arm In Arm” and note in the Memo: “Nassau”)
• Nassau: https://nassauchurch.org/giving/give-now/or mail to 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (make checks payable to “Nassau Presbyterian” and note in the Memo: “Valentines for Food”)
• Contact the church office by phone 609-924-0103 or by email if you have any questions.

VOLUNTEER: at one of our food pantries during the week. Email for more details.

• to volunteer in Princeton
• to volunteer in Trenton

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Did you know that in a single year Arm In Arm provides enough food for its clients to prepare approximately one million meals for themselves and their families? When you support Valentines for Food, you support Arm In Arm’s effective response to food insecurity in our area.

Our Princeton Food Pantry at Nassau Presbyterian Church

• In FY23 Arm In Arm’s Princeton pantry provided groceries to families through more than 8,232 pantry visits and deliveries, this is more than four times our pre-pandemic level. 
• Arm In Arm’s Princeton Pantry serves approximately 300-400 families on a regular basis. These are local families and seniors, many of whom are served bi-monthly through home deliveries made by volunteers to communities on: Clay Street; Witherspoon Street; Redding Circle; and Spruce Circle. 
• We are providing families with fresher, healthier food and have made a commitment to providing families with fresh produce on a regular basis. Our food budget has tripled since before the onset of the pandemic. 
• We provide nutrition education to community members and have conducted virtual zoom classes in both English and Spanish.

Our Agency

• Arm In Arm operates 2brick-and-mortar food pantries in Mercer County, as well as a Mobile Food Pantry and Resource Center which is deployed to food insecure communities and neighborhoods 2-4 times per week. Brick-and-motar panties are located at :
  • Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton
  • 48 Hudson Street in Trenton
• People are struggling more now than more than during the pandemic.
  • Arm In Arm served families in 2023 through more than 40,000 visits to Arm In Arm’s food and mobile pantries. This is almost DOUBLE our pre-pandemic level.
  • We are seeing approximately 200 new clients per month at our food pantries.
• Donations of In-Kind Food From Food Drives are Critical:
  • Every grocery order includes approximately $20-$25 of food that Arm In Arm purchases. This food is supplemented with $30-$40 of food that is donated by the local food bank, and by communities like Yes We CAN! Food Drives, Nassau Presbyterian Church, Trinity Church and local schools/community groups, who conduct food drives and donate much-needed non-perishables. This means the value of a grocery order for a family is approximately $50-$60.
  • While some area food pantries occasionally must turn hungry people away, Arm In Arm has NEVER seen its shelves go empty, thanks to the generosity of its supporters.
• Arm In Arm provides fresh, local produce for its customers, much of it donated by: farmers and farmers’ markets and supporters of Yes We CAN! Food Drives; community, school, and church gardens; Whole Foods Market; Farmers Against Hunger; and our own community vegetable garden right in downtown Trenton!
• Arm In Arm supports the Trenton Public Schools through our Parent Connect Program and All Communities Thrive efforts, helping to ensure families with children, including homeless families, are connected to housing and resources that help to promote stability and ensure their children can attend school.